There's a new X-plane in town. Bell Textron's tilt-rotor aircraft being built for DARPA's Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program, which aims to combine the features of a helicopter ...

The X-76 is not intended for mass production or combat service. Instead, it will serve as a testbed for new aerial ...

Planned to fly in 2028, the X-76 will explore technologies for fast-flying runway-independent aircraft with folding rotors, crewed and uncrewed.

Jason Fenske of Engineering Explained is here to elucidate just what it takes to build a four-rotor engine that won't tear itself apart the first time it's fired up. Just like in a piston engine, the ...

Helicopters stand among the many reasons why aviation is as important as it is today. These aircraft occupy various niches worldwide, ranging from extensive military applications, such as helicopters ...

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The rotary engine is not quite dead. Despite it last making a sports car experience in the Mazda RX-8 just under a decade ago, the oddball triangular engine has an unbelievably strong cult following ...

Rotor syndrome is a rare and typically harmless genetic condition affecting the liver. It causes jaundice, mild yellowing of skin and eyes, and generally doesn’t need treatment. Rotor syndrome is a ...

October 28, 2008 Helicopters featuring coaxial rotor designs are not exactly new. The co-axial design of a pair of rotors mounted on the same mast and with the same axis of rotation, but turning in ...

Yasa’s yokeless dual-rotor motor design with a threefold power-density gain, points toward lighter, more efficient drivetrains.