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How do helicopter engines operate?

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In a very similar way to ordinary aero engine. There are internal combustion engines which work on the induction, compression, power and exhaust system, linked through a gearbox to a shaft which drives the prop.

Or the jet version which works by hot gases turning a turbine, which has a shaft running through the middle, again linked through a gearbox to a shaft which drives the prop. This is called a turboprop.

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