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Re: Alright lets see: (read) (archive)
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Posted by dudel on September 10, 2001 at 14:36:28:

In Reply to: Alright lets see: (read) posted by OlegŠ on September 10, 2001 at 14:21:46:

Oleg,

Please go look at a rotary engine. You will see that the rotors look nothing (at all) like a turbine). It's operation is nothing like a turbine engine.

With your reasoning any engine that makes something spin would be the same. IE V8, exploding gases make the crankshaft spin so a V8 and a turbine engine work the same.

Don't think so. It's not even a question of enough imagination.

Don


Rotary engine: exploding gases make the rotor spin because of its turbine similar shape...
(gase movement -> spin)

Turbine engine: spinning turbine propel the air thru...(spin -> gase movement)

unless you have extra sence of imagination nothing common but the spinning, you're right; but i think that's the same process in one case its straight in the other backwards... just my smoked imagination...




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