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An aircraft engine, often referred to as an aero engine, is the power component of an aircraft propulsion system. Aircraft using power components are referred to as powered flight. Most aircraft engines are either piston engines or gas turbines, although a few have been rocket powered and in recent years many small UAVs have used ...
- Jet engine
A jet engine is a type of reaction engine, discharging a...
- Aircraft engine starting
Many variations of aircraft engine starting have been used...
- Category:Aircraft engines
Pages in category "Aircraft engines". The following 54 pages...
- Radial engine
The radial engine is a reciprocating type internal...
- Jet engine
Beck 35 hp 4cyl toroidal engine 80 mm × 130 mm (3.1 in × 5.1 in) Beck 50 hp 4cyl toroidal engine 110 mm × 130 mm (4.3 in × 5.1 in) Beck 75 hp 4cyl toroidal engine 120 mm × 130 mm (4.7 in × 5.1 in) Beecher (B.L. Beecher Company, New Haven, Connecticut) Beecher 8HOA; Bell Aerosystems Company
For the engine optimisation for its intended use, important here is air intake design, overall size, number of compressor stages (sets of blades), fuel type, number of exhaust stages, metallurgy of components, amount of bypass air used, where the bypass air is introduced, and many other factors.
