Latest video of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter kicking up dust and taking off for Flight #47. Ingenuity is well beyond its warranty at this point. The video was captured by the Mastcam-Z imager aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover on March 9, 2023.Graybie t1_jdp7q00 wrote
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I would be a little more clear than that. It used consumer grade hardware for certain components. Key avionics are still radiation hardened and as far as I know, things like the blades, landing legs, and chassis are all custom. The motors were technically off-the-shelf (maxon DCX), but were modified and customized. The thing cost $80,000,000 to design and build.
https://thenewstack.io/how-the-first-helicopter-on-mars-uses-off-the-shelf-hardware-and-linux/
collegefurtrader t1_jdp80b1 wrote
I guess my comment was a bit hyperbolic
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