A jet engine is a ... prevent the blades in its turbine from melting. [Related: How high do planes fly? It depends on if they’re going east or west.] And just like engine makers want a large ...

How to build a steel turbine using only a drill press and basic tools such as a hacksaw and files! This video will ...

Most modern jet engines seen by the general public use a gas turbine — also known as a gasifier, gas producer, core, or gas generator — to convert energy generated from the combustion of a ...

The company's design, which draws on technology developed for jet engines, circumvents a fundamental limit to conventional wind turbines. Typically, as wind approaches a turbine, almost half of ...

A fun YouTube video shows a foamcore F-18 built to house an actual jet turbine. The versatile F/A-18 has decades of military history, though this is likely the first one with a tin-foil heat shield.

Rather than relying on batteries and rotors, UAV Turbines is developing a tiny jet engine. Just this August, the Florida-based startup flew its first microturbine-based propulsion system ...