Jet engines are relatively simple in their basic design, but advancements in gas turbine engine technology have mostly done away with the cool-looking bucket-type reverse thrust systems.

Jet engines work on the "suck ... have evolved from steel to nickel-chromium superalloys, with advanced cooling techniques and atomic structure engineering for high-temperature performance.

They have a lot of similarities, such as their function of sucking in cool air through the front ... The first type jet engine was a turbojet that went into production in 1939, finding a home ...

It is a hybrid between a conventional jet engine, and a rocket system ... of air at Mach 5 causes superheating, so the engine will need to be cooled using a cryogenic heat exchanger.

He added three jet engines to his Model S, built the electronically controlled engine system from scratch, and created what is probably the only Tesla that can burn through 2 gallons of fuel in ...