Day: February 12, 2025

Improving Propeller Efficiency with Software

Pipistrel, a Slovenian company, now a subsidiary of Textron, has invented an algorithm to get the most out of propellers of electric flying vehicles. As the patent states, “The algorithm incorporates information such as the propeller diameter (D), the maximum power, torque, and RPM of the propeller. Thrust, power and torque are used as functions of advance ratio (J) and blade angle can be calculated based on altitude, RPM demand, and true air speed.” The […]