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So at the end...they are saying that soon we might be seeing commercial airplanes with 10 props? How would that be configured do you think?

Like 5 under each wing seems like a stretch...could you put maybe 3 under each wing and 2 on the back tail somehow? Or is 5 under each wing the only way to go?

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Well, the aircraft mockup on their website[1] has what looks like 4 ducted fans in the tail and 6 on each wing. Might be an older mockup from when they thought they would need 18 motors.

Though, I suspect very little engineering thought has gone into that mockup. Looks more like something marketing threw together in an afternoon.

[1] https://www.weflywright.com/wright-1

Why is 5 on each wings a stretch? With electric motors you have a lot more flexibility, and distributed propulsion has some significant benefits.

Check out maxwell X-57 for research on this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_X-57_Maxwell

Electric planes will probably look very different from modern turboprop/turbofan planes by the time they’re fully optimized for electric propulsion.

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