It is also being considered and used for various ultra-light aircraft propulsion systems.

An aircraft propulsion system must achieve two things.

Tank was interested in Richter's proposal to use nuclear energy for aircraft propulsion.

Therefore, turbines are more efficient for aircraft propulsion than might be indicated by a simplistic look at the table below.

He earned over a dozen patents for multiple inventions, many of them for aircraft propulsion systems.

Aircraft propulsion nearly always uses either a type of propeller, or a form of jet propulsion.

Molten salt reactor experiment (initially intended for aircraft propulsion)

Heinkel was passionate about high-speed flight, and was keen on exploring alternative forms of aircraft propulsion.

As an aircraft propulsion system, pulsejets have the advantage over turbine engines of not producing torque upon the fuselage.

The part-time post enabled him to write a textbook entitled Gas turbine aero-thermodynamics: with special reference to aircraft propulsion, published in 1981.

The concept of using beamed power for aircraft propulsion was invented almost single handedly by William C. Brown.

The turbofan or fanjet is a type of airbreathing jet engine that is widely used for aircraft propulsion.

A number of his papers was devoted to the aerodynamics of aircraft propulsion (piston, turbo-prop and turbojet engines).

An aircraft propulsion system generally consists of an aircraft engine and some means to generate thrust, such as a propeller or a propulsive nozzle.

As Frost developed further studies, his ideas on revolutionary vertical takeoff systems led to the patent of "Aircraft Propulsion and Control".

In the most exhaustive volume to date, this text examines the foundation of aircraft propulsion: aerodynamics interwoven with thermodynamics, heat transfer, and mechanical design.

If scramjets work as engineers predict, proponents say, it could bring an advance in aircraft propulsion equal to that of jet engines over motors driving propellers.

The term is also applied to airfoils in gas turbine engines such as turbojet, turboprop, or turbofan engines for aircraft propulsion.

Solid-fuel rockets, however, have major disadvantages when used for aircraft propulsion, as their thrust cannot be regulated, and the engines cannot be shut down once fired.

Originally conceived as an auxiliary power unit, it was soon adapted to aircraft propulsion, and found a niche as a powerplant for turboshaft-driven helicopters in the 1950s.

While intermittent internal combustion engines were once the primary means of aircraft propulsion, they have been largely superseded by continuous internal combustion engines: gas turbines.

Aircraft propulsion may be achieved by specially designed aircraft engines, adapted auto, motorcycle or snowmobile engines, electric engines or even human muscle power.

In 1951 he became technical director at Project SQUID at Princeton University, where basic research was performed in aircraft propulsion.

The research will take a case study approach looking at: aeronautics, nuclear propulsion, missilery, avionics, information technologies, telecommunications, and aircraft propulsion; areas which build upon the researchers previous work.

Woodward, Inc., formerly Woodward Governor Company, is an innovator in control systems for large machinery and aircraft propulsion and originated in Rockford.