Projects
Propulsion test stand
Measured thrust, RPM, and current curves for a real motor and propeller, compared against prediction.
Project 3 of the bee programme — status: queued.
The objective
Build a small test stand — load cell, motor, propeller, current and RPM measurement — and characterise a real propulsion unit. Predict the curves first with blade-element calculations, then measure the truth.
Done when
Thrust, RPM, current, and efficiency curves exist as measurements, plotted against the predictions, with the differences explained.