why is it better for the turbines on a jet to sit under the wing rather than over it?

Question

why is it better for the turbines on a jet to sit under the wing rather than over it?

In: Engineering

Answer 1

When I did ground school we talked a lot about parasitic drag [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitic_drag](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitic_drag)

I’m not an AeroEng but I’d think that you would not want to break the air flow over the top of the ~~where~~ wing where 80% of lift is generated.

Edit: typo