Though Campini's engine was an interesting innovation, it was not as efficient or effective as the turbojet. The thermojet was most efficient at sea level where the air density and pressure is highest, but generates increasingly less power as altitude increases. In addition, the thermojet was far larger and heavier than a turbojet, and the piston engine needed to power the compressors was quite complicated. Combined with the low efficiency of the burner stage, the maximum power output of the engine was quite low. For these reasons, the turbojet and the related turbofan have become the dominant forms of aviation propulsion while the thermojet faded into obscurity. One of the few applications where the thermojet found a home was in later versions of the Japanese
Ohka kamikaze aircraft, but this engine was deemed too underpowered and replaced by a turbojet.