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		diplocorp on May 12, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nasa will send helicopter to Mars to test otherwor... True, but you cannot test a small helicopter inside an aircraft, can you?

dooglius on May 12, 2018 [–]

I don't see why not, a test that goes 10 feet up, 50 feet over, 10 feet down should be sufficient. The thing in the video looks like it could fit in a large cargo plane. Or, are you concerned about turbulance due to being in a closed space vs open atmosphere?

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