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In article dGKKb.8616$6l1.5192@okepread03, says...
Would a helicopter count as a turboprop? Turbo-blade? :-)

Helo engines are usually referred to as "turboshaft", which aside from
sounding suspiciously like a porn film, is possibly just another name
for a turboprop.

I wonder what the V-22 engines are. Turboprop when facing forward,
turboshaft when facing upward?

Isn't the presence of a transmission in the latter what helps delineate
it
from the former?

Turboprops have transmissions also, I'm sure. At least, you'd need to
put some gearing between engine and props.

Some gearing yes; but I don't think they have anything as complex as the
transmissions employed on helos. Just a guess, though.

Brooks