Printing a model jet engine is quite an accomplishment. But it wasn’t enough for [linus3d]. He wanted to redesign it to have a turbojet, an afterburner, and a variable exhaust nozzle. You can see how ...

Much as it can be harmful to an actor's career to be typecast, it can also be deadly for a company to offer one type of product and one type only. Many of us know companies and brands for specific ...

Perhaps not as visible as their counterparts doing business in the automotive industry, aviation startups are just as numerous. Some of them are proposing outlandish ideas that will probably never ...

Moreover, the engines are designed to run on liquid natural gas (LNG), which is 1/10th the price of traditional jet fuel, offers more energy per unit weight, and produces 30% less CO2 when burned. The ...

A hybrid-electric jet engine may seem as absurd as a horse-drawn Zeppelin, but GE Aerospace is ground testing a new megawatt-class hybrid turbofan engine and its full powertrain that is powerful ...