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Oil changes are vital to ensure your vehicle is running at its best, but do jets need them, too? The answer isn't exactly straightforward. Here's why.
Strapped with a jet engine and built for raw speed, this isn’t your average motorcycle. We take a look at what happens when aviation power meets two wheels—and whether this wild machine has ...
The turbine engines on an airplane create very powerful suction in order to propel the airplane, but is that enough to pull in a human? Here's what we know.
The investigation on imports of aircraft, jet engines, and parts is the latest of the Trump administration's industry-specific Section 232 actions.
Schematic diagram of a simple homemade heat-resistant device for the propulsion pressure measurements, consisting of a hollow steel ball on top of the quartz tube.
China has decided to grant exemptions from import tariffs for some aircraft parts, including jet engines, the head of French engine maker Safran said on Friday.
What if you’ve already seen fragments of the future - without realizing it? In this thought experiment grounded in Einstein’s relativity, we unpack how a simple diagram changes our entire ...
The world’s first oblique detonation engine (ODE) powered by standard aviation kerosene has been successfully tested by Chinese scientists, marking a potential game-changer in hypersonic ...
The simple jet engine is a thing of the past. The latest designs are highly efficient and powerful, but they pay for their superiority in complication. Until recently, jet engines had only one ...
Hydrogen-powered planes are set to take wing around the world in the future. To make this possible, engineers have to develop the jet engines that will power them. Experiments by researchers are ...
A popular YouTuber retrofitted a Honda Acty Attack with a jet engine, test drove it on the highway, and received emergency calls.