Module · Propulsion
Aircraft Propulsion
Piston engines, propellers, turbojets, turbofans, turboprops, ramjets, scramjets, rockets and electric propulsion.
12
Lessons
1 h
Reading
Propulsion
Domain
Lessons
- 017 min
Electric & Hybrid Propulsion
Understanding the next generation of aircraft propulsion and the technologies transforming sustainable aviation.
- 027 min
Engine Control Systems
Understanding how modern aircraft engines are monitored, regulated, and protected for safe, efficient, and reliable operation.
- 037 min
Fuel Systems
Understanding how aircraft safely store, manage, monitor, and deliver fuel to propulsion systems.
- 047 min
Gas Turbine Engines
Understanding the engines that revolutionized aviation and became the foundation of nearly every modern aircraft propulsion system.
- 057 min
Piston Engines
Understanding the reciprocating engines that powered the birth of aviation and continue to serve as the backbone of general aviation.
- 067 min
Propellers
Understanding how rotating airfoils generate thrust and why propellers remain one of the most efficient propulsion systems in aviation.
- 076 min
Ramjets & Scramjets
Understanding the simplest air-breathing engines and the propulsion systems that enable sustained supersonic and hypersonic flight.
- 087 min
Rocket Propulsion
Understanding the only propulsion system capable of operating in both Earth’s atmosphere and the vacuum of space.
- 097 min
Turbofan Engines
Understanding the propulsion system that powers modern commercial aviation and why the turbofan is the most efficient jet engine for subsonic flight.
- 106 min
Turbojet Engines
Understanding the first practical jet propulsion system and the technology that ushered in the Jet Age.
- 117 min
Turboprop Engines
Understanding the propulsion system that combines the power of a gas turbine with the efficiency of a propeller.
- 127 min
Turboshaft Engines
Understanding the gas turbine engine that powers helicopters and converts turbine energy into rotating shaft power.