turboprop engine
noun
: a jet engine designed to produce thrust principally by means of a propeller driven by a turbine with additional thrust usually obtained by the rearward discharge of hot exhaust gases
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But there’s a big elephant in the room—one that comes with two turboprop engines, not enough legroom, and an insatiable hunger for jet fuel.
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Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2023
The other plane, a propjet (which uses a turboprop engine to propel itself through the air), narrowly missed another home a mile away, said Cpl.
—The Indianapolis Star, 22 Sep. 2022
Airborne forward propulsion is handled by a 90 kilowatt multifuel turboprop engine, which also recharges the batteries for the rotors in flight.
—Ed Garsten, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022
In the case of Orlyonok, the high vertical tail also provides the perch for a Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprop engine, well known to NATO for its use on the Bear strategic bomber.
—Abe Dane, Popular Mechanics, 5 Nov. 2020
The turbojet engine was more difficult to fix than the An-2’s turboprop engine, especially in remote airstrips in agricultural areas.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 24 Sep. 2020
The third design uses a turboprop engine, has half the range of the turbofan concept, and can carry up to 100 passengers.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2020
In 2016, a Pakistan International Airlines plane burst into flames after one of its two turboprop engines failed, killing 48 people, including a famous former pop singer.
—Salman Masood, New York Times, 22 May 2020
With four Allison T56-A-lA turboprop engines, delivering 3,750 horsepower each and driving three-bladed Curtiss-Wright electric-reversible propellers, the YC-130 took off in only 800 feet.
—Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 21 Apr. 2017
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Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2023
The other plane, a propjet (which uses a turboprop engine to propel itself through the air), narrowly missed another home a mile away, said Cpl.
—The Indianapolis Star, 22 Sep. 2022
Airborne forward propulsion is handled by a 90 kilowatt multifuel turboprop engine, which also recharges the batteries for the rotors in flight.
—Ed Garsten, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022
In the case of Orlyonok, the high vertical tail also provides the perch for a Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprop engine, well known to NATO for its use on the Bear strategic bomber.
—Abe Dane, Popular Mechanics, 5 Nov. 2020
The turbojet engine was more difficult to fix than the An-2’s turboprop engine, especially in remote airstrips in agricultural areas.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 24 Sep. 2020
The third design uses a turboprop engine, has half the range of the turbofan concept, and can carry up to 100 passengers.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2020
In 2016, a Pakistan International Airlines plane burst into flames after one of its two turboprop engines failed, killing 48 people, including a famous former pop singer.
—Salman Masood, New York Times, 22 May 2020
With four Allison T56-A-lA turboprop engines, delivering 3,750 horsepower each and driving three-bladed Curtiss-Wright electric-reversible propellers, the YC-130 took off in only 800 feet.
—Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 21 Apr. 2017
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1947, in the meaning defined above
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turboprop engine
noun
: a jet engine that produces power principally through a propeller driven by a turbine but also usually by the rearward discharge of hot exhaust gases
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