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Originally Posted by shimmy2
geek question, so how does a jet turbine engine producing direct thrust manage to rotate a mechanical driveshaft to push the rear wheels? that must be one hell of a transmission
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a tightly coupled output turbine somewhat like a torque converter:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turboshaft
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