Piston or turboprop: who cares? Aren't they both just ways to spin the propeller? Not quite. Here's how piston and turboprop engines change the way you fly.

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

While some aircraft use car engines like converted Volkswagen air-cooled powerplants, the majority of piston-powered planes use aircraft-specific engines, such as the Cessna 172's Continental or ...

The Lycoming O-320 engine, a four-cylinder, horizontally opposed, air-cooled engine, is so reliable that they are still in use today despite being 70 years old.

The HPU 210 combines a 150-kW Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX-derived piston engine with a 60-kW electric motor, delivering a 40 % boost ...

Aircraft Piston Engine Market – Global Industry Size, Share, Trends, Opportunity, and Forecast, 2018-2030 Segmented By Number of Engines (Single Engine, and Multi Engine), By MTOW (Below 1000Kg ...

VoltAero announced it will display its new HPU 210 hybrid power unit for the first time in the U.S. at EAA AirVenture 2025.

The engineering team at MT-Propeller was able to increase the TBO for the 7-bladed propellers to 3,600 hours or 6 years, ...

The last dogfights between piston-engine, propeller-driven airplanes weren’t fought in the skies over Germany in the 1940s or even Korea in the 1950s.

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