Centrifugal Flow - Turbine Engines: A Closer Look

We take a quick walkaround inspection of a first generation Jet engine from the 1940's: a centrifugal compressor makes this Rolls Royce Nene much shorter than the engines developed later, which all used the more familiar, axial flow type of compressor. Almost all turbofan and turbojet engines today use axial flow compressors. This engine was used in the Canadair T-33 trainer and a few Australian-built DeHavilland Vampire fighters. A Russian copy of this engine was used to power the Mig 15.