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.

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...