Researchers at the University of Colorado are building the smallest supersonic jet engine ever made. Continue reading
Category Archives: Aircraft Propulsion & Energy
Exhaust-Heat Thermoelectric Generator Converts Waste Energy into Electrical Power in Flight.
A team of engineers at Electronic Cooling Solutions worked with John Langley and engineers at Ambient Micro to build an exhaust-heat thermoelectric generator (EHTEG) that can be incorporated into a UAS design to harvest and convert waste energy into electrical power in flight. Continue reading
AirMule to Fly with New Hydraulics
Urban Aeronautics will soon perform the first flight of an AirMule ducted fan unmanned aircraft system fitted with a double-redundant hydraulic system. Continue reading
MQ-1 Predator Gets Custom-Built AVGAS Trucks
Holloman Air Force Base is home to the first two new aviation gasoline trucks in Air Combat Command’s inventory that were specifically designed to support the MQ-1 Predator remotely piloted aircraft. Continue reading
Rotax Develops Advanced 4 Cylinder 4 Stroke Engine
Engine manufacturer Rotax will this year begin delivering ASTM and certificated versions of a new four-stroke, four-cylinder piston 912iS engine, with monitoring capabilities typically found only in more advanced turbofan engines. Continue reading
ScanEagle Flies with Hydrogen-Powered Fuel Cell
Insitu Inc. announced that its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) successfully completed its first hydrogen-powered fuel cell flight during a two-and-a-half-hour flight test. Continue reading
Solar Impulse Plans 2,500 km Solar-Powered Flight to Morocco
In preparation for their attempt at round-the-world flight in 2014, the Solar Impulse team has announced the destination of its 2012 mission: the Kingdom of Morocco. Continue reading
Blue Devil Gets Motorised
Mav6 continues to progress on assembly of the M1400 Blue Devil 2 at airship maker TCOM‘s hangar in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Continue reading