[Tom] went through a lot of design considerations to arrive at the helicopter design. He considered counter-rotating props, but there were a host of problems involved. He finally settled on a ...

The new helicopter design features six rotors, each with six blades, which are smaller than Ingenuity’s but help generate more lift. This means the Mars Chopper will be able to carry more ...

it holds out the promise of a new cockpit that can be installed in any conventional helicopter design. "Until today, every helicopter ever built has taken off using basically the same mechanical ...

NASA's Mars Chopper concept, shown in a design software rendering. NASA has unveiled the successor of its highly successful Ingenuity helicopter that roamed over the surface of Mars for over three ...