High fuel costs are not only affecting the average consumer, but it’s also hurting businesses from around the world. Companies from your local lawn & garden to the big Airliners are feeling the pinch. Its even taken hold on the rich and famous Sean Diddy Combs. The rapper, actor, entrepreneur, record producer, and fashion designer has resorted [...]
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Frontline Aerospace have invented a 50 pound device that could extend the range of any helicopter. It’s a “counter-flow heat exchanger that extracts heat from the hot engine exhaust and transfers it to the compressed engine air before combustion.” Nice to see the aerospace looking into aircraft efficiency.
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Instead of jumping onto the bandwagon of building the next Super Jumbo Jet (eg. Airbus A380), Boeing moved in the other direction towards efficiency. The new plane is the first commercial jet liner to use carbon fiber, instead of your typical aluminum. The composite material is stronger and lighter than metal, because of this, the [...]
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