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Old 09-04-2003 | 11:13 AM
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aeroguy
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Default Is there a quick & dirty way to calculate prop thrust???

Like I said I just wanted a quick and easy way, so this is great. I'm really just trying to estimate if an engine can hover itself and how much more weight I can add before it can't. My senior design class is making a V/TOL MAV (Vertical Take-Off and Landing Miniature Aerial Vehicle). It's supposed to be around 100 grams (3.5 oz), so I'm looking at small throttleable gas/glow engines as well as electric motors and seeing if they will do the trick.

FYI, my major is a lot of hard work but also fun, and I'm graduating in Dec. Now all I have to do is find a job!