EridanMan wrote:

I know that ducted fans are somewhat the sophomoric siren of amateur
aircraft design...

Imagine for a moment a ducted fan, with a simple streamlined body in
front of and behind the fan which houses the engine components (for my
simple example, lets say its a small profile motor, say a Mazda rotary
turning the fan at shaft speed in a 36" fan.
...
Any thoughts?


FYI, there are two Yahoo groups dedicated to ducted fans:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ductedfanaircraft/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ductfan

The first one is about the Jethawk 2, powered by a Mazda rotary.

Roberto Waltman

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