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Fighter jet engines are more complex than rocket engines due to their reusable performance demands
  • Fighter engines must perform flawlessly under extreme conditions repeatedly, unlike one-time-use rocket engines
  • They operate at altitudes up to 80,000 ft with temperatures ranging from -30°C to extreme heat
  • Must withstand rapid pressure changes while maintaining structural integrity
  • Single crystal blade technology is critical for turbine blades that rotate at ultra-high speeds
SundepanIndia Today00:06:56

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A fighter jet engine is far more complex. It's far more complicated to build than a rocket engine because it is the thing of performance that it has to perform every single time, every single minute, every single second. Sundepan
The metal has to be extraordinarily flexible. It has to be ductile. It has to operate in below zero because you're going at altitudes of 60,000 ft and all that. Sundepan

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Jet Engine Complexity

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