ooli@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.world · 1 year agoNASA films rare footage of its Mars helicopter flying and landingmashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down14
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minus-squareArchmage Azor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoI’ve always been amazed those small blades can make enough lift in the thin martian atmosphere
minus-squareZonetrooper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 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-squareKbobabob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoThe blades total length are 1.2m. Not that small really.
minus-squareAgamemnon@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 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.