Definition of turboprop engine
: 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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 21 Apr. 2017
The drone, according to Russian state media, weighs six tons and is powered by two turboprop engines.
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Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2019
The plane with two turboprop engines was manufactured in 1967, FAA records said.
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Andrew Selsky, The Denver Post, 23 June 2019
The plane with two turboprop engines was manufactured in 1967, FAA records said.
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Washington Post, 23 June 2019
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