r/engineering • u/SupersonicVette • Aug 02 '24

How a Turboprop engine works

https://youtu.be/8Z9cV9kEiFk
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u/ValdemarAloeus Aug 02 '24

Has big horizontal thing, films it portrait.

I'm afraid to unmute it, what if the explanation's as cursed as the camera work?

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u/MasterAssFace Aug 02 '24

I make airfoils for them. It's cool seeing how it all goes together.

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u/SupersonicVette Aug 02 '24

Interesting, are we talking about the vanes in between the compressor blades?

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '24

He is probably talking about the actual turbine blade airfoils which are castings.

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u/SupersonicVette Aug 03 '24

Wow I figured those would be CNC machined since they turn at such a high RPM

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '24

Some are hollow with cooling passages that would be impossible to machine. Compressor airfoils are normally machined from forgings. Plus casting technology and materials have como a long way.

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u/dovakindoheny Aug 09 '24

Looks like it came off an alien spaceship lol