Honda might be looking back to early aeronautics in its latest bid to make variable compression engines simpler and sturdier. The engine is designed to take advantage of the simple crank design of ...

[Ian Jimmerson] has constructed a detailed model of a radial engine out of wood and MDF for an undisclosed reason. Rather than just delivering the wooden engine to wherever wood engines go, [Ian] ...

When learning about the design of a machine or mechanism, reading and watching videos is certainly effective, but it’s hard to beat hands-on experimentation. In the video after the break, [Brick ...

Last week, we introduced you to Robert “Jocko” Johnson, the desert-dwelling sculptor/cylinder head-porting master/would-be land speed record-breaker profiled in the May 5, 1997 issue of Autoweek. This ...

One of the highlights of the annual tractor show in Burkhardtsdorf, is an amazing radial engine mounted on the back of a trailer. Now, we don't often get to talk about these amazing star-shaped ...

Harry has been writing and talking about motorcycles for 15 years, although he's been riding them for 45 years! After a long career in music, he turned his hand to writing and television work, ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Mankind first took flight in 1903 when the Wright brothers took off over Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Since then, all manner of aircraft have ...

Bore and Stroke: 117 mm (4.6 in.) x 108 mm (4.3 in.) The Warner Aircraft Corporation of Detroit, Michigan built four models of similar radial air-cooled engines. Three were seven cylinder engines ...

Crankshaft torsional dampers are increasingly being used for the gasoline engines of compact cars as well as for ordinary high speed diesel and gasoline engines. Recently, so-called bending dampers ...