Roll over, blade damage, on Mars

[WaspAir]

Looks like the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars has had a landing incident, and won't fly again. No nose wheel to blame this time.

NASA's Mars helicopter finally ends marathon mission

Living long past its design lifetime, the Ingenuity helicopter was finally done in by rotor damage during a presumed off-kilter landing.

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Living long past its design lifetime, the Ingenuity helicopter was finally done in by rotor damage during a presumed off-kilter landing.

 

[Aerofoam]

Sound like a good excuse to stop having to fake flight videos.....
Not that I am jaded, or anything.....

 

[Mayfield]

Everyone knows that it was a gyro that flew on Mars first. I saw it in the Martian Chronicles

 

[okikuma]

Looks like the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars has had a landing incident, and won't fly again. No nose wheel to blame this time.

NASA's Mars helicopter finally ends marathon mission

Living long past its design lifetime, the Ingenuity helicopter was finally done in by rotor damage during a presumed off-kilter landing.

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Living long past its design lifetime, the Ingenuity helicopter was finally done in by rotor damage during a presumed off-kilter landing.

To my understanding, since all landings are blind it was just a matter of time whereas one of the legs would come in contact with a rock or something elevated on the surface to cause the craft to tilt. A second scenario would be to land too close to a big enough rock to have one of the blades make contact.

The project exceeded all expectations so that is a big win in the continued exploration of Mars.

"JPL done good!"

Wayne

 

[Rattler 1]

CFI signed them off too soon.

 

[WaspAir]

Obviously reverted to old fixed wing habits, after the high flight time needed to get to Mars.

 

[okikuma]

An AI Rotorcraft Helicopter CFI.
Wayne

 

[gyrokam]

Everyone knows that it was a gyro that flew on Mars first. I saw it in the Martian Chronicles

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Wow, great pull...!