Because the turbine runs independently of the Cosworth piston engine, it can generate 40 psi of static boost with the throttle closed. That means a monumental torque curve, generating 80 percent ...
We have become used to understanding that perhaps the era of the petroleum-fueled piston engine ... turbine car. If international readers find Jet1’s styling a bit quaint compared to the ...
Since there is no compressor or turbine, the engine has no way to draw air into it besides the forward motion of the aircraft. In a standard jet engine, the turbine draws the air in to create the ...
In the 1960s, Chrysler built a handful of cars powered by aircraft-style turbine engines. And where does one take a turbine when it's in need of a rebuild? To the original manufacturer ...
Footage emerged at the time on social media of flames around the aircraft's wing ... confirmed a high-pressure turbine blade had fractured in the jet's right engine. The blade damaged a further ...