So I know the simplified theory and basic principles here, Newton’s 3rd law, air compression and sudden exhaust and all, but it boggles me how this principle can lift, even move, 350 tons flying objects.
I get how it works but I need some kind of metaphor to understand and wrap my mind around the forces and amount of thrust at play here
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I think you are confusing a turbojet engine with a turbofan engine. The latter has a big fan that works like a propeller and is driven by a gas turbine. Also an engine does not lift a plane. It pushes it forward. The wings are generating lift.
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