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ThrustLab
Model the full UAV powertrain as one coupled system
Simulate the electric UAV powertrain as one coupled battery-to-propeller system. Use 4,500+ motors, propellers, and batteries or custom data, run operating points, sweeps, and dynamic missions, then automate through the REST API or official Python SDK.
I'm Kyle, the founder and solo builder behind ThrustLab.
I competed in the DARPA Lift Challenge and saw that UAV competition is
shifting toward aircraft optimized at the system level. I wanted a full
simulation platform instead of another online calculator, one that treats the
battery-to-propeller powertrain as a coupled system.
I built ThrustLab over four years of iterative R&D, testing, and validation to
close the gap between conceptual drone design and real-world testing. It
supports steady-state operating points, sweeps, and dynamic mission
simulation. Propeller aerodynamics are validated against the UIUC propeller
wind-tunnel database.
ThrustLab now has a growing database of 4,500+ readily available motors,
propellers, and batteries, plus custom component inputs. It also has a REST
API, an official Python SDK, and FMI 3.0 export with worked SITL examples for
ArduPilot, Betaflight, Gazebo, and Simulink. The exported model runs inside a
real autopilot loop and supplies per-rotor thrust and torque, battery voltage
sag, and state of charge. Non-commercial users can choose from tiered
subscriptions, while businesses can contact me about commercial licensing and
special implementations.
If you manufacture COTS or custom propellers, brushless motors, batteries,
battery cells, or ESCs, I would like to get your components into the database.
I am especially interested in NDAA-compliant components.
About ThrustLab on Product Hunt
“Model the full UAV powertrain as one coupled system”
ThrustLab was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 2 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #160 on the daily leaderboard. Simulate the electric UAV powertrain as one coupled battery-to-propeller system. Use 4,500+ motors, propellers, and batteries or custom data, run operating points, sweeps, and dynamic missions, then automate through the REST API or official Python SDK.
On the analytics side, ThrustLab competes within Drones, Software Engineering and SDK — topics that collectively have 66.5k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how ThrustLab performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted ThrustLab?
ThrustLab was hunted by Kyle Bedrich. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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