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On Sep 5, 1:10*am, Leviterande Leviterande.
wrote: Hi all! Volf propeller hehttp://www.rexresearch.com/volfprop/volfprop.htm I have been thinking alot about how this propeller would do, I wish I had a workshop, CNC, and tools to build one.. this amazing prop is claimed to be *super quiet and efficient.. so any more info from the article on it or any *word of experience in propellers are very appreciated what about this propeller ( hit CTRl-F *and type "An Air Screw That Ridicules Propeller" )http://www.rexresearch.com/aero/1aero.htm regards kalle -- Leviterande That's a very old patent! If you think about a propeller for low speed flight, think about it as a rotating wing. You'll notice high perfornance gliders have long slender wings, and the best props look a lot like that, with an additional twist. Ducting helps, as do Q tips on propeller edges, but I did read somewhere you gain as much efficiency by increasing the propeller diameter as the q tip length. Makes me wonder if the vortex decreasing terminations on wings might be as well used just by increasing the wingspan by that amount. |
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