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We’re starting off the week with a mechanical marvel: a homemade dragster with dual Rolls-Royce jet engines that’s been 17 years in the making – and could potentially hit 400 mph.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: High-speed, Drag Rac… Continue reading Will the home-built Insanity jet-powered dragster hit 400 mph?
Imagine that you’re injured on a remote mountain path but have managed to contact emergency rescue. The first to arrive on the scene could be a small humanoid robot wearing a jetpack if Italian research bears fruit.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, T… Continue reading Engineers building a jet-powered flying humanoid for disaster response
In an effort to create a simpler, more affordable form of jet propulsion, University of Maryland spinoff Wave Engine Corporation has developed a digitally controlled modern-day pulsejet engine for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), a design that uses no … Continue reading Fire-spewing pulsejet engine with no moving parts gets real
Wave Engine Corp has aced a demonstration flight of a simple jet engine with no moving parts. A modern version of a pulsejet, the J-1 engine powered a UAV through take-off and several mid-air stop/starts before the aircraft nailed the landing.Continue … Continue reading Video: Wave Engine’s UAV test flight brings pulsejet into 21st century
Connecticut-based WaveAerospace has announced “the world’s fastest multirotor UAS,” a “new class of aircraft” that’s effectively a quadcopter drone with a raging jet turbine in the middle, capable of insane speeds and all-weather operation.
Category: Drones, Technology
Tags: Jets, Turbine, drones, World’s Fastest
Continue reading Huntress hybrid drone packs a 300+ mph turbojet core
The US Army is swapping out its Cold War fleet of prop-driven recon planes with ones based on a business jet. Under a new contract, the Army is buying a Global 6500 jet aircraft from Bombardier with options for two more for development prototypes.Conti… Continue reading US Army’s latest reconnaissance aircraft is a Bombardier business jet
Rolls-Royce has taken a major green step, announcing that not only has its giant UltraFan demo jet engine been run at full power on 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), but tests have proven all its current civilian engines are compatible with 100% SA… Continue reading Rolls-Royce cranks world’s largest jet engine up to maximum power
Rolls-Royce has taken a major green step, announcing that not only has its giant UltraFan demo jet engine been run at full power on 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), but tests have proven all its current civilian engines are compatible with 100% SA… Continue reading Rolls-Royce cranks world’s largest jet engine up to maximum power
Bristol-based company Aeralis has unveiled a remarkable modular jet concept it says can handle an enormous range of different capabilities, from two-seat transonic advanced jet trainers to long-range ISR aircraft – delivering huge savings on maintenanc… Continue reading Audacious modular jet concept uses swappable wings, engines and cabins
It goes without saying that it is very important for airliners’ jet engines to be regularly inspected. Such inspections could soon be easier and more thorough than ever before, thanks to a robot that moves like an inchworm.Continue ReadingCategory: Rob… Continue reading Bio-inspired Sensiworm is made to inch(worm) its way into jet engines