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minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigodlinkfedilink74•1 year agoFlying on Mars is a lot harder than flying on Earth. If you don’t believe me, listen to this developer of the flight sim X-Plane. The fact that they were able to get it to work at all is astounding.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigodlinkfedilink35•1 year agoNext flight is scheduled for Titan, which is a lot easier. The gravity is lower, but there’s a lot more atmosphere, which means our helicopter can be nuclear powered!
minus-squareCaptain AggravatedlinkfedilinkEnglish13•1 year agoOr leg powered. The gravity is so low and the atmosphere so thick a pilot could pedal power a Cessna Skyhawk. Until he froze to death.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoThat can be solved with some good leg warmer.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoI mean flying on Titan would be so easily theoretically a guy with really big wings could reasonably flap himself around
minus-squareRob T FireflylinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoRun out and find me a guy with really big wings, I’ve got a job for him.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•1 year agoThat was really interest. You could hear the excitement in their post!
minus-squaresquibletlinkfedilink1•1 year agoInteresting. I was wondering how it would work at all with such a thin atmosphere. The author could chill out a bit though.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoI think Veritasium has a video about this as well
Flying on Mars is a lot harder than flying on Earth. If you don’t believe me, listen to this developer of the flight sim X-Plane. The fact that they were able to get it to work at all is astounding.
So, we should fly on Jupiter instead, right?
Next flight is scheduled for Titan, which is a lot easier. The gravity is lower, but there’s a lot more atmosphere, which means our helicopter can be nuclear powered!
Or leg powered. The gravity is so low and the atmosphere so thick a pilot could pedal power a Cessna Skyhawk. Until he froze to death.
That can be solved with some good leg warmer.
I mean flying on Titan would be so easily theoretically a guy with really big wings could reasonably flap himself around
Run out and find me a guy with really big wings, I’ve got a job for him.
That was really interest.
You could hear the excitement in their post!
Interesting. I was wondering how it would work at all with such a thin atmosphere. The author could chill out a bit though.
I think Veritasium has a video about this as well