Anyone who’s used an overhead ceiling fan knows it can be a pain to work. Yanking its chain gets the motor running, but there ...

Controllable pitch propellers adjust blade angle instead of engine speed, letting ships change thrust, direction, and handling instantly. This explains the physics, advantages, and tradeoffs compared ...

The F-106 was one of the best-looking US fighters of the 1960s. Its pure delta wing, curvaceous fuselage and handsome form belied its awesome destructive potential, as it was (along with F-89 and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prop 50, on the Nov. 4 special election ballot, allows California voters to decide whether to temporarily replace the state's ...

The famous British Supermarine Spitfire used various propellers during its early service. Rotol Airscrews, Ltd was formed in 1937 as a joint venture of Rolls-Royce and Bristol. The name, a combination ...

CALIFORNIA, USA — Proposition 36 would reclassify some misdemeanor theft and drug crimes as felonies. The measure would also create a new category of crime — a “treatment-mandated felony.” People who ...

ALTA, Utah (KUTV) — Investigators with the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the cause of a plane crash that killed one person and injured ...

When one thinks of the average airplane, odds are that propellers are part of that mental image. They've been a crucial component of airplane construction from the moment air travel found its footing ...

Join us as we put 15 different Lego propellers to the test in this fun and informative video! We explore how each propeller design performs in terms of speed, power, and efficiency, comparing their ...