4 ms·
The two rotor blades are just under 4 feet long, and spin in opposite directions at 2,500rpm. The rotor tips are moving at about 2/3 of the speed of sound on Ma
by eddyg 6y ago
The two rotor blades are just under 4 feet long, and spin in opposite directions at 2,500rpm. The rotor tips are moving at about 2/3 of the speed of sound on Mars. (For ref, Ingenuity weighed 4 pounds on Earth, so about 1.5 pounds in Martian gravity.)
- Torkel 6y agoGood data! Nice how martian gravity makes things lighter. If I'm doing the math correctly I get to to be an exposure time of around 0.1-0.5 ms. Fast!, but not unheard of fast :)
- JKCalhoun 6y agoYeah, lighter but an atmosphere so thin it's harder to get lift. I wonderful aircraft if it is a net gain or loss — Mars vs. Earth.