NASA’s Mars Drone News

[AMann]

Pretty cool drone- it has to face some amazing engineering challenges but has successfully completed flight tests:

More about it’s specs and engineering:

NASA's Mars Helicopter Completes Flight Tests

The first helicopter to fly on Mars had its first flight on Earth.

www.jpl.nasa.gov

Teathered flight testing in vacume chamber:

 

[eljimb0]

awesome propellors!

 

[Top Hat]

I wonder if that's a low noise props.......we don't want to annoy the Martians....right?
It might trigger a interstellar war.LOL!
Also wonder if it has a RTH function.LOL!

 

[AMann]

I wonder if that's a low noise props.......we don't want to annoy the Martians....right?
It might trigger a interstellar war.LOL!
Also wonder if it has a RTH function.LOL!

It will be hard to make it low noise, that thing’s RPM’s are thousands of RPM’s faster than Earth drones due to Mars’ atmosphere!

 

[eljimb0]

Those props have a contra-rotating growl that gives away their RPM .. they are not spinning that fast. (IMHO)

 

[AMann]

Those props have a contra-rotating growl that gives away their RPM .. they are not spinning that fast. (IMHO)

3,000 RPM’s

Mars Helicopter to Fly on NASA's Next Red Planet Rover Mission

NASA is adding a Mars helicopter to the agency's next mission to the Red Planet, Mars 2020.

www.jpl.nasa.gov