Most Japanese performance car enthusiasts are familiar with the 13B twin-rotor engine Mazda equipped the RX-7 and RX-8 with ... an engine that was half-turbine, half-reciprocating in design.

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 ...

In a recent collaboration, Turbotech, Safran, and Air Liquide teamed up to validate the feasibility of using liquid hydrogen to power a turbine engine for light aircraft. Nearly a year ago to this ...

Give it wheels and a steering mechanism, and people will try to power it with anything they can. Visionary (and not-so-visionary) tinkerers and engineers have experimented with everything from ...

A University of Virginia-led research team has developed new protective coatings that allow turbine engines to run at higher temperatures before components begin to fail. “Hotter engines are more ...

A multidisciplinary research group has formulated new protective coatings to allow turbine engines to run hotter -- with potential dividends for the environment and people. A University of ...

Optimizing the airflow within turbine engines is critical in reaching peak efficiency and performance. Airflow management guarantees that the engine operates within the design parameters, maximizing ...

Installed in an Indy-type Kurtis 500 chassis, a Boeing engine developing 195 hp was the most serious turbine threat until 1966 (although the car was used occasionally for Firestone tire development).

Redstone Arsenal, Ala.: On 27 June the Army’s Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP) achieved another significant milestone with the delivery of two General Electric Aerospace (GE) T901-GE-900 ...

This is a major challenge for engine manufacturers, and one company is stepping up to the plate. Trick-Cycle Turbine Ltd. (TCT) is a South Dakota-based company led by inventor Reggie Huff that has ...