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SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
T/T
h
Ref
b1
b2
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
T/T
h
b3
b4
b5
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
T/T
h
b6.1
b6.2
b7.1
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
T/T
h
b7.2
b7.3
b8.1
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
T/T
h
b8.2
b8.3
b8.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
T/T
h
b8.5
-2
-1.5
-1
-0.5
0
v
c
/v
h
b8.6
-2
-1.5
-1
-0.5
0
v
c
/v
h
b9
-2
-1.5
-1
-0.5
0
v
c
/v
h
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
T/T
h
Commercial
FIG. S1: Mean thrust measurements as a function of normalized descent rate for all investigated rotor blade designs
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0
0.05
0.1
0.15
0.2
SD(T')/T
Ref
b1
b2
0
0.05
0.1
0.15
0.2
SD(T')/T
b3
b4
b5
0
0.05
0.1
0.15
0.2
SD(T')/T
b6.1
b6.2
b7.1
0
0.05
0.1
0.15
0.2
SD(T')/T
b7.2
b7.3
b8.1
0
0.05
0.1
0.15
0.2
SD(T')/T
b8.2
b8.3
b8.4
0
0.05
0.1
0.15
0.2
SD(T')/T
b8.5
-2
-1.5
-1
-0.5
0
v
c
/v
h
b8.6
-2
-1.5
-1
-0.5
0
v
c
/v
h
b9
-2
-1.5
-1
-0.5
0
v
c
/v
h
0
0.05
0.1
0.15
0.2
SD(T')/T
Commercial
FIG. S2: Normalized thrust standard deviation measurements as a function of normalized descent rate for all investigated rotor
blade designs
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-10
-5
0
Climb Velocity, v
c
[m/s]
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
Mean Thrust, T [N]
-2.5
-2
-1.5
-1
-0.5
0
v
c
/v
h
0.8
1
1.2
1.4
T/T
h
Rigid Resin (smooth)
Rigid Resin (rough)
Tough Resin
1
FIG. S3: Investigation of the effect of print settings and resin
materials on the average thrust measurements as a function of
descent velocities for the reference rotor (measurement inter-
val: 10s): raw measurements (left) and normalized measure-
ments (right).
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