Heliciel propeller software tutorials

Episode 6: Contra-rotating propellers with Heliciel

Heliciel video tutorial, episode 6

What does the second propeller of a contra-rotating pair gain? Heliciel designs the downstream propeller for the wake of the upstream one: faster, swirling air, swirl recovered, thrust and propulsive efficiency of the pair — and how the distance between the two propellers changes everything.

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