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In late 2001, Mueller began developing a liquid-fueled rocket engine in his garage and later moved his project to a friend's warehouse in 2002. [1] His design was the largest amateur liquid-fuel rocket engine, weighing 80 lb (36 kg) and producing 13,000 lbf (58 kN) of thrust. [1] His work caught the attention of Elon Musk, SpaceX founder. [7]
Hellmuth Hirth (1886–1938) – aircraft engine designer, brother of Wolf Hirth; Wolf Hirth (1900–1959) – sailplane designer, brother of Hellmuth Hirth; Leonard S. Hobbs (1896–1977) – engine designer; John Hodge (1929–2021) – Avro Canada, NASA; Sighard F. Hoerner (1906—1971) – aerodynamicist, assisted the Fieseler Fi 156 Storch ...
Aurelio Lampredi and his V12 engine at the 1951 Torino Motor Show 1954 Ferrari 375 Plus V12 engine. Aurelio Lampredi (16 June 1917 – 1 June 1989) [1] was an Italian automobile and aircraft engine designer.
In 1914 Henry adapted his automobile engine design for a new 500 cc straight-twin engine racing motorcycle. The Peugeot 500 M racing motorcycle was the world's first motorcycle to use a double overhead camshaft cylinder head; the twin camshafts were driven by a cascade of gears between the cylinders, and used 4 valves per cylinder.
Vladimir Barmin, designer of the world's first rocket launch complex (Baikonur spaceport) Robert Bartini, developer of ekranoplans and VTOL amphibious aircraft, physicist, tutor to many other aerospace designers; Alexander Bereznyak, designer of the first rocket-powered fighter aircraft, BI-1; Georgy Beriev, designer of the Be-series amphibious ...
His engine had a single cylinder, and was the heaviest entered, but his motorcycle design won the competition, having covered a distance of 40 miles (64 km). He was then persuaded to join Bertram Hopkinson , Professor of Mechanism and Applied Mechanics, researching engine performance.
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Improving on the design of the 1712 Newcomen steam engine, the Watt steam engine, developed sporadically from 1763 to 1775, was a great step in the development of the steam engine. Offering a dramatic increase in fuel efficiency, James Watt's design became synonymous with steam engines, due in no small part to his business partner, Matthew ...