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Turboprop vs Contrarotation - What's the difference?

turboprop | contrarotation |

As nouns the difference between turboprop and contrarotation

is that turboprop is a type of gas turbine aircraft engine that drives and obtains essentially all thrust from an external (typically unducted) propeller while contrarotation is the use of a single piston or turboprop engine to drive two propellers in opposite rotation.

turboprop

English

Noun

(wikipedia turboprop) (en noun)
  • A type of gas turbine aircraft engine that drives and obtains essentially all thrust from an external (typically unducted) propeller.

    • Synonyms

    * propjet

    Coordinate terms

    (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) turbofan, turbojet, turboshaft, propfan, fanjet, HBFJ

    See also

    * gas turbine

    contrarotation

    English

    Noun

    (Contra-rotating propellers) (-)
  • The use of a single piston or turboprop engine to drive two propellers in opposite rotation.

    • Related terms

    * contrarotating