Extricating Spirit, Digging out from Troy |
Extricating Spirit, Digging out from Troy |
Nov 7 2009, 04:13 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 239 Joined: 18-December 07 From: New York Member No.: 3982 |
5 downsampled navcam frames from sol 2078 are down. Someone might want to make an animation.
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Nov 18 2009, 05:05 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
According to the update:
"A tight limit on vehicle roll and pitch of less than 1 degree change was set for this first drive. As the rover began its first move, it sensed that its roll was outside the allowed limit and safely stopped the drive." Less than one degree pitch or roll. I don't think they expected the drive to last very long with those restraints -- a few seconds at the most. The specific pitch or roll movement triggering an abort would give them some valuable information. According to the update it was a roll that shut the drive down. To the left or right? It seems that a roll to the right would be preferable, but then it would still need to be determined if it was because of the left wheels rising or the right wheels sinking. |
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Nov 18 2009, 11:50 AM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1372 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
Patience fellows.....the next drive will be huge...like 2 seconds......
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Nov 18 2009, 11:51 AM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1372 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
BTW, what was the normal tilt and roll limit, and the ultimate limits which would make it fall over ?
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