how to fly an helicopter on Mars

Three of the great minds that enabled a helicopter to fly on another planet shared the process, design considerations, trials, and eventual success of creating rotor blades that let Ingenuity, the Mars Helicopter, fly on the Red Planet

Ingenuity is quite different than its terrestrial counterparts.

For example, the Mars chopper’s custom-made, carbon-fiber blades are exceptionally large compared to its 19-inch-tall (48 centimeters) body. The blades are arranged into two rotors, each of which stretches 4 feet (1.2 m) from tip to tip.