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Aircraft Propeller Performance
Background
Propellers power a number of c
C130J, A400, etc.). They also pow
spite of the advances in gas tu
propeller data are few and far b
technical literature, the modern
extremely sophisticated system
Mach number operation; the bl
emissions and aerodynamic per
(propeller electronic control), an
Figure 1: Reconstruction of the F568 propeller, as used by the FLIGHT program.
Solution
Producing a realistic propeller m
of digital photographs and the
developed, we can calculate th
with the flight mechanics. Howev
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CASE STUDY
Aircraft Propeller Performance
Antonio Filippone
The University of Manchester
January 2015
commercial and military airplanes (Dash8-Q400,
wer the great majority of light and general aviat
urbine engines, propellers are still ubiquitous in
between; with the exception of some very old
n propeller is virtually unknown. In fact, the mo
of transport airplanes. The blade sections are de
lades are swept back and in the azimuth directi
rformance; propeller control is guaranteed wit
nd its own FADEC.
Reconstruction of the F568 propeller, as used by the FLIGHT program.
model, such as the one shown in Figure 1 require
propeller’s certification documents. Once the g
he aerodynamics and aero-acoustics, in isolatio
ver, in general, it is a good idea to have performa
, ATR42, ATR72, C27,
tion airplane. Thus, in
n aviation. That said,
data available in the
odern propeller is an
esigned for transonic
ion to improve noise
th the so-called PEC
Reconstruction of the F568 propeller, as used by the FLIGHT program.
es a detailed analysis
geometrical model is
on or fully integrated
ance charts.
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Propeller charts are shown with
��, advance ratio �, collective pit
The way this propeller chart is in
Figure 2: E
Further References
1. Filippone A. Advanced Aircraft Flight Performance, Cambridge University Press
2. Filippone A & Mohamed-Kassim Z. Multi
Flight. Aeronautical J., 116 (1184), pp. 985
For enquiries, please write to:
Antonio Filippone
The University of Manchester
Manchester M13 9PL
United Kingdom
Email: a.filippone_at_manchester.ac.uk
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three four main parameters: power coefficient �
tch �. One such example is shown in Figure 2.
ntegrated in the flight mechanics equations is exp
Example of predicted propeller performance chart.
Advanced Aircraft Flight Performance, Cambridge University Press
Kassim Z. Multi-Disciplinary Simulation of Propeller
(1184), pp. 985 – 1014, Oct. 2012.
Email: a.filippone_at_manchester.ac.uk
��, thrust coefficient
plained in Refs. [1-2]
Advanced Aircraft Flight Performance, Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Disciplinary Simulation of Propeller-Turboprop Aircraft
