Cape York - Northern Havens, Sol 2780 - 2947 |
Cape York - Northern Havens, Sol 2780 - 2947 |
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![]() The Poet Dude ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 ![]() |
Oppy seems to have stopped to catch her breath at Turkey Haven, and the latest Hazcams show she is preparing to spend some time studying the rocks there, so this seems like a good time to start a new topic.
If you have any images/observations to share relating to Oppy's approach to Turkey Haven, please post them in the previous thread. To start us going, here's my take on Oppy's view of Turkey Haven - not suggesting the colours are particularly realistic, but they do show, I think, the great variety of tones and hues visible on the rocks at this intriguing place... -------------------- |
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There's no reason to suggest any current went to the wheel motor - it didn't turn - and there are brakes on the wheel drive motors anyway that would have to be disengaged I believe.
Take the combo of moving the arm around (quite a lump on the end of a long stick), strong winds with large solar arrays, and on a rocky slope, it's easy to see how the rover could just nudge ever so slightly. Indeed - up at the summit of Husband Hill, Craig Covault's article about 'Rocky Martian High' talks about concerns in moving the arm whilst on a slope that might cause the rover to move slightly. |
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 ![]() |
There's no reason to suggest any current went to the wheel motor - it didn't turn - and there are brakes on the wheel drive motors anyway that would have to be disengaged I believe. I was envisioning a brief tug on the steering actuator rather than a wheel turn, but now that I think of it your suggestion sounds just as likely, perhaps more so. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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