[Jsbsim-devel] Modelling a windmilling propeller

[Craig M. <cra...@ya...>]

Please give me some pointers as to how to learn more about the propeller/engine model works in DATCOM/JSBSim.

That is, I need to know if does the following things (and would like to enhance the model if not):
1) The way a propeller becomes a not-very-efficient windmill when spinning too slowly for the given airspeed.
2) How, when that happens, it actually imparts a torque on the engine, causing it to speed up.
3) Plus, I'd like to define a propeller based on a symmetric (NACA four-digit) airfoil.

It's a lot, I know, but I'll just have to get started somewhere.  I'd appreciate any and all tips and pointers you kind and good-looking people feel like lending me.

 --Craig Meyer
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