A four-time Canadian Automotive Journalism Award winner, he is the current President of the Automobile Journalists ...
Bob Maddox’s stage name, Crazy Rocketman, is a misnomer. Maddox doesn’t build rockets. He builds pulse-jet engines. There’s a difference. As for the crazy part—that may be true. Maddox is the world’s ...
Public financing is being sought for developing a scaled version of the UltraFan geared turbofan propulsion system, under consideration to help Rolls-Royce return to the ...
The world’s heavy reliance on fossil fuels, especially for transportation, has left a deep mark on both the planet and public health. Burning these fuels releases a flood of greenhouse gases, which ...
A jet engine with no moving parts. Sounds like something out of Dune. But a Baltimore start-up successfully flight-tested a scaled version to prove that the concept worked. Wave Engine Corp. released ...
‘I don’t like my Honda Acty Attack’s performance. Can I get a 5,000-hp upgrade?’ said no Kei truck owner ever. Then Cody Detwiler bought one, and all the hot hinges of hell broke loose when he ...
Wave Engine Corp has aced a demonstration flight of a simple jet engine with no moving parts. A modern version of a pulsejet, the J-1 engine powered a UAV through take-off and several mid-air ...