Rotary engines (also known as Wankel engines and Wankel rotary engines) are quite different from piston or "reciprocating" engines. One of the distinguishing features is that they don't need valves to ...

The original concept of combustion engines as we understand them dates as far back as the late 1800s. And while they are more or less a solved science today, they definitely didn't start that way.

The article highlights the challenge of pilots effectively using modern engine monitors, often failing to understand or act on critical indications of impending engine failure. A fatal accident ...