@ooli to Space • 1 year agoNASA films rare footage of its Mars helicopter flying and landingmashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square12arrow-up1169arrow-down14
arrow-up1165arrow-down1external-linkNASA films rare footage of its Mars helicopter flying and landingmashable.com@ooli to Space • 1 year agomessage-square12
minus-squareArchmage Azorlink12•1 year agoI’ve always been amazed those small blades can make enough lift in the thin martian atmosphere
minus-square@Zonetrooperlink7•1 year agoHere’s a picture of a to-scale model to emphasize what the other comment is saying - Ingenuity isn’t that small, and also remember that Mars’ surface gravity is only about 40% of Earth’s.
minus-squareAgamemnonMlink3•1 year ago~5x faster rpm than a similarly sized rotor could reach on earth.
I’ve always been amazed those small blades can make enough lift in the thin martian atmosphere
Here’s a picture of a to-scale model to emphasize what the other comment is saying - Ingenuity isn’t that small, and also remember that Mars’ surface gravity is only about 40% of Earth’s.
The blades total length are 1.2m. Not that small really.
~5x faster rpm than a similarly sized rotor could reach on earth.