TIL that passenger jet engines produce most of their thrust from fan at the front, not from the jet exhaust, and that this is called a high-bypass engine. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by Rilot t3_xzr6qa on October 9, 2022 at 5:29 PM in todayilearned 146 comments 1,426
Own-Reflection-8182 t1_irr5v25 wrote on October 10, 2022 at 12:39 PM Turbofan engines produce 80% of thrust from the fan. The jet engine is there mostly to power the fan. Permalink 1
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