ROVER WHEELS: Monitoring changes over time, NOTE: Read back through the thread to avoid repeating misconceptions |
ROVER WHEELS: Monitoring changes over time, NOTE: Read back through the thread to avoid repeating misconceptions |
May 16 2013, 08:35 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 22 Joined: 10-August 12 From: Australia Member No.: 6530 |
[MOD NOTE: This thread follows on a post by Ed Truthan containing a MAHLI mosaic of MSL wheels taken on sol 275.]
Ed: zooming in on that marvellous underbelly MAHLI montage, there appears to be further (and previously noted) deformation of the wheel surfaces. Damage is most evident in the view of the front-left wheel inner surface. Such wear has previously been discussed and concerns allayed. Nevertheless, the front left wheel surface *appears* to have been punctured. We've only done 700 meters, and have 7000 more to get to Mt Sharp..... Given that more odometry has now accumulated, is any (re-)new(ed) concern valid? DeanM |
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Dec 22 2013, 12:22 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 691 Joined: 21-December 07 From: Clatskanie, Oregon Member No.: 3988 |
Stock steel wheels? Aftermarket rims?
Steel wheels would have been far to heavy and costly. There is nothing wrong with the design of MSL's current wheels. Damage was expected and like it has been said over and over, will NOT impair mobility. |
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Dec 22 2013, 04:34 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2517 Joined: 13-September 05 Member No.: 497 |
Stock steel wheels? Aftermarket rims? I think that was a joke. While it would be interesting to use image processing techniques to generate the maps (define a model of the wheel, extract the image geometry from the SPICE kernels, have a camera model, map-project and mosaic, etc.) it would be simpler in the short term to do this by eye. -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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