Powerful and dependable, the Rolls-Royce Merlin aero engine was fitted to many of the most significant warplanes of the ...

As with many things in technological development, identifying the most revolutionary designs depends in part on what aspects one wants to stress. And when it comes to commercial aircraft engines, it ...

The idea of a hybrid-electric engine for supersonic aircraft may elicit a similar initial response, but there is some very firm engineering logic behind it. Put simply, conventional supersonic engines ...

Bore and Stroke: 127 mm (5.0 in.) x 140 mm (5.5 in.) Charles Lawrance, originally a race car engine designer, built his first air-cooled aircraft engine in 1921 for a Navy contract. The 149 kW (200 hp ...