Jet engines are usually used as aircraft engines for jet aircraft. They are also used for
cruise missiles and Unmanned Air Vehicles.
In the form of rocket engines they are used for fireworks, model rocketry, spaceflight, and military missiles.
Jet engines have also been used to propel high speed cars, particularly drag racers, with the all-time record held by a rocket car. A turbofan powered car ThrustSSC currently holds the land speed record.
Jet engine designs are frequently modified to turn them into gas turbine engines which are used in a wide variety of industrial applications. These include electrical power generation, powering water, natural gas, or oil pumps, and providing propulsion for ships and locomotives. Industrial gas turbine can create up to 50,000 shaft horsepower. Many of these engines are derived from older military turbojets such as the Pratt & Whitney J57 and J75 models. There is also a derivative of the P&W JT8D low-bypass turbofan that creates up to 35,000 HP.
50,000 SHAFT HORSEPOWER!!! Gadzooooks man 8)
Posted By: Tombs on April 2nd 2009 at 16:03:26
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