Before the E-learning week, we had a demonstration on the turbine engine, and how the engine works. From my own understanding on the engine, the engine started to turn its compressor, allow the external air to enter the engine. Once the air is compressed, it then flows to the next part of the engine, which is the burner. Within the burner, a device ignites the compressed air with the fuel. This will in turn create power for the aircraft to take off and fly. More power will be generated when the pilot, in this case the operator, push the throttle. This will cause the compressor chamber to turn more, in order to take in more external air from the surrounding. And thus, more power is generated.
Before this demonstration, I am clueless about how a real engine looks like from the interior. I thought it would be something complicated. Also, i always thought that engines will produce flames from the end of the engine, which helps the plane to take flight. I was wrong for both. The interior of the engine is not as complicated as i thought it is. I was expecting more stuffs in a engine, like wires etc. The end of the engine does not produce flames. It just blows out hot air, which gives the plane the lift. I did saw some flames, but that was in the burner chamber, when the compressed air and the fuel first get ignited. But after that, no more flames were seen.
The engine does produce a lot of noise, therefore, we were told to wear earmuffs to reduce the sound. Even though we wore it, the sound of the engine still can be heard.
And also, I realize that the the burnt fuel smell likes roasted coffee beans smell. But apart from that, it was really something different and also first time getting so close to a engine.
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