If you look at aircraft from the Second World War or earlier, you'll notice that many of them have engines with large frontal areas and cylinders arranged about the propeller crankshaft. This a radial ...

The 20th century was the age of the internal combustion engine. The fruits of industrial progress produced power plants tasked with everything from running generators to powering warplanes. The First ...

Bore and Stroke: 156 mm (6.14 in.) x 156 mm (6.14 in.) The BMW 801 was the first German high-performance, air-cooled radial engine of new design introduced after the start of World War II.

Like all good engineers, those designing aircraft engines are greedy. They always want more power, more durability, and more efficiency. They also want it in the smallest, lightest package possible.