• Thrust-specific fuel consumption (TSFC) is the fuel efficiency of an engine design with respect to thrust output. TSFC may also be thought of as fuel...
    13 KB (1,051 words) - 07:03, 5 March 2024
  • Brake-specific fuel consumption (BSFC) is a measure of the fuel efficiency of any prime mover that burns fuel and produces rotational, or shaft power...
    31 KB (1,508 words) - 14:43, 29 March 2024
  • efficiency within a shaft engine Thrust-specific fuel consumption, fuel efficiency of an engine design with respect to thrust output This disambiguation page...
    290 bytes (74 words) - 06:44, 9 June 2019
  • rocket using propellant or a jet engine using fuel, generates thrust. A propulsion system with a higher specific impulse uses the mass of the propellant more...
    27 KB (3,833 words) - 17:54, 21 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fuel economy in aircraft
    and with improved engine brake-specific fuel consumption and propulsive efficiency or thrust-specific fuel consumption. Endurance and range can be maximized...
    120 KB (7,298 words) - 05:00, 26 March 2024
  • is usually placed before "specific" in the full term (e.g., "thrust-specific fuel consumption"). Named and unnamed specific quantities are given for the...
    9 KB (1,163 words) - 12:49, 16 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Bypass ratio
    provides a lower fuel consumption for the same thrust, measured as thrust specific fuel consumption (grams/second fuel per unit of thrust in kN using SI...
    28 KB (2,120 words) - 11:45, 29 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rolls-Royce BR700
    by a two-stage, air-cooled, HP turbine. This engine has a thrust-specific fuel consumption (TSFC) of 0.39 lb/(lbf⋅h) (11 g/(kN⋅s)) at static sea level...
    24 KB (2,188 words) - 15:22, 3 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Range (aeronautics)
    force in newtons Jet engines are characterized by a thrust specific fuel consumption, so that rate of fuel flow is proportional to drag, rather than power...
    16 KB (2,711 words) - 19:51, 7 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Thrust lever
    flight engineer, or autopilot to control the thrust output of the aircraft's engines, by controlling the fuel flow to those engines. Throttle levers are...
    4 KB (400 words) - 16:08, 9 August 2023