Ingenuity dual electric rotor-drive system
Ingenuity's electric rotor-drive system uses two electric motors to spin its two counter-rotating rotors for powered flight on Mars. NASA identifies six additional motors for blade-pitch control and a six-cell lithium-ion battery charged by a solar array; those control actuators are not counted as propulsion motors. The exact motor models, ratings, and gearing are not identified in this record.
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- Aliases
- Ingenuity electric rotor driveIngenuity rotor propulsion system
- Domains
- aviationspaceflight
- Identity Level
- integrated-system
- Kind
- integrated-propulsion-system
- Name
- Ingenuity dual electric rotor-drive system
- Status
- historical
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- Description
- Ingenuity's electric rotor-drive system uses two electric motors to spin its two counter-rotating rotors for powered flight on Mars. NASA identifies six additional motors for blade-pitch control and a six-cell lithium-ion battery charged by a solar array; those control actuators are not counted as propulsion motors. The exact motor models, ratings, and gearing are not identified in this record.
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- Creation Time
- September 7, 2026 at 21:41:58 UTC
- Updated Time
- September 7, 2026 at 21:41:58 UTC
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- Ingenuity dual electric rotor-drive system Ingenuity electric rotor drive Ingenuity rotor propulsion system
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-09-07
- Note
- NASA identifies two main propulsion motors and six blade-pitch-control motors powered by Ingenuity's lithium-ion battery.
- Publisher
- NASA Science
- Title
- When Should Ingenuity Fly?
- Accessed Date
- 2026-09-07
- Note
- JPL describes Ingenuity's two counter-rotating rotors and solar-recharged six-cell lithium-ion battery power system.
- Publisher
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Title
- Ingenuity Landing Press Kit - Mission Spacecraft
- Accessed Date
- 2026-09-07
- Note
- NASA documents the rotor system's high-speed electric operation and how blade pitch, rather than rotor-speed modulation, controls lift.
- Publisher
- NASA Science
- Title
- What We're Learning about Ingenuity's Flight Control and Aerodynamic Performance