The largest commercial jet engine on Earth also has large and unique problems

Set to power the world's biggest commercial jet, overcoming the engineering hurdles of this massive engine pushed its launch ...
MotorBiscuit

DIY Jet Engine Erupts in Flames Before Melting Its Own Internals

The ambition was admirable: a small-scale jet engine designed from the ground up so that ordinary makers, with no specialist ...
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Jet Engines Are So Valuable, Nearly New Airbus Planes Are Being Scrapped To Get Them

The aviation marketplace is a weird place sometimes. Take the current shortage of jet engines, for example. A whole confluence of issues has caused a global engine crisis, resulting in Pratt & Whitney ...
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 ...
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NASA’s New Hybrid-Electric Jet Engine Just Proved It Can Power an Airliner

Five years ago, in 2021, American space agency NASA announced it is working on yet another project that doesn’t involve, well, space: the Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core (HyTEC). Since then, NASA’s ...