Whisper Aero doesn't plan to actually make the Whisper Jet, but this vision shows how 11 small ducted fans could be mounted on each wing. The jet engines on commercial airplanes can be absolutely huge ...

CubCrafters' NX Cub test aircraft with the ELAS system mounted on the leading edge of the wing. The company began flight testing last Friday. Yakima, Washington-based CubCrafters is already known for ...

A new study reveals how noise is generated and propagated from these engines, technically known as boundary layer ingesting (BLI) ducted fans. The mystery of how futuristic aircraft embedded engines, ...

Ducted fans have emerged as a promising propulsion solution for modern Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), particularly in applications that demand high safety, efficiency and low noise levels. Enclosing ...

Back in April, we first heard about a 3D-printed UAV airframe that could be fabricated within 24 hours. Created by a Boeing-assisted team at the University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing ...

Urban Aeronautics has completed initial windtunnel tests of a newly disclosed 250kt (465km/h)-capable cargo variant of its Mule ducted-fan unmanned air vehicle. Powered by a 1,600shp (1,1190kW)-class ...

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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. XTI began a crowdfunding campaign on ...

A while back, we wrote about the ducted fan, single rotor, VTOL drone that [Armin Strobel] was working on. It wasn’t quite finished then, and hadn’t got off the ground yet. He’s posted an update, and ...

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The mystery of how futuristic aircraft embedded engines, featuring an energy-conserving arrangement, make noise has been solved by researchers at the University of Bristol. The study, published today ...