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In 94 I got the idea of using a rotary to drive a ducted fan. Information
was scarce. It wasn't until 97 that I found a book for sale on the internet,
"Ducted Fan Design" by Marc de Piolenc. It is the equations in that book my
ductfan was designed to. There is an example in the book, where Marc designs a
ducted fan to improve the performance of the Jet Hawk. That was the first I had
heard of the Jet Hawk. So my knowledge of it is limited to what I've read in
that book.
I tried at
one time to get plans, but never found anyone that wanted to sell theirs.
One of the people that replied did refer me to Marc de Piolenc
though. Since you're pretty well immersed in the ducted fan
world, have you seen any other aircraft similar to the Jet Hawk. In
other words, internal ducted fan designs that look like real
jets? If high rpm is good, then what would be better than a
Renesis. On the other hand, there might be some affordable
real jet engines available now. I just haven't
looked.
Thanks,
Rusty
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