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To: Steely Tom

down here that would be impressive, 2400 rpm

thing would be shooting skyward in no time

but its such a thin atmosphere there

like swimming in air


25 posted on 04/13/2021 12:41:17 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man
down here that would be impressive, 2400 rpm

The larger RC helicopters here on earth spin about the same speed.

They have blades that are narrower in chord, but that's because of the thicker atmosphere.

Ingenuity's blades are shaped more like propellers than typical helicopter rotor blades because they would get more 'bite' in the Mars atmosphere.

29 posted on 04/13/2021 12:56:02 PM PDT by Ol' Dan Tucker (For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
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