At the beginning of the month the collaboration between KLM Airlines and TU Delft came to fruition with the test flight of their test model of a flying V wing


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFoc8wbuasM

On landing there was a gust of wind and the pilot did not correct it properly and the model landed on it's nose wheel snapping the strut.

More on the story here: https://www.businessinsider.com/klm...ic-flying-wing-takes-first-flight-2020-9

I'm incredibly curious about those engines. Are they custom or is there an actual market for RC faired electronic propeller motors?

Btw, Boeing looked into the flying wing in the 90's/early 2000's as a successor for the 747/777, but killed the project after concluding that passengers in the middle row will freak out because of being in the middle row. I also don't think that other manufacturers will jump on this concept. Aerospace is a very conservative industry, and after the A380 debacle you'll have to be crazy to invest billions in a high-risk project.

Yes there is a market for them, it's a ducted fan motor and used quite a bit in RC aircraft where the real aircraft uses a jet engine.

you can get them in electric motor or internal combustion (glow plug) forms

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ducted-fan/s?k=ducted+fan

https://www.turbines-rc.com/en/