At the very crux of engineering is the desire to problem-solve, optimize, and squeeze out every bit of efficiency possible from the system being built. Aircraft design and aeronautical engineering ...

During World War II, Daimler-Benz explored an unconventional fighter concept built around a massive experimental V16 engine.

WHEN A MODIFIED MD-80 airliner flew at the 1988 Farnborough air show in Britain, it was supposed to represent the future of air travel. One of its rear-mounted jet engines had been replaced with an ...

Distributed ducted propellers show immense potential for low-altitude aircraft, but the vast number of possible designs complicates standardized analysis. This research introduces a novel equivalent ...

The U.S. Army Air Forces commissioned the Fisher P-75 Eagle, an unconventional fighter designed by an auto manufacturer, instead of modifying existing aircraft. The P-75 featured a complex and ...

The Russian Tu-95 'Bear' isn't just a relic of the Cold War, with the potential for a nuclear payload capable of untold devastation. It's eight contra-rotating propellers also enable to it hold the ...

Sharrow's extraordinary looped propellers were already some 30% more efficient than traditional designs – and now the company has put two of them together into a coaxial, contra-rotating prop that ...

Faradair, a UK startup, unveiled an 18-seat hybrid-electric aircraft. Designed for both passenger and cargo transport, it uses a turboprop-powered ducted fan with vectored thrust. Short takeoff and ...

When we think of Bugatti, we generally think of classic sportscars like the T13 and modern day supercars such as the all-conquering Veyron. However, back in the late 1930s, Ettore Bugatti also set out ...