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General

About Propellers.

• Mention Prop design parameters
• Note that this page is sufficient for specifying most propeller shapes parametrically.
• Investigate prop curves and how those may be translated into design params in PM and how those might be tested.
• What is Blade Angle? Where is it measured?

* Talk about Prop Braking?

Prop Sizing

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Prop Design Checklist

All of the following fields, at minimum, must be entered to configure a working propeller. These fields as sufficient to configure a fixed pitch propeller.

On Standard > Engines > Props 1 Tab

• Set number of props and Prop Type
• Set number of blades per prop
• Set Prop radius
• Set root and tip chords
• Set Design TAS
• Set Design RPM
• Set Design AoA, Root and Tip
• Set Max Allowable Element Pitch.

The following are optional, depending on prop features and prop type

• Constant Speed Propeller

• Helo Main Rotor

• Helo Tail Rotor

• Constant Mach

• Constant AoA

• Swept Blade

https://www.boldmethod.com/blog/article/2014/12/raisbeck-epic/swept-blade/

\(GP= 2\pi r_{prop} \cdot tan(tip angle)\)