Since Ingenuity took flight and proved aerial capabilities on Mars, the horizon for rotorcraft on the Red Planet has only expanded. One proposed future Martian rotorcraft is the Mars Science Helicopter (MSH). The MSH is a hexacopter capable of carrying scientific payloads. As a part of its joint development by NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), key MSH rotor components will be tested inside the in-development Reduced Atmospheric Pressure Testing Of Rotors (RAPTOR) wind tunnel in the Planetary Aeolian Laboratory (PAL) at NASA ARC. In preparation for the test, the Comprehensive Hierarchical Aeromechanics Rotorcraft Model (CHARM) analysis was utilized to predict the aerodynamic performance for one MSH hexacopter isolated rotor. This paper provides an overview of the planned experiments involving the MSH reference blades, as well as CHARM pretest predictions of rotor performance in hover and forward flight. Additionally, the interference effects of wind tunnel walls on rotor performance will be evaluated to inform the test matrix of the upcoming test in the RAPTOR tunnel.


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    Titel :

    Rotor Performance Predictions of a Next Generation Mars Science Helicopter


    Beteiligte:
    Dorsa Shirazi (Autor:in) / Athena Chan (Autor:in) / Wayne Johnson (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    2024 Transformative Vertical Flight ; 2024 ; Santa Clara, CA, US


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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