What sets this model apart is that it has a complete working reverse thrust system. A real jet engine would be asking a bit much of 3D printed ABS plastic. This model is more of an Electric Ducted ...

Exhaust whose energy isn’t spent in turning the turbine is expelled and produces thrust, which propels the engine ... 3d printing and a home made spot welder. If you want to build a full jet ...

The U.S. Air Force has 3D-printed its first metal part for a jet engine. The replacement part ... Engineers took an OEM gasket, reverse-engineered it, and printed new ones. So far, according ...

In March, the company became the first to design, build and test a 3D-printed jet engine for the U.S. military after completing successful fire tests, igniting fuel in a 500-pound thrust ...

The first time Pratt & Whitney’s GatorWorks attempted to 3D-print a combustor for the miniature TJ-150 jet engine ... That 150lb-thrust (0.667kN) turbine engine powers the Raytheon Miniature ...

An electrospray engine applies an electric field to a conductive liquid, generating a high-speed jet of tiny ... propellant. The 3D-printed device generated as much or more thrust than existing ...

Woodward Inc. and Collins Aerospace provide thrust reverser actuation systems for major commercial and business jet programs ... Emerging technologies, like 3D printing, and more electric ...

No, that feeling is the result of a special component of the jet engines aptly named the thrust reversers. It's thanks to the thrust reversers that commercial jets can slow to a safe stop on the ...

Jet engines are relatively simple in their basic design, but advancements in gas turbine engine technology have mostly done away with the cool-looking bucket-type reverse thrust systems.