Nasa ingenuity battery pack

[alexscard]

I found this article pretty interesting.
As you can read, when it's about small battery cells the nasa has the same limits we all have!
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mars-helicopter-ingenuity-deep-dive-its-6-pack-damien-frost

 

[Triketech]

Interesting article.

 

[JackFlorey]

I found this article pretty interesting.

My own little contribution to that -

While I was at Qualcomm I worked on the Atlanticus program for a while; that program supplied the controller for Ingenuity (based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon phone processor.)

 

[ZeroEm]

I'm sure we understand it more than the rest. That was a good read. Interesting about the heater strips. something for the colder regions.

 

[spinningmagnets]

I am genuinely surprised they didn't use LTO cells.

The pack is charged by solar, and LTO is known to last many thousands of cycles, and also has exceptional cold-weather performance...

 

[ZeroEm]

They are touchy about weight. Want more energy per pound.