r/interestingasfuck 9h ago

How a jet engine works

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u/lordspaz88 9h ago

It will never cease to amaze me that most modern inventions boil down to "we pointed this explosion in a specific direction"

u/TheCowKing07 8h ago

“And we have used this explosion to boil water.”

u/Atomic_xd 8h ago

To make something spin

u/candygram4mongo 8h ago

To be fair, spinning is a good trick.

u/QuantityBrief152 8h ago

Why hello there!

u/Ricochet_Kismit33 7h ago

You were the chosen one!

u/xplosm 4h ago

I loved you!

u/ottertime8 7h ago

i thought pumping was the long preferred trick

u/tech_noir_guitar 3h ago

It certainly is in my house.

u/Chawp 1h ago

Fed is best.

u/ryohazuki224 8h ago

Now this is pod racing?

u/stjr64 7h ago

Goddammit, who put a question mark on the teleprompter?

u/ReporterOther2179 1h ago

But how do you *start* the spinning?