Real Martians Moment: Flight on Mars
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Al Bowers works on the Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Land on Mars (Prandtl‑M) project at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center. This Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is being designed as part of NASA’s Journey To Mars to help perform reconnaissance on Mars.
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Real Martians Moment: Flight on Mars
6 Comments
6 Comments
SECOND COMMENT!!!!
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I think something like a quad-copter would make a good flying Mars probe.
There are no martian hillbillies to shoot it down… yet.
Would love to learn more about the airfoil used for this Martian flying wing. I’ve been following the YouTube progress since last year.
I like these job ones alot
Al,
Having built several aircraft of similar design I would recommending separating the elevons into ailerons and elevators. Otherwise you will have either to much pitch or roll sensitivity, even using expo and or different throws for elevator v aileron when using elevons. I know the added weight of dual surfaces are an issue, but performance wise it is worth it, to have very predictable control reactions.
But I just play with toy airplanes so what do I know… lol
Best of luck with you project!
Do wings work in the extreme low pressure Martian atmosphere?