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.

Ducted rotor designs still have not made the breakthrough many predicted they would; even now, 43 years after the X-22’s final flight, the only ducted propeller scheme in recent memory was the ...

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, ...

Flying electric cars are not just for sci-fi movies. Miami-based Doroni Aerospace announced Friday its all-electric flying car, the Doroni H1, received official FAA Airworthiness Certification.And ...

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 ...

Flying cars are becoming closer to reality than what sci-fi movies may lead you to believe. Another electric flying car “took flight” this week in the US.

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.