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Image: Ingenuity coaxial rotor assembly (clean drawing for localisation)

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Description: Ingenuity coaxial rotor assembly. For localization in languages other than English: A — rotor blade; B — pitch link; C — servo; D — swashplate The upper swashplate of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter controls the pitch of the upper rotor blades as they rotate and is critical to stable, controlled flight. The swashplate is driven by three small servo motors. The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter was built by JPL, which also manages the technology demonstration project for NASA Headquarters. It is supported by NASA’s Science, Aeronautics Research, and Space Technology mission directorates. NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, and NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, provided significant flight performance analysis and technical assistance during Ingenuity’s development. AeroVironment Inc., Qualcomm, and SolAero also provided design assistance and major vehicle components. Lockheed Martin Space designed and manufactured the Mars Helicopter Delivery System.
Title: Ingenuity coaxial rotor assembly (clean drawing for localisation)
Credit: https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/26270/ingenuitys-upper-swashplate-assembly/ (image link); see also https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24812
Author: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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