Explore the fascinating world of aviation as we dive deep into the mechanics of the piston engine in aircraft. This video ...

The world's largest piston engine is the Wärtsilä RT-Flex96C inline-14 diesel, which generates 110,000 hp, stands 44 feet ...

When it comes to engines, everyone is always looking for more. More horsepower, more torque, more efficiency. One company has ...

A piston engine can suck in its own air and then compress it 10-20x (gas vs diesel, to the nearest multiple of ten) with plenty of leftover energy after the fuel is burned to drive the crank or an ...

No wonder today's OEM engines have thinner piston rings than their predecessors. Think about a 1972 Camaro and its 350ci small-block, which had a piston ring pack with two 5/64-inch rings and a 3/ ...

Diesel engines have pistons that look different from the ones you'd see with a gas engine. There's a reason why that's the case, and it's all about performance.

Despite having four cylinder banks, the INNengine (depending on its configuration) actually has eight pistons. This is because the engine is an opposed-piston motor, meaning that each piston’s ...

In a free piston engine, combustion happens the same way, but there is no crankshaft. On the face of it, this seems crazy, as the pistons are just left rattling around in their cylinders.

If an engine has a stroke of 3.48 inches, it means the piston travels down or up for a total of 3.48 inches during each phase. Piston The cylindrical component that travels up and down in an ...

In the video after the break, [Brick Technology] uses LEGO to gain some practical insight into the world of piston engine design, from single-cylinder all the way up to radial twelve-cylinder engines.