Tyger
Super Member
I see they are planning to launch this thing next month:
Doing a bit of research, the atmospheric pressure at the surface of Mars is only about 6.5 millibars (compared to over a thousand millibars at the Earth's surface). That's what I call thin air! Even at the summit of Everest the pressure is about 300 millibars.
Of course Mars has only 1/10 the mass of Earth, so the acceleration of gravity there is a lot less, but how fast must those rotor blades have to spin to get it airborne??
NASA Eyes April For First Helicopter Flight On Mars - AVweb
NASA has marked April 8 as the first possible flight date for its Ingenuity Mars helicopter technology demonstrator.
www.avweb.com
Of course Mars has only 1/10 the mass of Earth, so the acceleration of gravity there is a lot less, but how fast must those rotor blades have to spin to get it airborne??
Last edited: