Ingenuity Helicopter made first flight at low density Mars atmosphere with 2700 rpm (flight 14)

Yesterday, my good friend Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen posted a NASA Event regarding the 14th flight of Ingenuity, which has been plagued by a much lower density as the weather on Mars changes to a colder environment... Thank you, Jack for picking this up and reporting it!

Here is a short capture of DigitalTrends reporting:

"Ingenuity needs to spin its rotors faster than it has done previously due to changes in the Martian weather. The original plan for the helicopter was to perform just five flights, but it has been such a success that the team has continued with further and more complex flights. But that means they must now contend with changing Martian seasons.

The atmosphere on Mars is already very thin, at around 1% of the density of the atmosphere on Earth, but seasonal changes mean that it is now getting even thinner. The thinning of the atmosphere is a problem for Ingenuity, which flies by spinning its rotors to move the air and keep itself aloft." - DigitalTrends

I will have a follow-up to this shortly by Professor Anton Petrov on his Patreon Channel...

I hope you enjoy it...
Kerry
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