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n4rf t1_j68mou7 wrote
Reply to comment by biggsteve81 in ELI5: What is the difference between turbojet, ramjet, and scramjet? by Global_Maize_8944
Fair point. they usually do have bleed or bypass channels but that's a technicality.
n4rf t1_j682qut wrote
Reply to comment by greatvaluemeeseeks in ELI5: What is the difference between turbojet, ramjet, and scramjet? by Global_Maize_8944
Important distinction too; a turbojet isn't the engine on an airliner, those are turbofans.
They're called the because the big turbine blade at the front produces most of the THRUST. A turbojet is referred to as a "low bypass" engine versus a turbofan being a "high bypass" engine. Bypass just refers to the fact that air is being diverted around the core of the engine.
A high bypass engine like an airliner is using the "fan" like a propeller to push air back and around the main engine, this is why you see a big turbine blade right a large circular duct directing the air behind it.
Low bypass engines are what you'd expect in fighters, where you see all the thrust exiting a cone in the back.
Edit: corrected from lift to thrust
n4rf t1_j698rjd wrote
Reply to comment by noopenusernames in ELI5: What is the difference between turbojet, ramjet, and scramjet? by Global_Maize_8944
Yep! And I've corrected it. Thanks everyone