An increase in the number of small quadrotors has created the interest in having performance data on the propellers used by these aircraft. With an aircraft size less than 5 in and propellers diameters less than 3 in, these quadrotors are typically referred to mini, micro, or nano by hobbyists and manufacturers. The size of the propellers used on these aircraft operate at low Reynolds numbers that are typically less than 50,000 for diameters up to 3 in and less than 20,000 for diameters up to 2 in. Static performance testing of the propellers used on 11 small quadrotors was completed. For propellers with diameters less than 1.4 in, the torque produced was too small to accurately measure.
He currently instructs subject areas that range from aerodynamics and aircraft performance to unmanned system's operational aspects such as sensing, navigation, and task-oriented optimization. As a former military flight instructor and examiner, he also gained expertise in student pilot and pilot instructor training and its standardization and evaluation. He earned his Master of Aeronautical Science degree with distinction in 2010 and started his doctoral studies in Education in May 2016 with a focus on human learning, training, and behavioral development in technology-mediated environments.
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