Volkswagen made the first major mechanical update to the Bus when it rolled out the Type 4 flat-four, which is also known as the “pancake engine,” for the 1972 model year. The company simultaneously ...

The principal difficulty involved seems to be the design of the clutch connecting the reciprocating engine with the turbIne shaft. In another combination which suggests itself, and which ...

each engine capable of delivering 6,000 HP, with top speeds of 58 mph (50 kn; 93 km/h.) According to the manufacturer, the MT7 gas turbine is a compact design with a core architecture in common with ...

Turbojet engines are an incredible piece ... since both are attached to the same shaft. Exhaust whose energy isn’t spent in turning the turbine is expelled and produces thrust, which propels ...

Technical difficulties were never fully overcome, the increasing cost of fuel made gas turbine cars uneconomic to run, and meanwhile by the 1960s the piston engine had improved immeasurably over ...

A second high-pressure (HP) shaft connects the HP compressor and the HP turbine. The two shafts run concentrically at ...

At unit 6 of Russia’s Leningrad NPP, specialists have installed an upgraded generator stator in the engine room and ...

Sean Rader, director of maintenance at King Aero Management, repurposed scrap parts to build a demo turbine jet engine with cutaways for the program. The brightly-colored demo – which resembles ...