Film C2: Drone propeller CFD, hover, from model to result in six minutes

Name: Film C2: Drone propeller CFD, hover, from model to result in six minutes
Uploaded: 2026-09-29T08:00:00+02:00
Duration: 4 min 5 s
Description: The 5-inch propeller of the drone model supplied with Heliciel, 25,000 rpm in hover, simulated in the Heliciel PRO CFD bench in less than six minutes of calculation: pressure on both faces of the blades, thrust and torque compared with BEM, laminar boundary layer warning, jet in vertical and normal cuts, real rotation and blade passing frequency (1,250 Hz).

HELICIEL PRO CFD video tutorial, film C2

The 5-inch propeller of the drone model supplied with Heliciel, 25,000 rpm in hover, simulated in the Heliciel PRO CFD bench in less than six minutes of calculation: pressure on both faces of the blades, thrust and torque compared with BEM, laminar boundary layer warning, jet in vertical and normal cuts, real rotation and blade passing frequency (1,250 Hz).

Subtitles: English SRT file

Film chapters:

0:00 Introduction
0:31 The drone propeller modeled in the designer (BEM)
1:00 From the designer to the CFD bench
1:19 Mesh preset and calculation times
1:53 Pressure on the blades
2:12 CFD thrust and torque compared with BEM
2:42 Vertical cut: the jet
3:00 Normal cut: the imprint of the blades
3:21 Real rotation and blade passing frequency
3:38 Conclusion

Going further: the case study: drone propeller CFD, hover

Previous film: Film C1: Boat propeller CFD, modeling and computational fluid dynamics calculation

Next film: Film C3: Aircraft propeller CFD, cruise vs static thrust at take-off

The whole series: HELICIEL PRO CFD tutorials and videos

Also on YouTube (English voice, French audio track and subtitles): https://youtu.be/tLTBgwik0Dk