Aerodynamic Design Methodology for Air Propellers of Swarm UAVs under Variable Mission Payloads

Bezpalyy, Viacheslav; Ukrainets, Yevgen; Myronenko, Kostyantyn; Loginov, Vasyl

Aerodynamic Design Methodology for Air Propellers of Swarm UAVs under Variable Mission Payloads

Transactions on Aerospace Research

Volume 2025 (2025): Issue 3 (September 2025)

By:

Viacheslav Bezpalyy

, Yevgen Ukrainets

, Kostyantyn Myronenko

and Vasyl Loginov

Open Access

|Oct 2025

Figures & Tables

Circulation distribution along the AP blade.

Velocity distribution along the AP blade.

Inflow angle distribution along the AP blade.

Distribution of the power coefficient derivative β′ along the relative radius of the AP blade.

Distribution of the thrust coefficient derivative α′ along the relative radius of the AP blade.

Blade thickness distribution along the AP radius.

Distribution of the cross-section setting angle along the AP blade radius.

Mach number distribution along the AP blade radius.

Distribution of the optimal angles of attack along the AP blade radius.

Distribution of the optimal lift coefficients along the AP blade radius.

A 3D model of the AP designed for a flight speed of 50 km/h (D=0.38 m; N=0.4 h.p.; 83,333 rps).

A 3D model of the AP designed for a flight speed of 120 km/h (D=0.38 m; N=0.6 h.p.; 100 rps).

A 3D model of the AP with a reduced blade chord.

Dependence of the AP efficiency on the relative flight speed: – . . – . . characteristic of the propeller with a reduced blade chord width; —— characteristic of the propeller with an increased blade chord width.

Dependence of the propeller thrust on the flight speed: – . . – . . characteristic of the AP with a reduced blade chord width; —— characteristic of the AP with an increased blade chord width. Source: Developed by the author.

Known and Calculated Characteristics of the Air Propeller MTV-5-1/210 at φ0_75 = 30°_

Parameter	Parameter value
λ	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.3
α	0.298	0.292	0.276	0.254	0.226	0.192	0.155	0.116	0.075	0.035
α (calculation)	0.270	0.255	0.238	0.218	0.196	0.172	0.145	0.117	0.087	0.055
β	0.285	0.289	0.283	0.268	0.247	0.221	0.189	0.152	0.108	0.056
β (calculation)	0.293	0.288	0.278	0.265	0.248	0.226	0.199	0.168	0.131	0.089
η	0.394	0.474	0.548	0.616	0.677	0.731	0.779	0.821	0.848	0.855
η (calculation)	0.448	0.530	0.603	0.669	0.729	0.780	0.820	0.843	0.842	0.809

Known and Calculated Characteristics of the Air Propeller MTV-5-1/210 at φ0_75 = 40°_

Parameter	Parameter value
λ	1.5	1.6	1.7	1.8	1.9	2.0
α	0.196	0.160	0.122	0.081	0.037	−0.009
α (calculation)	0.178	0.152	0.125	0.097	0.068	0.037
β	0.347	0.294	0.235	0.169	0.096	0.017
β (calculation)	0.353	0.312	0.267	0.216	0.159	0.097
η	0.809	0.834	0.853	0.856	0.863	0.818
η (calculation)	0.845	0.898	0.899	0.848	0.744	0.588

Known and Calculated Characteristics of the MTV-5-1/210 Air Propeller at φ0_75 = 15°_

Parameter	Parameter value
λ	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.6
α	0.116	0.097	0.065	0.020
α (calculation)	0.123	0.091	0.069	0.044
β	0.074	0.064	0.050	0.033
β (calculation)	0.074	0.064	0.052	0.037
η	0.531	0.604	0.704	0.758
η (calculation)	0.480	0.604	0.650	0.620

