Propeller Design Research and Specifications
Date: 9/6/24
Meeting goals
- Research into manufacturing options
- Metal
- Resin
- ASA
- Research into propeller design
- Research into counter-rotating propellers
Meeting Notes
LINKS:
https://bblades.com/props-101/#:~:text=Rake%20is%20the%20amount%20of,outboard%20propellers%20is%2015%20degrees. -Propeller 101
https://bit.ly/4e8DVso - Tentative motor
CAESES Video Tutorials › CAESES - Design software
https://web.mit.edu/2.016/www/handouts/2005Reading10.pdf - MIT paper on propellers
Manufacturing
3D-printing for prototype and later have the propeller milled
Propeller design
We were brainstorming about the use of 2 or 3 blades due to the size of the boat. Depending on the actual power needed to lift the hydrofoil out of the water we could reduce the amount of blades used on a counter rotating prop. Since the efficiency of the counter rotating prop design is more efficient, maybe it is possible to reduce the amount of blades from 6 to 4 on the shaft.
Counter-rotating propellers
What was completed?
What is in progress?
What is the goal for the next meeting?
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