Timeline for Why would a military use hybrid jet-propeller planes?
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| Oct 7, 2021 at 23:03 | comment | added | Archelaos | @OT-64SKOT The problem of a hybrid like XP-81 would be that it is usually more efficient to just take more fuel rather then whole additional engine. At high speed propeller itself becomes major source of drag and may slow you down even if powered, so jet+prop just do not work. You would either use jet engine or turboprop (it is sort of combined jet and prop in single engine) | |
| Oct 7, 2021 at 21:58 | comment | added | OT-64 SKOT | @AlexP this is a better example: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_Vultee_XP-81 | |
| Oct 7, 2021 at 16:55 | comment | added | AlexP | What is a "hybrid jet-propeller aircraft"? The answers mention the Republic XF-84H, but that was an ordinary turboprop aircraft, not any kind of hybrid. (There are many turboprop aircraft in former or current military use, from the Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano to the legendary Tupolev Tu-95.) | |
| Oct 7, 2021 at 12:05 | answer | added | ShellGhost | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 7, 2021 at 8:29 | answer | added | L.Dutch♦ | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 7, 2021 at 8:09 | history | asked | OT-64 SKOT | CC BY-SA 4.0 |