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Comment by rightbyte

10 hours ago

Piston engines surely are more complex than jet engines though? Which replaced the "flapping engines".

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readmodifywrite  5 hours ago

They are not. Turbine engines require much higher quality manufacturing and tolerances and operate at much higher speeds and pressures. There is more to it than the perceived number of moving parts.

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