Turbofan
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The turbofan is a power generator available after the first tier of oil processing.
Description
The turbofan, in-game, is a static-fire version of a conventional turbofan jet engine, stripped of its cowling. It resembles the RR Trent-900, albeit with a smaller fan housing, a broader combustion chamber, and a stubbier exhaust. It also features what appear to be afterburners (the 8 radially mounted brown chambers) at the back of the assembly.
Production
Usage
The turbofan generates power by burning aviation-grade fuels - kerosene and jet fuel. The usage of the turbofan afterburner upgrade greatly increases its power production capability, at the cost of increased fuel consumption.
| Upgrade Level | Consumption / mB/s | Kerosene / kHE/s | Jet fuel / kHE/s |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 20 | 77 | 192 |
| 1 | 40 | 205.32 | 512 |
| 2 | 60 | 385 | 959.98 |
| 3 | 80 | 616 | 1,540 |
| Painting of a Cartoon Pony | 2,020 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
The turbofan may also be used to collect blood by killing entities with the turbofan blades, which will yield 1,000 mB of blood per entity killed.
Trivia
- The turbofan, despite common misconception, is in fact, a turbofan. While it may appear as if the engine cannot fit a turbine inside, it does in fact have one, although most probably downsized as to not make the machine cumbersome to use.
- The turbofan features a bypass duct leading nowhere. This is explained by the fact that the engine has no cowling and is bolted to the ground, and bypass is therefore useless.
- The "pointy part of the nozzle" (or compressor assembly, depending on the engine) appears stubbier and can be mistaken to be missing. The aforementioned part had been squished to make the assembly fit in a 3x3x7 space.
- A turboshaft does not have this, instead, it is fitted with a rotating power shaft utilized outside of the engine assembly (instead of a turbine). Several turbine shafts are used to make the turbofan, but they are used to turn a generator inside of the assembly instead of helicopter blades.
- The combustion chambers appear to be more tightly packed. While this may be a blunder, it (alongside bypass air not being utilized) could explain the rather low propulsion generated by the engine.
- Blocking the air intake does not impede engine performance. This is done for gameplay reasons.
- The jet fuel used in the turbofan is most likely Jet A-1, as it is kerosene (which would be A0 in this context) with an additive.
- The only allowed additive in real life would be a form of (essentially) antifreeze, not reformate.
- Canonically within the mod, all the thrust produced by the Turbofan is exerted into a dynamo, which spins a plastic pinwheel.
- Sadly, this is never seen in-game.
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Turbofan intake.
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Turbofan exhaust.
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A profile view of a turbofan.
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A creature getting shredded by a turbofan.
