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What type of aircraft powerplant uses a gas turbine to drive a propeller?

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What type of aircraft powerplant uses a gas turbine to drive a propeller?
posted Oct 20, 2016 by Pushpak Chauhan

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A Turboprop.

Not to be confused with a Turbojet which uses thrust (based on Newton's Third Law of Motion) from the compressed gases when ignited, nearly all of the engine's power of a Turboprop is used to drive the propeller.

answer Oct 26, 2016 by George Davros
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