Experimental and Calculated Characteristics of the 3 SMV-1 Air Propeller_

Parameter	Parameter value
λ	0.90	1.00	1.10	1.20	1.30	1.40	1.50
α (experiment)	0.13617	0.1256	0.11096	0.09399	0.07591	0.05765	0.03997
α (calculation)	0.13523	0.11709	0.09832	0.07893	0.05896	0.03843	0.01735
β (experiment)	0.16649	0.157	0.14639	0.13402	0.11925	0.10144	0.07994
β (calculation)	0.14602	0.13547	0.12161	0.10428	0.08331	0.05856	0.02985
η (model experiment)	0.73614	0.8000	0.83378	0.84159	0.82751	0.79563	0.75006
η (calculation)	0.83347	0.86433	0.88931	0.90833	0.91999	0.91871	0.87224
Flight speed, km/h	285.1	316.8	348.5	380.2	411.8	443.5	475.2
Propeller thrust, kg (experiment)	1001.2	923.5	815.8	691.0	558.1	423.8	294.0
Propeller thrust, kg (calculation)	994.3	860.9	722.9	580.3	433.5	282.5	127.6
Power consumption, h.p. (experiment)	1436.3	1354.4	1262.9	1156.2	1028.7	875.1	689.6
Power consumption, h.p. (calculation)	1259.7	1168.7	1049.1	899.6	718.7	505.2	257.5

Known and Calculated Characteristics of the Air Propeller MTV-5-1/210 at φ0_75 = 20°_

Parameter	Parameter value
λ	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.8
α	0.195	0.171	0.143	0.111	0.074	0.033
α (calculation)	0.179	0.154	0.132	0.107	0.080	0.050
β	0.135	0.123	0.108	0.090	0.067	0.042
β (calculation)	0.138	0.128	0.115	0.099	0.079	0.054
η	0.417	0.517	0.614	0.697	0.760	0.789
η (calculation)	0.445	0.569	0.660	0.717	0.741	0.731

Results of the Verification Calculation for the AV-68 Air Propeller_

Parameter Name	Value of Calculated Parameters		Experiment
Advance ratio λ	0.7	0.8	0.742
Thrust coefficient α	0.1973	0.1746	0.186
Power coefficient α	0.2182	0.2022	0.2108
KPD η	0.6331	0.6907	0.655
Propeller thrust, kg	3240.5	2866.7	3070
Consumped power, h.p.	3848.3	3566.3	3720
Flight speed, km/h	203.0	232.0	215

Known and Calculated Characteristics of the Air Propeller MTV-5-1/210 at φ0_75 = 25°_

Parameter	Parameter value
λ	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.0	1.1
α	0.269	0.252	0.229	0.201	0.169	0.131	0.089	0.042	−0.010
α (calculation)	0.232	0.215	0.196	0.175	0.151	0.124	0.096	0.065	0.031
β	0.209	0.204	0.194	0.178	0.156	0.129	0.097	0.059	0.016
β (calculation)	0.213	0.205	0.194	0.180	0.163	0.141	0.115	0.083	0.047
η	0.351	0.449	0.540	0.621	0.692	0.753	0.802	0.831	0.792
η (calculation)	0.417	0.528	0.600	0.666	0.736	0.799	0.819	0.740	0.480

Known and Calculated Characteristics of the Air Propeller MTV-5-1/210 at φ0_75 = 35°_

Parameter	Parameter value
λ	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.3	1.4	1.5
α	0.336	0.327	0.310	0.286	0.256	0.223	0.188	0.151	0.111	0.067
α (calculation)	0.293	0.278	0.260	0.241	0.219	0.196	0.171	0.144	0.116	0.086
β	0.360	0.374	0.377	0.369	0.348	0.316	0.274	0.224	0.170	0.117
β (calculation)	0.384	0.378	0.367	0.352	0.333	0.309	0.279	0.245	0.205	0.159
η	0.489	0.550	0.606	0.658	0.705	0.749	0.786	0.820	0.847	0.865
η (calculation)	0.556	0.607	0.654	0.699	0.745	0.788	0.827	0.856	0.870	0.859

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tar-2025-0013 | Journal eISSN: 2545-2835

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Language: English

Page range: 41 - 61

Submitted on: Aug 24, 2025

Accepted on: Oct 2, 2025

Published on: Oct 31, 2025

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Known and Calculated Characteristics of the Air Propeller MTV-5-1/210 at φ0_75 = 30°_

Known and Calculated Characteristics of the Air Propeller MTV-5-1/210 at φ0_75 = 40°_

Known and Calculated Characteristics of the MTV-5-1/210 Air Propeller at φ0_75 = 15°_

Experimental and Calculated Characteristics of the 3 SMV-1 Air Propeller_

Known and Calculated Characteristics of the Air Propeller MTV-5-1/210 at φ0_75 = 20°_

Results of the Verification Calculation for the AV-68 Air Propeller_

Known and Calculated Characteristics of the Air Propeller MTV-5-1/210 at φ0_75 = 25°_

Known and Calculated Characteristics of the Air Propeller MTV-5-1/210 at φ0_75 = 35°_

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