Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A jet engine is a highly complex piece of equipment with a ...

If you ask anyone working in the aviation industry what they think the most important component of modern-day planes is, chances are the vast majority may tell you that it is the jet engine.

As a tech demonstration, researchers at GE recently built a miniature, backpack-sized jet engine that they made entirely from 3D-printed parts. And not just for looks, either. They were able to ...

Building a jet ... the engine. Because they produce no energy sitting still, objects equipped with a ramjet need a flying start, usually provided by another aircraft to get working.

It’s left to [Integza] to take this idea and see it as the compressor for a jet engine, and though the ... but it’s possible to see it working during that brief window. Future work will ...

General Electric this week revealed that it has completed a multi-year project to print a working jet engine. The engine, small enough to fit in a backpack, was built by a team of technicians ...

However, if the companies are successful in getting them to work, RDEs might have ... Image: The Economist A conventional jet engine uses lots of moving parts (see diagram). Rotating blades ...