Editing Jet engine (section)

==== Ram compression ====
{{Further|Ramjet|Scramjet}}
Ram compression jet engines are airbreathing engines similar to gas turbine engines in so far as they both use the [[Brayton cycle]]. Gas turbine and ram compression engines differ, however, in how they compress the incoming airflow. Whereas gas turbine engines use axial or centrifugal compressors to compress incoming air, ram engines rely only on air compressed in the inlet or diffuser.<ref name="m14">Mattingly, p. 14</ref> A ram engine thus requires a substantial initial forward airspeed before it can function. Ramjets are considered the simplest type of air breathing jet engine because they have no moving parts in the engine proper, only in the accessories.<ref>{{Cite book
|last1=Flack |first1=Ronald D.|title=Fundamentals of Jet Propulsion with Applications|series=Cambridge Aerospace Series|year=2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=New York|page=16|isbn=978-0-521-81983-1}}</ref>

Scramjets differ mainly in the fact that the air does not slow to subsonic speeds. Rather, they use supersonic combustion. They are efficient at even higher speed. Very few have been built or flown.