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The most complicated new engine has three cylinders, a rotating block, a stationary head, and is shaped like a circle
Meet the Birotary, a crazy new and complicated engine that has three cylinders arranged like a star, a rotating block, a ...
Sandia National Laboratory led by Sandia researcher Peter Van Blarigan that has been testing physical components of free-piston engines which could be 50% efficient. This is about twice as good as ...
Certain propeller driven aeroplanes are equipped with piston engines whose fundamental "firing"-frequency coincides with the rotational frequency of the propeller. Taking the two sources as a system ...
Modern piston engines are incorporating advancements such as fuel injection, turbocharging, and electronic controls (like Lycoming's iE2 system). Weight reduction is a key focus; engines like the ...
It was the height of WWII, aerospace technology was developing at an incredible rate. The jet engine was a fragile new technology, but it sure seemed like the future of combat aviation. Who would be ...
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