Lycoming Engines: 'Future Look: Piston-Engine Propulsion'

摘要

As the propulsion industry looks to the future, the barriers remain challenging, the drivers more critical, but the innovations more promising. The struggle between power and weight, future availability and cost of traditional leaded and alternative fuels, and "digitization" of engine controls and diagnostics will force an evolution in power plant design. At Lycoming Engines, a Textron company, the new-generation engine for general aviation aircraft is a race to combine proven technology enhancements with innovative designs for the industry's most reliable performer, the reciprocating engine.