In many aircraft, the centrepiece is a gas turbine that generates the thrust. A fan, which looks like an oversized paddle wheel, sucks air into the engine at the front end. Some of it is compressed ...
Just like any other internal combustion engine, air is compressed ... and the expanding exhaust drives a turbine that in turn drives the compressor since both are attached to the same shaft.
Originally, he was trying for a compressed air quadcopter. He’d already worked with an air turbine, but putting on a vehicle that can lift itself into the air turns out to have a lot of hidden ...
The APU also provides compressed air to power a third turbine, the main engine’s pneumatic starter motor. That’s the type that got incorporated into the dragster. With sufficient air supply ...
A turbo or turbocharger is a forced-induction device that utilizes exhaust gasses to spin a turbine, which feeds compressed air into the engine. It typically sucks air at ambient temperature ...