Ingenuity helicopter mars facts. Many things are interesting for us to discuss about this NASA-made spacecraft, apart from its unique appearance, the Ingenuity Wahana also has a very important role in the exploration missions that will be carried out on the Red planet. In this article, I will provide some facts that you may not know, from the information that is already available, here are some interesting facts about Mars Helicopter Ingenuity;
The name Ingenuity was chosen because this Helicopter has extraordinary ability when flying, not without reason, this vehicle is equipped with a propeller with excellent lift and maneuverability, besides that, the ingenuity component is all sophisticated, has many important roles, which makes Mars Helicoper look different.
Ingenuity was built at JPL, has a landing mass of 1.8 kg, equipped with a battery that weighs 273 grams, with a power of 350 watts. Ingenuity is expected to arrive at the surface of Mars on February 18, 2021, which will be removed from the trunk of the Perseverance rover robot.
Rotor speed Up to 2400 rpm
Blade tip speed <0.7 Mach
Flight time Up to 90 seconds, once per sol
Operational time 1 or more flights within 30 sols
Maximum range, flight 300 m (980 ft)
Maximum range, radio 1,000 m (3,300 ft)
Maximum altitude 5 m (16 ft)
Maximum speed
Horizontal: 10 m/s (33 ft/s)
Vertical: 3 m/s (9.8 ft/s)
Battery capacity 35–40 Wh (130–140 kJ)
Everyone hopes that the data obtained by ingenuity and perseverance will provide more information about what is on the red planet, so that the data obtained can be easily analyzed and provide satisfactory results.
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