I feel a bit stupid for asking this, but I simply cannot wrap my head around how a jet engine directs its thrust backwards.
A piston engine opens and closes valves, such that air is alternately sucked in and compressed to create force. That makes sense and I understand how it works.
But with a jet engine there are no valves opening and closing, so why doesn’t the air that is sucked in just get pushed right back out from the thrust generated? How can an engine simultaneously suck in air from the front and force it out the back?
It makes no sense to me :-/
In: Engineering
dont feel stupid man the jet engine is pretty wild. it works by sucking air in and compressing it with fans and then burning fuel to create hot gases. those gases expand and get forced out the back really fast creating thrust. think of it like when you blow up a balloon and let it go. the air rushes out one way and it’s like whoosh you go the other way. pretty neat right
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