NASA Langley Engineers Propose Mars Flyer Concept

Imagine being able to survey more parts of another planet like Mars than ever before. Orbiters and rovers have been successful so far but engineers keep looking for new ways to gather information. One way may be by using an unmanned aerial vehicle like this Mars Flyer concept.

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me: I gotta sleep
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me: well I guess a couple hours of NASA footage won't hurt

[@asharafali8862]

Rainbow_dash .

[@doxielain2231]

would a smaller propeller accurately model the difficulties with a mockup at Earth pressure? I guess one would need to make the control and lift surfaces smaller?

[@chorianopoulos2002]

Horizonhobby has a wonderful terrestrial version of this called the X-VERT VTOL. I love mine!

[@ThreeSixNine_12_15]

Ingenuity

[@JulianGoesPro]

I wonder what flight controller software is beeing used for this... looks like a fun project to play with :) (would love to mod my S800 with some 3D printed parts to VTAL)

[@researchair7693]

hey,I was going to do that!

Really nice. ¿What's the idea about fuel?

[@KevinS47]

WOW. MINDBLOWING. AMAZING !!!!!

[@clank2269]

How nice is that ?!

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Clank

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George P Thomas yes?

[@supergames2073]

is this the research that lead to ingenuity

[@roidroid]

2 motors, 4 servos, interesting.

[@danielzhou9968]

why is the music so annoying it's like someone's crying in the background

[@researchair7693]

Why the forward sweep ?

[@asharafali8862]

SUPER VlDEO D0HA QATAR.

[@fgilfan]

it is cool!

[@kenweller2032]

After watching ruclips.net/video/7ort0tkFFVI/видео.html I wouldn't think the Martian atmosphere is thick enough for this to work.