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If its blades aren't damaged (prop strike), the rover might be able to right it with a nudge from its arm.
by imglorp 6y ago
If its blades aren't damaged (prop strike), the rover might be able to right it with a nudge from its arm.
- lmilcin 6y agoThe rotors are 1.2m in length and spin up to 2500rpm. This gives circa 160m/s (560km/h) linear speed of the rotor tip. Pretty much impossible for the rotors to survive touching anything at that speed. The rotors are probably already designed with absolute minimum margins. Not only the rotors are part of the package to deliver to surface of Mars, then they have to be lifted in thin atmosphere, but they also need to be spun up to very huge speeds and then quickly controlled to keep the craft stable. The mass of those rotors is critical to how well the craft can be controlled.
- chrishas35 6y agoThey have stated they have no intentions of using the rover to do so. I would think given this is now “extra credit” doing so becomes even less likely.