The ducted fan is meant to be a stand-in for a model jet engine, based around a high-powered motor generally designed for drone racing. Most of the build is 3D printed including duct system, ...

About a year ago, [Wyman’s Workshop] needed a fan. But not just a regular-old fan, no sir. A ducted fan. You know, those fancy fan designs where the stationary shroud is so close to the movin… ...

PARIS—An open-fan engine such as the RISE demonstrator CFM International has been building would be less efficient than a more conventional ducted turbofan on a next-generation narrowbody ...

Speaking in November 2024 on the sidelines of an engine event in Belgium, Eric Dalbies, Safran’s CTO and EVP of strategy said, “while RISE targets a 20% fuel burn reduction, the ducted-fan ...

In the 1960s, France developed the Nord 500—a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft powered by twin ducted fans that promised speed, agility, and versatility decades ahead of its time. With ...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) funded contract has produced a 32-inch diameter ducted fan powered by a 70kW electric motor capable of producing over 430 pounds of thrust.

A half-scale demonstrator of a ducted fan vertical take-off and landing unmanned air vehicle called the VTOL Swift Tactical Aerial Resource (VSTAR) could be flying next year, according to its ...

A Denver-based start-up has raised $10 million in equity "crowdfunding" to help develop a ducted-fan powered, fixed-wing business aircraft called the TriFan 600.