| CPC B63H 1/265 (2013.01) [B64C 11/00 (2013.01); B64C 11/005 (2013.01); B64C 11/16 (2013.01); B64C 11/18 (2013.01); B64C 11/20 (2013.01); F01D 5/141 (2013.01); F03D 1/06 (2013.01); F03D 1/0625 (2013.01); F04D 29/384 (2013.01); F04D 17/025 (2013.01); F04D 29/281 (2013.01); F05B 2210/16 (2013.01); F05B 2250/24 (2013.01); F05B 2250/25 (2013.01); F05B 2250/26 (2013.01)] | 10 Claims |

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1. A propeller comprising:
a plurality of blades, each of the plurality of blades having an intake portion, an exhaust portion, and a tip portion extending from the intake portion to the exhaust portion;
a hub;
the plurality of blades, each blade forming a loop-extending outward from the hub and disposed around the hub, each blade connected with the hub via a root of the intake portion and a root of the exhaust portion, wherein the root of the exhaust portion is forward of the root of the intake portion when extending outward from the hub;
each blade comprising a plurality of parameter sections having selected one or more of the parameters including skew angle, roll angle, rake, radius, pitch angle, and vertical angle values;
a parameter section of the plurality of parameter sections at the transition from the intake portion to the tip portion defined by parameters to cause the amount of non-axial lift in the tip portion to be greater than the axial lift in the tip portion; and
a parameter section of the plurality of parameter sections or an area between consecutive parameter sections of the plurality of parameter sections in the tip portion having a roll value of 90 degrees.
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