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reaction engine
- Definição1
- A form of heat engine that produces thrust by heating a mass of air inside the engine and discharging it at a high velocity through a specially shaped nozzle. The amount of thrust is determined by the mass of the air and by the amount it is accelerated. Reaction engines which incude rocket engines are commonly called jet engines.
- Fonte1
- CRANE, Dale (ed.). Dictionary of aeronautical terms. 2nd ed. Renton: ASA, 1991.
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A modern reaction engine produced by CFM International.
Fonte: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Turbofan-Engine.jpg
Proof of Pratt & Whitney F100 turbofan engine for a F-15 Eagle, Robins Air Force Base (Georgia, United States).
Fonte: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Engine.f15.arp.750pix.jpg
