Flying Carpet / NoAidia

Have you ever wanted a rocket pack to soar amongst the sky? Now you can … on Mars… Gravity is less, atmospheric density is less, and the vistas are breathtaking. So come to Mars...

Buck Rogers aside, Mars is an interesting environment for out-of-this-world mobility options for an explorer. This challenge asks for the definition of a conceptual mobility solution to allow an astronaut to easily and rapidly explore Mars including overcoming obstacles such as cliffs, ravines and other difficult terrain. The solution should be person-portable and any means or source of propulsion be locally produced.

This challenge can be answered by:

• producing an app to simulate your adventures in building your jet pack and flying around Mars;
• produce an app that provides the local gravity, atmospheric conditions (density, weather, anything-else-of-interest) to help decide what is needed for your jet pack design;
• perform a feasibility/conceptual study of an actual jet pack design that could use potential Mars fuel sources; or Design and Demonstrate a model scale jet pack using hardware.

We want to create a platform that the astronaut drives to explore Mars' surface.

The platform rise up due to 2 counter-rotating propellers and turn thanks to a platform's inclination.

The propellers are served by compressors because the lower density on Mars doesn't allow to have an enogh mass flow needed to generate a good trust upward.

The air enters the compressors (through a snorkel placed on the platform) moved by an electric engines that provide enough energy to let him work.

The problem is that the air density and the pressure are very low:

-can the compressor provide the mass flow requested?

-can an electric engine provide enough energy to let the compressor work?