W hen a scientist in China invented a new jet engine that could change the future of jet propulsion, it went largely unnoticed. Jua Tang's jet engine that turns electricity directly into thrust ...

The ducted fan is meant to be a stand-in for a model jet engine, based around a high-powered motor generally designed for drone racing. Most of the build is 3D printed including duct system ...

The jet engine has a long and storied history. Its development occurred spontaneously amongst several unrelated groups in the early 20th Century. Frank Whittle submitted a UK patent on a design in ...

It's a long story, and there's one thing I want to say straightaway: what gave us the jet engine was not just the work of one man, say myself, but teamwork. There were those of us who designed the ...

This article investigates Britain's first jet fighter. Also, a member of an RAF unit that worked on the Meteor tells about a ...

Heron, the great inventor of Alexandria, described in detail what is thought to be the first working steam engine. He called it an aeolipile ... The principle he used in his design is similar to that ...

The world’s first oblique detonation engine (ODE) powered by standard aviation ... achieved sustained oblique detonation waves using RP-3 jet fuel, a common commercial kerosene.

Richard Trevithick’s design had a boiler but this was removed to make the internal combustion engine. The German inventor Nicklaus Otto developed the first four stroke engine in 1876.

Connecticut-based jet-engine maker Pratt & Whitney is playing a key role in the engine development for the future fighter jet. To support the work, Pratt & Whitney and GE Aerospace were each ...