Perry Mick wrote:

Very little from what I can tell.

Flew for 1.2 hours up to 10,000 feet.  Takeoff performance
was unchanged.  Climb rate might be improved a little.
Max speed the same.  Vibration slightly higher, noise may
be slightly higher.

Will probably leave them on because they look cool.

I didn't expect much from stators because the predicted energy
lost in swirl from my larger diamter fan was small, using
Piolenc's spreadsheet.

I think stators do more with smaller diameter fans turning
even higher rpm.  Maybe they work better on buried fans in
long ducts, like RC model planes.


Perry J. Mick
Mick Duckt N7XR
http://www.ductedfan.com

 
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