General Motors had been researching the potential of turbine engines since the 1940s, but it wasn’t until the early '50s that a completed real-life prototype emerged: initially called the Firebird ...

Exhaust whose energy isn’t spent in turning the turbine is expelled and produces thrust, which propels the engine and the vehicle it’s attached to in the opposite direction. Simple ...

You probably weren’t expecting a project based on [Nikola Tesla’s] work to show up during the Engine Hacks theme ... later became known as the Tesla Turbine. Tesla turbines are made out ...

The deal, worth $1 billion, represents the largest-ever single order for Rolls Royce for marine engines. The agreement requires Rolls Royce to construct 25 marine Trent gas turbines - five in each ...