Rim-driven thrusters turn the normal propeller-motor arrangement inside out; rather than mounting the motor at the center of ...

This behind-the-scenes look follows the full process of designing and building a jet engine for use in film. From concept sketches to final assembly, we explore the mechanical, visual, and practical ...

PARIS, Feb 12 (Reuters) - French-US jet engine maker CFM is studying a more conventional "advanced ducted" engine design alongside its preferred option for a radical open-fan concept for future jets, ...

Plasma jet engines promise a future of fuel-free, electrically driven flight, but the technology faces a stubborn obstacle that no amount of enthusiasm can wish away. Ionizing air to generate thrust ...

Bob Maddox’s stage name, Crazy Rocketman, is a misnomer. Maddox doesn’t build rockets. He builds pulse-jet engines. There’s a difference. As for the crazy part—that may be true. Maddox is the world’s ...

It is easy to admire an aircraft in flight, gliding across the sky, but far harder to imagine the furnace within—jet engines, ...