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    Thermodynamics: The Jet Engine

    No worries anorlunda, thanks for your answer. Anyway, if anyone could answer questions 8-9-10 (cause it's only one question I separated to make it easier for me), it would really be awesome :) However I have read a lot, watched on YouTube, got myself a Rolls Royce The Jet Engine book...but I...
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    Thermodynamics: The Jet Engine

    Good evening everyone,I had several questions regarding basic thermodynamics. After going to Paris Airshow (Le Bourget), lot's of questions came to my mind after looking at those beautiful Jet engines...I have always had a very basic understanding on these engines: a fan, a compressor (High and...
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    Fuel with Static Air in a Jet engine

    Good evening, Today's planes' need bleed air to start. Above a certain speed, igniters fire up and we inject fuel inside the combustor chamber. Why do we need to have the engine running to inject fuel (around 20%N2)? Can we simply not inject fuel with static air (i.e. when engine is not...
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    What Does G Load Mean in Terms of Acceleration?

    Good evening, Can anyone explain me G load? What is that (for now) in simple words? -0.5g? 2.0g? 2.5g? Thanks a lot, TBF
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