Subaru engineers appear to be thinking really far outside the box. The automaker recently filed a patent with the World Intellectual Property Organization for a turbine engine-assisted extended-range ...
Lag is the bane of every turbocharged engine, and the ways people have tried to eliminate it boggle the mind. From twincharging to cold-air antilag, an MGU-H, or even just one turbo per cylinder, it ...
On the roof of the O2 Arena, one of London’s largest indoor venues, there’s a small cluster of very peculiar wind turbines. They look nothing like the tall, imposing ones that are increasingly ...
“My hobby is jet engines,” Dustin Brice explained to me over the phone. “I was sitting in the garage one day, and there’s a ...
Achieve peak performance in your small turbine engines with Technetics' cutting-edge FELTMETAL™ abradable seals. In this video, we delve into the unique challenges of small turbine efficiency and how ...
Rolls-Royce reports it completed a successful fueled test of a small gas turbine it has developed to power hybrid-electric flight. The turbine is part of a more complex turbogenerator package that ...
Producers of military jet engines are rolling out new lines of small turbofans, eyeing an expected boom in demand for uncrewed fighter aircraft. US propulsion suppliers Pratt & Whitney (P&W), GE ...
Optimizing the airflow within turbine engines is critical in reaching peak efficiency and performance. Airflow management guarantees that the engine operates within the design parameters, maximizing ...
Give it wheels and a steering mechanism, and people will try to power it with anything they can. Visionary (and not-so-visionary) tinkerers and engineers have experimented with everything from steam ...
In 2012, Jay Leno featured his 1963 Chrysler Turbine Car on his channel for the very first time. A couple of years later, the rare and innovative vehicle became inoperable due to a damaged turbine. It ...
Since the 1960s, aerospace research and development (R&D) has been on a quest to eliminate oil lubrication systems from gas turbine engines. Beginning with small solar power dynamic "engines" for ...