# How can I calculate the velocity of air drawn by a pusher configured propeller?

I am attempting to construct a model plane using Custer channel wings. In order to calculate (or at least approximate) the lift generated I need to find the speed of the air through the channel due to the propellers. Is there an equation I can use to do this given pitch, diameter, rpm, etc?

There are theoretical equations and heuristic ones for a propeller with not too many blades, but these are not nearly as useful as a run of CFD. The key part is to translate the number of blades and RPM, given pitch, chord, span, wash, and wingtip device into $$\Delta p$$ across the plane of the propeller. This is better done through simulation and experimenting than working with pen, paper and slide rule.
The roughest of the rough approximation is, of course, assuming $$\alpha\approx0$$ for each of the blade and $$v_\mathrm{i}\approx\frac{1}{2}\cdot\omega\cdot\left(r_a\tan\theta_a+r_b\tan\theta_b\right)$$ and assume $$v_\mathrm{o}\approx v_\mathrm{i}$$, where point $$a$$ is the point where the blade starts near the rotating axis, and $$b$$ the wingtip, $$\omega$$ the angluar velocity of the propeller, $$r_{(\cdot)}$$ the distance from the rotating axis and $$\theta_{(\cdot)}$$ the pitch angle.