There is no complex science behind what straight-cut gears are. It's exactly as it sounds, gears with teeth that run straight out from the center of the wheel, rather than slanting in a spiral. The ...

Tilted landing gears, while engineered specifically for the express purpose of helping jets land and take off from runways, might look odd, like the wheels on the wings of a B-52 bomber. If you've ...

As one of the oldest components of human engineering, gears have driven civilization for ...

If you are a gearhead like us, you'll agree that one of the coolest sounds a racecar can produce, besides the exhaust note, is the high-pitched whine of a straight-cut gearbox. Most hardcore racecars ...