33th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences

05 - Propulsion

DESIGN AND EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF EVTOL CONTRA-ROTATING PROPELER

N.-X. Qiao¹, T.-L. Ma¹, X.-S. Wang¹, J.-C. Fu¹; ¹Beihang University, China

According to the demand of eVTOL UAV for high-efficiency power unit, this paper analyzes the contra rotating power unit and single-stage power unit by momentum theory, momentum disk CFD calculation and real blade CFD calculation. This paper analyzes the high-efficiency operation range of contra rotating power unit, and provides guidance for the overall design.


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