ponderance of the day: Just how small could one make a turbojet? Would a turbofan necessarily be larger? Could you make a ramjet even smaller?

@Felthry i saw a video a few months ago abnout a recently smaller turbojet iirc

and the smaller the turbine the faster bc higher pressure or w/e so

it's not even just like. an exercise in pointlessness, it's the way to increase efficiency, which i think is super cool (i assume you know this too and that may be why you're asking)

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@kit I actually didn't know this! It makes sense, but the reason I'm asking is because someone elsewhere had the silly idea of a hammer with a tiny turbojet on it and I thought, well.....

@kit of course there's a ton of problems trying to miniaturize one to _that_ small, but you miiiight be able to make a ramjet that small? You can certainly make solid rockets that small; that's what bottle rockets are.

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