CFD Modelling

Thanks for linking the New Propeller Simulation + CFD / Airplane list.

It’s impossible to keep track of every developer, so feel free to leave a comment there if an airplane is not listed or was just released with native prop and/or CFD simulation.

And yes, I also thought a lot more airplanes gonna get this feature since it sounded like a really good thing and easy to implement.

However just for example one statement from SimWorks Studio:

…there are still bugs in the implementation. But that is the lesser problem. We have prop drag, P-Factor and all these effects with the Kodiak & RV-14.

What if the prop physics are incorrect and we have to use weird values to get correct results? What if we only get right results in certain regimes but not everywhere?

If the “laws of physics” aren’t right, such problems will arise -so we want tuning options. This doesn’t give us any and we will wait until all quirks are ironed out.

Edit: One year later Simwork Studios is also represented in the list :smiley:

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