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Are propeller planes still used in military?
Propeller planes are also less expensive to operate than jet engined planes. While piston-driven propeller planes are exceedingly rare in today’s military, turboprops are certainly still in use, especially on cargo planes and gunships where speed is not the primary concern.
Does the US Air Force still use propeller planes?
Yes, and so does the Navy. Probably the Marines and Army too for that matter. Single engine turbo props are one of the initial airplanes used for training. The airforce also uses a military version of the PC12 Pilates for support roles.
Why are there still propeller planes?
Why are propeller planes still used today? Propeller planes are used for short-haul flights. This can be a 1-hour flight for a weekend break or a military cargo aircraft flying to a service destination. Because of cost-savings and increased efficiency, they are used for short trips.
Why do general aviation airplanes still have propeller engines?
Airplanes with propellers were invented a long time ago. After that, jet engines came into existence. My question is: why do we still have propeller engines? The reasons I can think of are: They are not very noisy (though not always). Besides these, are there any other reasons general aviation airplanes built nowadays don’t have jet engines?
Why are turboprops more popular than jet engines?
They are also much cheaper to build and operate than a turbine powered airplane. Turboprops fill the efficiency gap between reciprocating and pure jet engines, being most efficient at mid altitudes and airspeeds. Still more expense and performance than most general aviation flights need though. It is all mission related.
What is the difference between a turbofan engine and a propeller engine?
Propellers have a much higher effective disk area than pure jet engines do, and deliver way more thrust per installed engine power than pure jets do. The turbofan is much more fuel efficient than a pure jet because the large bypass fan works kind of like a propeller does.
Is it easy to bring a new airplane to market?
But the fact remains that it is not cheap nor easy to bring a new airplane to market. Cirrus first flew their jet in 2008 and its still not on the market officially. That puts them at nearly 8 years from prototype to roll out and Im sure the first lines for it were drawn well before 2008.