Rotorcraft come in all shapes and sizes, most commonly helicopters, but also gyrocopters, gyrodynes, and rotor kites, among others. All of these use the same concept of a spinning rotor ...

The brake rotors are an important part of the disc brake system found in most modern cars. Many vehicles have disc brakes on the front and drum brakes in the rear, while others have four-wheel ...

An Airbus Helicopters H175 parked on an oil platform had four main rotor blades snapped off in strong winds after a malfunctioning rotor brake left the crew unable to tie down the still-rotating ...

The Rotor Blown Wing is a hybrid-electric, fully autonomous flying wing aircraft. Credit: Sikorsky NASHVILLE—Sikorsky plans to fly a Group 3 design of its Rotor Blown Wing next month as the ...

However, the helicopter’s tail rotor was damaged during the emergency landing. This incident comes just days after a helicopter en route to Gangotri Dham crashed in the Gangnani area of ...

Hello, I own a two-year-old Mini, with 11,000 kilometres on it. To my shock, I was told that the brake rotors were rusted and needed replacement. The reason being I was not driving and braking enough.

Brake rotors are a crucial component of a vehicle’s braking system, cooperating with brake pads to slow down the car and bring it to a complete stop. High-quality brake rotors exhibit reliable ...

The closest guess came from a reader named "Username" – who pointed out the larger diameter, more efficient rotors, but correctly said this wasn't enough by itself. Mazar tells me it's a ...

Simply get your car up on jack stands, remove the wheels, mask off the rotors, and apply the paint. If you have some time to spare and want an even better result, take the brake calipers off your ...

Abstract: Compared with internal-rotor switched reluctance motors (SRMs), external-rotor (ER) SRMs can show different vibration and acoustic noise behavior due to the differences in the designs, e.g.