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Old 09-03-2011, 10:31 AM  
raymor
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Originally Posted by shimmy2 View Post
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
a tightly coupled output turbine somewhat like a torque converter:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turboshaft
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