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Propeller Efficiency - NAR Associates
Propeller EfficiencyRule of ThumbDavid F. Rogers, PhD, ATPT heoretically the most efficient Propeller is a large diameter, slowly turning single bladepropeller. Here, think the Osprey or helicopters. In both cases, large diameter, slowly turn-ing, compared to typical fixed wing aircraft, propellers are used. Generally, single bladedpropellers are not used because of dynamic imbalance - think vibration. As a result, thegeneral wisdom is that better Propeller efficiency results from decreasing RPM. However, Propeller efficiency is not only a function of RPM. It is also a function of Propeller diam-eter and true airspeed. Generally these parameters are combined into a nondimensionalparameter called the advance ratio (J=V/ND), whereVis the true airspeed in feet persecond,Nis the Propeller rotational speed in revolutions per second andDis the propellerdiameter in feet.
Propeller Efficiency Rule of Thumb David F. Rogers, PhD, ATP Theoretically the most efficient propeller is a large diameter, slowly turning single blade
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