> > Dave Houghton wrote: > >>[snip] >>Question: What is the main difference between a rocket engine and a jet >>engine? Come on have a guess. >> >> > Well, it's off-topic, but I'll bite. :) > > The difference is where the oxidizer comes from (carried with the fuel > or from an external air intake) >
It's Friday so may I try? The mass to be chucked out the back is integral to the fuel in a rocket but is the medium through which the engine is travelling, accelerated directly or indirectly by combustion, in a jet. I say indirectly to cover the air moved by the fan in a turbofan like the RB211. John Prentice ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
