Gas Turbine Engine Types

In WW-II and shortly thereafter, piston powered aircraft peaked in power, performance and complexity wise. Power went up to over 4000 bhp for large multirow radial engines. Only to be defeated by the jet engine, which was developed by (among others) Germany's Dr. Hans von Ohain and separately in the UK by Sir Frank Whittle. Its principles are based on the "Aeolipile" of the ancient Greek scientist Hero and other great thinkers like Leonardo da Vinci and the laws of Isaac Newton.

Compared to a piston engine, the gas turbine has less parts and the moving parts rotate in only one direction without stopping and accelerating as the pistons normally do in a engine. Thus, a running gas turbine is basically free of the vibrations normally found in piston engines, which translates in much longer engine service life (TBO) and higher reliability.

Here we will take a look at the different types of gas turbine engines used in aviation and discuss its operating principles and basic components the engine consists of.

Rolls Royce RR500 Specifications

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