Those familiar with the RCTF propeller design competition will know that our template was used as a base for the competition. I was happy to see that so many people liked it, and actually used it to create and submit their designs.
But, the template we provided was no where near ideal. It required you to use a pre-made custom input table. The table was easy to break, and not very smooth to use. Placing the vectors correctly in it without writing over equations was not always easy.
This tool makes the whole process smoother. Just chose a line, and pick and airfoil, and you are done. You have exactly the airfoil you want. If you need more airfoils, or you would like to support the HAVF airfoil, you can buy my book here. But, the current feature in Onshape is free, partly because of how eager the people at Onshape were to work with my on it. Thanks Greg and Ignacio. It's because of them that Onshape is the first openly available CAD program that works with HAVF airfoil vectors.
What's next? Comment below to let me know what you want. Onshape projects using the tool? Similar tools for Fusion 360? Let me know!
Buy my book here to get all ~1600 airfoil solutions, and learn how to make your own HAVF airfoil inputs!
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10 сен 2024
