Piston-engined fighters ruled the roost for thirty years. A brutal survival of the fittest ensured a rapid evolution of these ...

What's the biggest engine you can think of off the top of your head? There are certainly still some colossal motors in the automotive market, as big as Bugatti's 8-liter W16. If you're thinking ...

Almost every internal combustion vehicle on the planet today uses the classic piston engine. These run by converting heat energy into reciprocating motion, and then rotary motion that ultimately ...

From 1945 to 1955, a British aeronautical company called Napier & Son produced not just one but two versions of an intricate hybrid piston engine, which they named the Napier Nomad. The post-World War ...

Since the first internal combustion engine fired up in the 19th century, engineers have been trying to push its limits. Each generation of technology has come with its own walls to break, whether it ...