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arc jet engine
Electric propulsion using heated plasma.
pulse jet engine
Airbreathing jet engine
An airbreathing jet engine (or ducted jet engine) is a jet engine in which the exhaust gas which supplies jet propulsion is atmospheric air, which is taken in, compressed, heated, and expanded back to atmospheric pressure through a propelling nozzle.
Jet engine performance
A jet engine performs by converting fuel into thrust.
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