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		Denvercoder9 on April 22, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mars Helicopter successfully completed its second ... > Quadcopters require more computing power than is available from typical rad-hardened processors. Ingenuity isn't a quadcopter though, it has two blades that counter-rotate around the same axis.

lsaferite on April 22, 2021 [–]

> two blades that counter-rotate around the same axis

Which would make it a coaxial helicopter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaxial_rotors

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