Discover how to build a powerful ducted propeller using a washing machine motor in this easy-to-follow video. Watch as each step of the process is demonstrated, from removing and modifying the ...

Distributed ducted propellers show immense potential for low-altitude aircraft, but the vast number of possible designs complicates standardized analysis. This research introduces a novel ...

Later, Piasecki designed ducted-propeller upgrades for the Cobra and the Hughes AH-64 Apache; a mockup of the compounded Cobra and a poster of the modified Apache were on display.

Distributed ducted propellers show immense potential for low-altitude aircraft, but the vast number of possible designs complicates standardized analysis. This research introduces a novel ...

The Takeaway: DJI’s Avata is a smaller, more nimble version of its full-sized FPV drone.The small form factor and ducted propellers allowed me to get much closer to subjects without any worries ...

Propfans, or other once-promising propulsion technologies such as ducted propellers, might finally be ready for use. Several propfans were flight-tested in the 1980s, ...

However, this fan, which comes from German propulsion developer Schubeler Technologies, is of the electric ducted variety. The eP05-21, unveiled Tuesday, is the company’s latest product.

Intended to blend the handling and flying experience of a jet fighter with the operating efficiency of a turboprop, the RFB Fantrainer utilized a ducted fan in the empennage. [FanJet Aviation] In ...