JetTurbine

Let's get this straight right off the bat: this is not a green car. But, since we've shown you Jay Leno's EcoJet, we thought that you might like to take a look at something along those same lines... only much, much cheaper! Like Leno's EcoJet, which is based on the underpinnings of a modern ...

Here is the latest video from Jay Leno's Garage about the ongoing work on the EcoJet. As the video begins, we see that the biodiesel-running jet turbine is hooked up to a custom-made aluminum gearbox and step-down gear reduction unit which was formed in Jay's shop on a CNC machine. We go on to see ...

Ducted fans are an efficient way to power flying vehicles, but the devices remain largely unproduced because of problems with the control and reliability of their mechanisms. Most flying machines suffer from teething pains like this when they are still in their infancy. Jet turbines are a ...

The press and consumers alike are already questioning so-called green cars like the pricey hybrids from Lexus as to just how "green" they really are. The same goes for the Prius, as the well-known debate over whether the "well to wheel" environmental cost is not only just not worth it, but worse ...

I don't know anything about the Sinclair C5. I had never even heard of the machine until today, but here is what I have figured out: three wheels, 12 volt electric power, about 15 miles per hour. Looks a bit odd, and not very comfortable. But, judging from the specifications, I don't think it was ...

Dennis Bushnell is the chief scientist at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia, so what he says should probably be given some credence. Bushnell is saying that we could be powering aircraft with biomass from saltwater plants, or halophytes, grown in the desert. Bushnell said, "This is ...