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Chinese aerodynamic thrust system pushes drones deeper into high-subsonic flight

After nearly two decades of focused development, a Chinese research team has finally proven ...

Here’s How Much Thrust Each Of The C-17’s 4 Engines Have

The C-17's four powerful and reliable engines make it one of the most important aircraft in the Air Force.

Lighter, simpler, faster: could this thrust device give Chinese drones an edge over F-35s?

An aerodynamic tail nozzle designed in Nanjing proves its mettle in a high-subsonic speed drone test In a world first, ...

Here’s How Much More Takeoff Thrust The Boeing 777-300ER Has Compared To The Airbus A350-900

Comparing the power of the most popular 777 variant against that of the most popular A350 variant to observe how technology has progressed.
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What Are Thrust Reversers In Airplane Engines And What Happens When They Deploy?

When you're flying on a commercial jet, you naturally become very familiar with the sound and feeling of the powerful turbine engines. As you take off, you can feel their rumbling muscle rocketing the ...
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Eurojet pushes thrust-vectoring technology for Typhoon

Think about thrust vectoring and the image that probably springs to mind is that of an experimental fighter wowing the crowds at an air show, as the pilot pulls off seemingly impossible post-stall ...
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Scientists pinpoint source of "impossible" EmDrive's thrust

In 2014, no less an authority than NASA proclaimed in peer-reviewed papers that it was getting mysterious thrust from the EmDrive, a strange, brassy trumpet of a thing that its creators claimed could ...