High-output engines live in a world of brutal cylinder pressures, extreme temperatures and razor-thin safety margins, and the humble piston sits at the center of that storm. When power levels climb, ...

One of my smaller R/C boats is a 1/12-scale hydroplane; as the opportunities to get out on the water are getting rare here in MI, I decided to pull the engine and do a teardown inspection and cleaning ...

Everyone generally knows about piston and rotary engines, with many a flamewar having been waged over the pros and cons of each design. The “correct” answer is thus to combine both ...