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Nose bullet section of an Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire turbojet

A nose bullet is a component of a turbojet used to divert air into the intake, in front of the accessory drive and to house the starter motor.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

See also

References

^ The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 59 , Issue 532 , April 1955 , pp. 249 - 258
^ Gas Turbine Performance - Page 503 Philip P. Walsh, ‎Paul Fletcher · 2008
^ Jane's All the World's Aircraft - Page 693 Frederick Thomas Jane · 1980
^ Flight - Volume 76 - Page 144 1959
^ American Aviation - Volume 19 - Page 54 1955

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Jet engines and aircraft gas turbines

Gas turbines
and jet propulsion

Types	Air turborocket Pulsejet/Gluhareff Pressure Jet Pulse detonation engine Propfan Turbofan Turbojet Turboprop Turboshaft Ramjet Rocket Rotating detonation engine
Mechanical components	Accessory drive Air intake Afterburner (reheat) Axial compressor Centrifugal compressor Combustor Constant speed drive Impeller Nose bullet Propelling nozzle Turbine blade
Principles	Aircraft engine starting Bleed air Brayton cycle Bypass ratio Compressor stall Engine pressure ratio (EPR) Flameout Jet engine performance Overall pressure ratio Propulsive efficiency Specific impulse Thrust Thrust lapse Thrust specific fuel consumption Thrust to weight ratio Variable cycle engine Windmill restart

Components	Propeller governor Propeller speed reduction unit
Principles	Autofeather Blade pitch Constant-speed Contra-rotating Counter-rotating Proprotor Scimitar Variable-pitch

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