With so many examples to look at, building a solar-powered RC airplane in 2024 should be a snap, surely? The first handicap was that [ProjectAir] is based in the UK, which means dealing with the ...

Especially if the airplane ... engine was more of a thought experiment and might not actually produce enough thrust to run an airplane, but that it certainly will spark up some conversations among ...

The FAA granted a Supplemental Type Certificate to Swift Fuels for their 100R unleaded fuel for Cessna 172R and 172S planes ...

Ranked A piston engine in an airplane works on the same internal combustion principle as the gasoline engine we find in most automobiles. Instead of using regular gasoline, which has a relatively ...

Craig Nordeen (Air Force Research Lab, Pratt & Whitney) gives a lesson from three years ago on detonation engines. He ...

If hot-air engines and inflammable gas engines fail as yet to furnish power comparable to .hat which steam affords, without a very disproportionate increase of bulk, and for high powers fail to ...

The aerospace world's intensifying push toward zero-emissions flying could result in radically new engine designs for future ...

The durability problems affecting jet engines have hit this aircraft hard, forcing airlines to cancel flights and ground crews. RTX-owned Pratt & Whitney has said that many of its PW1500G ...

There’s just one engine available, a 2.5-litre petrol-hybrid badged RC 300h. Lexus quotes 8.6 seconds to 62mph and top speed is limited to just 118mph. The hybrid's CVT gearbox is particularly ...

By nature, diesel engines produce more torque than gasoline engines. A combination of compression ratios, combustion rates, stroke lengths, and energy density provide more get up and go for your ...

But have you ever noticed how the majority of 18-wheelers use diesel engines? Most big trucks operate with diesel over gasoline engines for specific reasons. There are several things you might not ...

In fact vehicles powered by compression-ignition engines are often dramatically more fuel efficient than their gasoline counterparts. In fact they can be up to 30 percent thriftier, which is HUGE.