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French Innovator Pushes Reboot of Propulsion Architecture
Conseil et Technique believes it can make electric power work for airliners by moving propulsion hardware off wings and to the rear of the fuselage.
France's Conseil et Technique hopes to win support for its fundamental rethink of airliner propulsion with its Integrated Propeller Plane (IP2) concept. (Image: Conseil et Technique)
France's Conseil et Technique hopes to win support for its fundamental rethink of airliner propulsion with its Integrated Propeller Plane (IP2) concept. (Image: Conseil et Technique)

Independent aerospace technology innovator Conseil et Technique hopes that 2021 will be the year it finds backers for its radical reboot of the traditional airliner powerplant configuration. The French company’s Integrated Propeller Plane (IP2) concept involves completely removing the standard turbofans from the wings and replacing them with a pair of counter-rotating, ducted fans driven by brushless electric motors and solenoid valves coiled around the rear of the fuselage just in front of low-profile V-shaped tail.