NASA Ingenuity - Mars helicopter
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49 8 January, 19:58
bughunterSweet 👍
Reminds me of the real one, still trying to collect data. In the loneliness there, far out ...
9 January, 08:32
Jennifer FranklinOooohhhh... I am following. What are the rotor hubs for? Aren't they used in wind turbines?
11 January, 00:26
SkyhikerWelcome Jennifer, the propeller blades will be connected to the hubs once I get them finished.
1 11 January, 12:00
Живко ДжаковIncredible idea! This device is a first in many things. Starting with the fact that it is the first time something like this has flown to another planet. Who knows, this is a planet inhabited only by robots. The last interesting thing is that his disaster is the first one investigated on another planet. I look forward to seeing the finished model..
2 11 January, 13:11
SkyhikerЖивко Джаков these are exactly the reasons why I decided to try and make this model.
2 11 January, 16:31
SkyhikerI'm not sure I can fit all the parts to make it accurate. It's very small.
18 January, 23:05
SkyhikerYes, at 1:72 scale it is less than a centimeter tall and the propellers are about 2cm wide in total.
19 January, 02:19
SkyhikerI had a real scare when I was priming the model today and it flew out of my tweezers. I couldn't find it anywhere and it took a half an hour before I saw it stuck to my sock! Lucky nothing got broken.
2 19 January, 18:37
bughunterNice progress on this little heli 👍 Do you find pictures for the coloring?
19 January, 18:49
SkyhikerHi bughunter, yes there seems to be enough photos around but the drone went through several redesigns before it went to Mars. For example the foil was gold for a while. The rotor blades' nubs were both pointing up at one point. Little things like the feet changed and the size of the battery and solar panel. I always have to go back and check the Mars mission photos to make sure what I am doing is correct.
2 20 January, 00:06
SkyhikerI'm very close to having this done. Let's hope no catastrophes happen before it is mounted and framed.
1 9 February, 02:32
Живко ДжаковIt won't be a precedent. As we've already commented, NASA crashed, so this won't be the end of the project 🙂. And one question. Where did you get your Martian soil from? Isn't the source of the survini too far away?
9 February, 10:07
SkyhikerOk. After a few last minute repairs, of course I knocked off two propellers and the antenna while mounting it to the diorama, I 've finished this.
1 9 February, 12:43
SkyhikerI'd like to have better photos but it's so small the camera on my phone can't do it justice.
1 9 February, 12:51
SkyhikerThanks gorby. This is by far the smallest model I have ever made. I'm pretty happy with the results considering it's a scratch build and I don't have any special tools to do micro surgery.
9 February, 13:07
Alex KI silently followed this right from the start - and now it's time for respects and congrats - for a number of reasons: for the choice of the inspirational topic, for sticking to 1:72 scale, for the implementation and the final result in scratch... Two thumbs up! 👍 👍
1 9 February, 14:16
Jennifer FranklinLove the martian in orange. Beautiful result and astounding given the scale.
1 12 February, 15:21
Łukasz GlińskiWow, what a tiny job. I might have lose it while trying the assembly 😄
13 February, 14:28
SkyhikerThanks guys. Now I am considering doing an even smaller model: I might make the Sputnik satellite in 1:72 scale, it would only be 8 mm!
2 13 February, 22:42
SkyhikerAfter doing further research I realized that the Sputnik satellite in 1:72 scale, would be bigger than this. Only the ball is 8 mm but with the antennas it would be bigger.
1 14 February, 00:57
SkyhikerIt took me several hours to make the frame into a box frame. I think it worked out, black seemed appropriate.
1 18 February, 21:58
bughunterThe frame is the cherry on the cake of this nice little scratch project 👍
1 18 February, 22:00
Jennifer FranklinI love the frame. Did you start with a regular frame, or is that something special?
19 February, 01:44
SkyhikerJennifer, I bought a cheap metal frame for 3 euros. To extend the depth of the frame I made an outer box out of 3mm MDF sheeting that someone was throwing away. Then I made an inner box out of MDF to hold the model. The middle between the two boxes is filled with cardboard for support. After I hot glued this all together I printed images of the Mars surface which I designed on the computer and the label so people will know what they are looking at. The black matt I cut out of paper. The front of the frame slides up if I ever need access to the model, which I may, because I will probably fill the gaps at the base of the model with sand since those black lines on the sides annoy me.
19 February, 10:28
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I decided to try to scratch build the NASA Ingenuity Mars helicopter in 1:72 scale.
