OPEN ROTOR: HOW DOES IT WORK? An open rotor engine is essentially a turboprop with two rows of blades, or propellers, which can operate efficiently at higher speeds than a conventional turboprop. The ...

The fundamental design principles behind rotary-wing aircraft date back to the Renaissance, with some of the earliest-known designs belonging to Leonardo da Vinci. Naturally, technology has ...

Finally! Some hero did the inevitable and mounted a GoPro on the main rotor hub of a helicopter, and not just any helicopter but a Russian-built Mi-8 Hip. It gives an incredibly intimate but dizzying ...

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Rolls-Royce is starting performance tests of its RB2011 “pusher” open rotor, but reveals that the main research focus for a future 150-seat aircraft engine is on a yet-to-be-tested “puller” ...