Setuav/PyThrust: An Open-Source Framework for Electric Propulsion System Analysis and Optimization in UAV Design · GitHub

PyThrust is an open-source framework for electric propulsion system analysis, co-design, and parameter optimization in UAV applications. It can be used for multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) within OpenMDAO. It includes steady-state performance solvers, auto-tuning calibration tools to fit manufacturer test data, and database search tools to map theoretical designs onto real-world brushless motor and propeller catalogs.

System Resistance Calibration	OpenMDAO Hover Co-Design
Empirical Propeller Database	Hover Efficiency Map

The full documentation is available at:

https://setuav.github.io/PyThrust/

Key sections:

• Getting Started
• Propulsion Solver
• Motor Calibration
• Examples
• Propulsion and Battery Theory
• Component Databases

PyThrust is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"). See LICENSE for the full license.

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