by Allen Herbert | Feb 3, 2020 | Aviation FAQs
Most pilots are roughly familiar with the power setting principals of piston engines, and even of the power setting principals of piston engines driving constant speed propellers. But for turbine engines, power is expressed in terms of “N1” and “N2.” Because...
by Allen Herbert | Jan 28, 2020 | Aviation FAQs
Turboprop and turbofan engines appear to be radically different machines. How do the fundamental differences in each engine type affect the safety, efficiency and performance of these engines? The underlying fundamental differences lay not the mechanical...
by Allen Herbert | Jan 24, 2020 | Aviation FAQs
Turbojets and turbofans are often discussed interchangeably in the aviation world, but are actually somewhat different types of engines. Both are “jet” engines and are in some ways indistinguishable from one another, but important fundamental differences exist...
by Allen Herbert | Dec 10, 2019 | Aviation FAQs
Piston and turboprop powered aircraft uniquely overlap in their flight regimes raising the inevitable question of which power plant is better. The two power sources can be compared in a range of categories, but this evaluation will focus on relative differences...
by Allen Herbert | Nov 19, 2019 | Aviation FAQs
Modern transport aircraft designers have settled on two primary layouts; engines slung beneath the wing and for smaller aircraft, engines mounted on the aft fuselage. The most ubiquitous of these wing mounted designs is 737, but it features a distinctive flat...
