It sounds like you’re looking for a highly-regarded textbook in aircraft design.
Modeling thrust for piston engines, propellers, gas turbines, and electric motors.
Snorri Gudmundsson’s "General Aviation Aircraft Design: Applied Methods and Procedures" is a comprehensive, 1,000-plus page guide that has become a benchmark for small aircraft design, incorporating practical experience from the author's tenure at Cirrus Aircraft. The 2nd edition covers the entire design lifecycle, including new chapters on stability and modern electric propulsion, presented through an accessible equation/solved-example format. The book is available through major retailers like Amazon .
Reviewers note that unlike dense engineering texts, it "tells the story" of aircraft design, integrating real-world examples (like the Cirrus SR-22 and Learjet 45) alongside rigorous mathematical derivations.
Gudmundsson doesn't start with equations. He starts with a mission profile. You will learn how to write a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a small aircraft. He introduces the "Statistical Cruise Method" and how to weigh your aircraft before you draw a single line. This section is gold for senior design capstone projects.