The plane's three - piece wing spar and some other components were made from carbon fiber tapes that
each weigh less than a tenth of an ounce per square foot — one - third the weight of a sheet of paper.
Not exact matches
Though its Mylar film and carbon fiber body
weighs less than one -
tenth of an ounce, its stability stems from its bottom - heavy design, which lets it wobble, but not flip over.
MARDI and MARCI incorporate an innovative electronics design that enables high - quality scientific data acquisition in a very compact package — each unit
weighs about one - half kilogram (one pound), which is
less than one -
tenth the weight of any previous orbiter or lander camera sent to Mars.
We
weighed the system at two and seventh -
tenths pounds, which is slightly
less than the 13 - inch MacBook Air, and about on par with the Surface Book Pro 4 (when the Type Cover is attached).