What do you think is the best looking jet ever made?
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Dr Jekyll said:
RizzoTheRat said:
Hey, you're cheating, that's a turboprop not a jet!
Seeing this I thought about starting a thread on the best looking turboprop, but decided there aren't enough good looking turboprops.The only really good looking one I can think of is the Beech Starship.
Eric Mc said:
Dr Jekyll said:
RizzoTheRat said:
Hey, you're cheating, that's a turboprop not a jet!
Seeing this I thought about starting a thread on the best looking turboprop, but decided there aren't enough good looking turboprops.The only really good looking one I can think of is the Beech Starship.
Eric Mc said:
As you say it depends.
To me, any engine that operates on the gas turbine priinciple is a "jet engine", whether it derives most of its foerward motion from a spinning propellor or jet exhaust.
So, I would not object to tuboprop aircraft being classified as "jets".
That means you could include helicopters though. Just an upside down variable pitch prop pwered by a turbine.To me, any engine that operates on the gas turbine priinciple is a "jet engine", whether it derives most of its foerward motion from a spinning propellor or jet exhaust.
So, I would not object to tuboprop aircraft being classified as "jets".
Kinda with Rizzo on this one!
skyslimit said:
Eric Mc said:
As you say it depends.
To me, any engine that operates on the gas turbine priinciple is a "jet engine", whether it derives most of its foerward motion from a spinning propellor or jet exhaust.
So, I would not object to tuboprop aircraft being classified as "jets".
That means you could include helicopters though. Just an upside down variable pitch prop pwered by a turbine.To me, any engine that operates on the gas turbine priinciple is a "jet engine", whether it derives most of its foerward motion from a spinning propellor or jet exhaust.
So, I would not object to tuboprop aircraft being classified as "jets".
Kinda with Rizzo on this one!
To my mind the Vickers Viscount will always be the first ever jet airliner.
If you want to include helicopters, that's fine by me.
RizzoTheRat said:
Ooooo, below the belt Vickers were just better at designing window frames, bit like Everest or Anglian
Small point but crucial.Edited by RizzoTheRat on Sunday 13th December 12:22
Vickers probably had more experience of pressurising in the UK than anyone else. I always liked the fact that on the early Viscounts they took great pains to ensure ALL of the appertures (apart from the cockpit windows) had rounded shapes rather than right angles. Even the doors were oval.
With the Series 800, they realised they might have been a bit too cautious and opted for a more rectangular shape to the doors.
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