During World War II the radial engine was popular, and it was used in many fighter and bomber aircraft. Manufacturers in aviation used them because the engines deliver a ton of power for their size, ...

If you look at aircraft from the Second World War or earlier, you'll notice that many of them have engines with large frontal areas and cylinders arranged about the propeller crankshaft. This a radial ...

Tether cars are a whole hobby based on tying a string to a tiny motor vehicle, attaching that string to a pole, and letting the car rip around a circle track at extreme speeds. We’ve covered them in ...

Bore and Stroke: 156 mm (6.125 in.) x 174 mm (6.875 in.) The Wright Cyclone series began in 1924 with a U.S. Navy contract for a nine-cylinder air-cooled radial engine having approximately the same ...

Not a rotary engine. A radial engine. Like you’d find in a vintage piston-powered aircraft. And moreover, it has GM LS1 DNA, too—inside the custom cylinder jugs and triangular crankcase are parts ...

National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division. National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Propulsion National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Propulsion / Series B: ...