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!