Thick-Thin set propeller

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Simon Boudoux

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Oct 23, 2025, 3:43:23 PM (12 days ago) Oct 23
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Good afternoon,

I have a question when I have a propeller in my model and I want to run VSPAERO when I choose the thin set with my wing and the thick set for my fuselage what is the best choise for the propeller do I put it in the Thin set with the wings or the fuselage ?

Sincerely yours,

Simon BOUDOUX

Brandon Litherland

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Oct 23, 2025, 6:19:36 PM (12 days ago) Oct 23
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That depends on what kind of analysis you are doing.  Do you need to run an unsteady blade analysis for some reason or would actuator disks work?

Simon Boudoux

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Oct 23, 2025, 6:51:32 PM (12 days ago) Oct 23
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Hey, so disk is perfectly fine for me. I was wondering also like adding a propeller to my model is mainly to see the impact on the airstream ? Like if I fix the speed of my model using the Mach number in VSPAERO whether or not I have a propeller will not change that ? 
Thanks for the answer 

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