Aircraft equipped with more than one engine.
Questions tagged [multi-engine]
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Why is rotating engines in opposite directions more important for a propeller-driven plane than a jet?
From here it is seen that many multi-engine propeller planes spin their propellers in opposite directions. To avoid producing "left" and "right" types of the engine, a gearbox is fitted.
In contrast, jet engines usually spin in the same direction.…
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How many four-engine commercial passenger jetliner types are currently in use?
Just heard following somewhere:
It is easy to distinguish four-engine passenger jetliner type, because there are only three of them:
if it has "hump" upper deck then it is Boeing 747,
if it has two decks then it is Airbus A380,
otherwise it is…
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