The battle of V8 engines - cross-plane vs flat-plane; which one’s got the edge? V8 engines come in two popular varieties, cross-plane and flat-plane. The difference comes down to the crankshaft; in a ...

Part two of the Quest for Power series breaks down rotary and radial engines, why circular layouts solved cooling and reliability, and why they also came with nasty tradeoffs. From WWI rotaries to ...

Cross-plane and flat-plane ranks have some major differences beyond their names. These impact not just their design, but ...

In the late 1940s, GE introduced the J-47 gas turbine engine, which became the most-produced jet engine of the early jet age, ...

The aviation marketplace is a weird place sometimes. Take the current shortage of jet engines, for example. A whole confluence of issues has caused a global engine crisis, resulting in Pratt & Whitney ...