Due to blade damage, Mars Helicopter Ingenuity will not fly again

Re:Due to blade damage, Mars Helicopter Ingenuity will not f... by fredthedeadhead on Thursday January 25, 2024 @03:28PM (#39134782)

Are images of the damage available to the public?

"Imagery revealing damage to the rotor blade arrived several days later."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/after-three-years-on-mars-nasa...

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Re:Due to blade damage, Mars Helicopter Ingenuity will not f... by dfcab on Thursday January 25, 2024 @03:29PM (#39134803)

There is a picture of the helicopter that has arrows in your link, click next and you will see the tip of the blade in a shadow. :(

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Re:Due to blade damage, Mars Helicopter Ingenuity will not f... by Redoubts on Thursday January 25, 2024 @04:28PM (#39135583)

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia26243-ingenuity-spots-the...

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Re:Due to blade damage, Mars Helicopter Ingenuity will not f... by fredthedeadhead on Thursday January 25, 2024 @04:53PM (#39135897)

Thanks, I missed that!

It looks like it landed on quite an incline, almost 45 degrees.

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Re:Due to blade damage, Mars Helicopter Ingenuity will not f... by imglorp on Thursday January 25, 2024 @04:04PM (#39135266)

Everything about the mission provided valuable data: especially that damaged blade. Failure modes are useful. Next, it might be useful to try flying anyway.

If not, they still have running cameras, sensors and computer, until Perseverance moves out of range.

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Re:Due to blade damage, Mars Helicopter Ingenuity will not f... by ragebol on Thursday January 25, 2024 @04:15PM (#39135405)

The rotors will be unbalanced (even if the other side also broke off, chances of the same amount breaking of are as remote as the thing itself), so it will vibrate and probably tip over if it spins too hard

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Re:Due to blade damage, Mars Helicopter Ingenuity will not f... by imglorp on Friday January 26, 2024 @10:51AM (#39144022)

Sure, but that will be more data than guessing and not trying.

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Re:Due to blade damage, Mars Helicopter Ingenuity will not f... by HeyLaughingBoy on Friday January 26, 2024 @03:08PM (#39147516)

It's math about physics (actually mechanical/aerospace engineering), not a guess.

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Re:Due to blade damage, Mars Helicopter Ingenuity will not f... by NoZebra120vClip on Thursday January 25, 2024 @03:37PM (#39134925)

It takes a few hours to Photoshop over the bite-marks and claw-gouges.

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Re:Due to blade damage, Mars Helicopter Ingenuity will not f... by hall0ween on Thursday January 25, 2024 @04:06PM (#39135292)

lol nice

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