Ducted fan — Bell X 22 on the tarmac A ducted fan is a propulsion arrangement whereby a fan, which is a type of propeller, is mounted within a cylindrical shroud or duct. The duct reduces losses in thrust from the tip vortices of the fan, and varying the… … Wikipedia
ducted fan — noun A propeller which is housed inside a duct to improve engine performance of aircraft … Wiktionary
fan — i. A combination of three or more cameras that provides wide lateral coverage with adequate overlap. See fan camera photography. ii. The rotor in the beginning of a turbofan engine. iii. A propeller, especially when the emphasis is upon its… … Aviation dictionary
fan-jet — noun 1. an airplane propelled by a fanjet engine • Syn: ↑fanjet, ↑turbofan, ↑turbojet • Hypernyms: ↑jet, ↑jet plane, ↑jet propelled plane • Part Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
ducted propulsor — A multibladed fan running in a propulsive duct integrated with the engine and the airframe to give efficient and quite low speed propulsion … Aviation dictionary
Airbreathing jet engine — An airbreathing jet engine (or ducted jet engine) is a jet engine propelled by a jet of hot exhaust gases formed from air that is drawn into the engine via an inlet duct. All practical airbreathing jet engines are internal combustion engines that … Wikipedia
Jet engine — For a general overview of aircraft engines, see Aircraft engine. A Pratt Whitney F100 turbofan engine for the … Wikipedia
gas-turbine engine — Introduction any internal combustion engine employing a gas as the working fluid used to turn a turbine. The term also is conventionally used to describe a complete internal combustion engine consisting of at least a compressor, a… … Universalium
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Tsu-11 — The Tsu 11 was a primitive, motorjet style jet engine produced in small numbers in Japan in the closing stages of World War II. It was principally designed to propel the Japanese Ohka flying bomb, a kamikaze weapon.The Tsu 11 used a four cylinder … Wikipedia
Bypass air ejected directly overboard in forward-fan engine with a short fan duct.
However, in a ducted fan, bypass air is ducted along the engine’s entire length.