Propulsion Systems
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Aerospike engines are almost science fiction like, enabling aircraft and drones to reach orbit like a conventional aircraft with just…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Rotation detonation engines look like they’re capable of Mach 16 plus flight, so they are game changers if they can…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Flying cars seem to be a way off still but eVTOL aircraft are popping up everywhere so companies are working…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Sometimes old technologies modernised are better than the latest bleeding edge innovations, and this is yet another example. Love…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Explosions are normally bad in engines, but done in the right way they are the future of jet engine design…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF So far noone has cracked the ability to switch an engine from supersonic to hypersonic. That’s now solved. Let the…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Bladeless VTOL aircraft make a lot more sense than prop based ones, but getting the technology right is very hard….
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If you want to decarbonise air travel then you need new, or modified engines, that can run on new fuels…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF China is developing technology that goes beyond the bleeding edge and most of their latest weapons are hybrid mixtures of…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Airbus is exploring the technologies of the past and future to help it create zero emissions aircraft and this latest…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Hydrogen fuel is seen as the aviation industries only route to true zero emissions flight, and Airbus are leading the…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If you think planes need fuel to fly then ionic propulsion will make you think again … Love the…
