In the video after the break, [Brick Technology] uses LEGO to gain some practical insight into the world of piston engine design, from single-cylinder all the way up to radial twelve-cylinder engines.

Quite some time ago, I came across a model of the famous Wright Cyclone 9 radial engine. A legendary engine from an engineering and aviation perspective ... [2] The R-1820 was at the heart of many ...

So why does the US military not have a single aircraft that can land on water? The honest answer is that they don't need to ...

Several manufacturers built Stearman PT-17 trainers for the war effort, and a surprisingly high number are still flying ...

It also featured fabric-covered flight controls to make it lighter. The aircraft featured retractable landing gear in a ...

The Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior is a series of nine-cylinder, air-cooled, radial aircraft engines built by the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company from the 1930s to the 1950s. These engines have a ...

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A. Brewer and sponsored by Harold F. Pitcairn. The objective was an engine that was more reliable and lighter than existing engines, specifically, a replacement for the Curtiss OX-5 that could power ...

One of the most recognizable aircraft of World War II, the B-24 saw action around the world and produced by the thousands. [.

The A-1 Skyraider, originally given the designation AD Skyraider, was the result of a Navy decision in 1943 that consolidated dive-bombing and torpedo-plane missions into one kind of aircraft. Yet, ...