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  2. Ducted fan - Wikipedia

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    In aeronautics, a ducted fan is a thrust-generating mechanical fan or propeller mounted within a cylindrical duct or shroud. Other terms include ducted propeller or shrouded propeller . [ 1 ] When used in vertical takeoff and landing ( VTOL ) applications it is also known as a shrouded rotor .

  3. Fenestron - Wikipedia

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    Ducted fan tail rotors have also been used in the Russian Kamov Ka-60 medium-lift helicopter, [17] and also on the Japanese military's Kawasaki OH-1 Ninja reconnaissance rotorcraft. French light helicopter manufacturer Hélicoptères Guimbal has also used a Fenestron for their Guimbal Cabri G2 , a compact reciprocating engine-powered rotorcraft ...

  4. Category:Ducted fan-powered aircraft - Wikipedia

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    Aircraft whose primary form of thrust is derived from a piston engine, rotary engine or turboshaft driving a ducted fan. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.

  5. Airbreathing jet engine - Wikipedia

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    Producing thrust both ways, turboprops are occasionally referred to as a type of hybrid jet engine. They differ from turbofans in that a traditional propeller, rather than a ducted fan, provides the majority of thrust. Most turboprops use gear-reduction between the turbine and the propeller.

  6. Ryan XV-5 Vertifan - Wikipedia

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    The J85 and lift-fan combination was a precursor to developments which led to the first GE high BPR engine, the TF-39. [4] The lift fans were driven by turbine blades mounted around the periphery of the fan, with mass flow 13 times greater than the gas generators mass flow and increased thrust 3 times over that available using a propelling nozzle.

  7. PJ-II Dreamer - Wikipedia

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    The Dreamer aircraft uses a special type of propulsion system called a dual ducted fan. This system gives it similar handling to a jet engine but is cheaper and less complicated to operate. Unlike propeller-driven planes, it doesn't have torque or P-factor issues, which are forces that can make the aircraft harder to control.

  8. Turbofan - Wikipedia

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    The compressor absorbs the mechanical power produced by the turbine. In a bypass design, extra turbines drive a ducted fan that accelerates air rearward from the front of the engine. In a high-bypass design, the ducted fan and nozzle produce most of the thrust.

  9. List of VTOL aircraft - Wikipedia

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    Hawker-Siddeley HS.138 (ducted fans) [2] Hawker-Siddeley HS.145; Hawker Siddeley P.1017 (cancelled supersonic vectored thrust) Hawker Siddeley P.1154 (cancelled supersonic vectored thrust) Hawker Siddeley P.1184-16 Dash 18; Hawker Siddeley P.1217; Heinkel Lerche (coleopter; not built) Hiller VZ-1 Pawnee (ducted fan) Hiller X-18