PropCad 2021: Press Release
New utilities for blade trimming and washback. HydroComp PropCad 2021 is the most powerful version of PropCad to date. PropCad has always been the go-to tool for designing marine propellers, 2D drawings, and 3D CAD models – but new features expand PropCad’s role into... Read more
Webinar Series
Our webinar platform has moved to myhydrocourses.com! Visit to access our most recent webinars. After-market Modification of Propellers to Achieve Performance Objectives Propeller hydrodynamics can be complicated and messy, and sometimes the combination of... Read more
Article: Fifty Years of Computers for Propeller Design
By Don MacPherson, HydroComp When asked to reflect on the use of computers for propeller design over the last fifty years, my first reaction was to think about my own history with computers. I painted houses one summer in the mid-1970’s to buy a TRS-80 that I took... Read more
Article: Modeling Contemporary Propellers with Traditional Series
This article has been reprinted with permission from the October/November 2020 issue of Marine Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery. Successful vessel performance outcomes don’t happen by accident. They start with the analysis of a complete Vessel-Propulsor-Drive... Read more