Helicopters on Mars

twilyth · Jan 31, 2015

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/space/moon-mars/mars-helicopter-scout-drone-nasa

The idea is to use a helicopter to scout for a rover and find the best path to avoid obstacles and find interesting samples. Since the atmosphere on Mars is so much thinner than earth, they've been testing in a vacuum chamber.

R-T-B · Jan 31, 2015

There used to be a flight simulator which allowed you to build craft and test them in the martian atmosphere... X-plane I think. It was pretty cool.

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Helicopters on Mars

twilyth

R-T-B