3 ms·
Knowing spacex, they will deck that thing out with 4K video even if it means dropping a few satellites into Martian orbit to act as relays. My understanding is
by spookthesunset 6y ago
Knowing spacex, they will deck that thing out with 4K video even if it means dropping a few satellites into Martian orbit to act as relays.
My understanding is that video requires power to transcode and compress, and power is a scarce resource.
This is especially true on ingenuity, which is powered by six 18650 batteries. And most of that power is dumped into just keeping it warm enough to function, not into actually flying.
https://rotorcraft.arc.nasa.gov/Publications/files/Balaram_AIAA2018_0023.pdf https://rotorcraft.arc.nasa.gov/Publications/files/Balaram_A...
- alach11 6y agoWouldn't transcoding the video still produce the same amount of heat?
- sgt 6y agoNot that much as it will no doubt be hardware accelerated.
- alach11 6y agoMy point is that if you're spending electricity to generate heat, you can divert as much as you want to do calculations with no reduction in the amount of heat generated.
- FuckButtons 6y agoThe problem I suspect is where the heat is going, heating up a logic board won’t do much to stop the motors freezing.