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

How wide were those stators Perry? How thick? Got any pictures?

Paul Lamar
 
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