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Wonder the same thing, I have the impression that Quad or Hex copter would be more stable/reliable with more redundancy build in.
by tkinom 6y ago
Wonder the same thing, I have the impression that Quad or Hex copter would be more stable/reliable with more redundancy build in.
- carabiner 6y agoQuad/hex would be less efficient and heavier for the same performance (range, speed, service ceiling), but yes, more stable. In this mission, I suspect minimizing weight (as a rocket payload to be sent through space) and maximizing range (hop flights on Mars on a limited power source) were a priority. This is also why full size helicopters are almost all single main rotors with a TR.
- manicdee 6y agoThe propellers are huge in order to get this tiny helicopter to fly. A quadcopter would be larger than Perseverance, unless you devise some zero-mass hinges to make the entire thing fold into the same space that was available for Ingenuity.