Dragonfly rotorcraft model tested in desert to simulate Titan’s dunes

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NASA is developing a rotorcraft lander to one day fly on Saturn’s moon Titan. Flight and instrument testing has commenced in a Californian desert to simulate terrain on Titan.

Credit: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
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The propeller drone is capturing image data to create a simulation flying environment for the Dragonfly testing.

georgehunter
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Imagine being stranded in the middle of the desert. It's gonna be so

IKEMENOsakaman
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Damn I thought titan was full of water (definitely not a destiny player)

ALPHA_
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So looking forward to dragon fly launch and film and fly like a dragon.
Whoop whoop.

TheAlexisaacify
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I'd rather test it in Arctic and Antarctic regions.
❄️☃️❄️there, ya know
-179°C on Titan
dangit .•°

farrider
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After its launch jn 2027 it will take 8 to 10 years to reach titan

TubeTab
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Flaw with this test is the take off and landing is human made cement. Soud have been all<- done in sand.

edwardandrade
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Well the drone you built flies pretty bad… look at all the prop wash

GrauFPV
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Except the atmosphere will be totally different ……

peanutrbuckle
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Cool test! Probably just how it would fly in a 98% Nitrogen atmosphere at -180 degrees Celsius. At least they got some footage they can add some cool filters to when they fake it for real!

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