Motorjet
Sign in to savethumb|300px|Main components of Mikoyan-Gurevich I-250 motorjet-powered aircraft; the propeller is absent on some designs.
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thumb|300px|Main components of Mikoyan-Gurevich I-250 motorjet-powered aircraft; the propeller is absent on some designs.
A motorjet is a rudimentary type of jet engine which is sometimes referred to as thermojet, a term now commonly used to describe a particular and completely unrelated pulsejet design. It uses a piston engine to drive a compressor when was then used to combust fuel, similar to a jet engine.