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Do jet engines need oil changes?

Every few thousand miles, we pull into a shop, wait our turn, and let a technician drain and replace the golden liquid that keeps our cars running. Jet engines, however, operate on a completely ...

Rolls-Royce pushed a 100% hydrogen jet engine to full power, and the hardest part of clean flight may be hiding inside the engine

This was not a one-off experiment built for a headline. The hydrogen work followed a staged path, beginning in 2022 when ...
American Machinist

Rolls Proposes New Narrow-Body Jet Engine

Rolls-Royce initiated the UltraFan program more than 10 years ago, and the demonstrator engine is assembled and undergoing testing in Derby, England, at full power and running on Sustainable Aviation ...
The National Interest

How Does the Engine of a Fighter Jet Work?

Fighter jet engines are complex machines that enable aircraft to reach incredible speeds. The modern fighter jet is defined by its engine, which accelerates a tremendous volume of air rearward that it ...
Hackaday

Building A Rim-Driven Jet Engine

Rim-driven thrusters turn the normal propeller-motor arrangement inside out; rather than mounting the motor at the center of the propeller, they use a large hollow motor, with the blades attached to ...