The Genius Engineering Behind Contra-Rotating Propellers

Using two propellers spinning in opposite directions, the genius contra-rotating propeller system is used on marine vessels ...
Jalopnik

This Famous P-51 Air Racer's Engine Test Is A Mechanical Thunder Storm

Precious Metal is a staple of the air racing community. The highly modified P-51's striking yellow and polished paint job and its contra-rotating propellers are features that make it stand out, but ...
Marine Log

New German Aerospace Center vessel will feature next-gen Steerprop azimuth propulsion

Finnish propulsion specialist Steerprop has been selected to deliver its new next generation of contra-rotating propeller ...
MarineLink

German Aerospace Research Vessel taps Steerprop for Propulsion

Steerprop will deliver its new Contra-Rotating Propeller (CRP) azimuth propulsions to Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven GmbH for a new ...
New Atlas

Flying replica set to fulfill Bugatti's radical aircraft dream

When we think of Bugatti, we generally think of classic sportscars like the T13 and modern day supercars such as the all-conquering Veyron. However, back in the late 1930s, Ettore Bugatti also set out ...
Jalopnik

How The Soviet Union Once Built The Noisiest Airliner In The World Out Of A Nuclear Bomber

It's the 1950s, and you're the Soviet Union. Your deepest rivals, the Americans and their corporations, are all preparing the latest and greatest jet airliners to fly them all over the world. And ...