We all know how a conventional internal combustion engine works, with a piston and a crankshaft. But that’s by no means the only way to make an engine, and one of the slightly more unusual ...

In the video after the break, [Brick Technology] uses LEGO to gain some practical insight into the world of piston engine design, from single-cylinder all the way up to radial twelve-cylinder engines.

When you're at an airport and see propeller aircraft, you likely think it is powered by a piston engine. This is usually true among smaller planes, like the Cessa 172 Skyhawk and the Piper Archer ...

Cessna, a Textron Aviation brand, currently offers several types of single-engine aircraft that fulfill a wide variety of ...

DALLAS — Today, in 1945, the British-built Miles M.57 Aerovan prototype made its maiden flight from the manufacturer's ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Engines are made up of over 300 bolts and dozens of moving parts, like pistons and valve springs, that all work together to turn combustion into ...