When you're at an airport and see propeller aircraft, you likely think it is powered by a piston engine. This is usually true among smaller planes, like the Cessa 172 Skyhawk and the Piper Archer, or ...

In this short lesson I walk you around the exposed engine of a single engine Piper and break down how it actually makes the propeller turn. I explain the Lycoming four cylinder, four stroke setup, ...