Modeling the Mars Helicopter

[TheOnlyAaron]

Let’s hang out and model the Mars Helicopter live in SketchUp!

2021-02-24T19:00:00Z

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[TDahl]

The Ingenuity helicopter is very different from that drawing. Here is a photograph of Ingenuity:

Edited to add a link to the Wikipedia page on Ingenuity.
And a link to a 3D model provided by NASA (I haven’t looked at the downloadable file itself, but the preview on the web page looks good).

[nealcw]

Are you going to model the rotors with native tools I wonder

[TheOnlyAaron]

Thanks guys! These are the images that I plan on using today. Hope to see you all soon!

[jean_lemire_1]

Hi Tom, hi folks.

I deleted my post since the images I found were outdated. The one you show is correct.

I hope to be present for part of this afternoon presentation.

[TheOnlyAaron]

Hi Jean!

It’s funny because I started with the same reference images that you shared before finding the ones above!

[tituspazmany]

here a nice video about it:

Mars Helicopter (before it went to Mars)

[tituspazmany]

3d REFERENCE MODEL:

Mars Ingenuity Helicopter, 3D Model – NASA Mars Exploration

[tituspazmany]

size:

Ingenuity (helicopter)

[andybster]

Here is an image (your image) zoomed right in.

[andybster]

. . . also, couldn’t resist! (It was on my Facebook).

[TomTom919]

marv-dimensions.pdf

the dimensions

[keggification]

Smash advert

Proof Martians like potatoes

[andybster]

Close up of the leg “joint”.

[TomTom919]

[TomTom919]

[andybster]

, , and here’s the foot!

[andybster]

Zoomed in rotor blade.

[andybster]

And the solar panels…

[tituspazmany]

next week idea?

Bulgaria's communist UFO: The abandoned Buzludzha Monument