Thank you for your reply btrueblood. I have been running some rough calculations and I should be able to get away with one set of blades and a stator. I found a company that made a ducted fan with a single set of blades, a stator, and an afterburner. I am currently trying to contact them to...
We are currently working on a ducted fan design and had a quick question. So far we are setting our sites on a 36 inch four bladed fan inside of a 40-50 duct. Our current question is, would it be any benefit to set a second fan inside the duct behind the first one? Or is this just a waste?