Wheel Trouble, ...down to 5 good wheels? |
Wheel Trouble, ...down to 5 good wheels? |
Mar 14 2006, 12:29 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 90 Joined: 13-January 05 Member No.: 143 |
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I just heard that there is a serious problem with Spirit's right front drive actuator after yestersol's drive. (This is the actuator that had high currents in the past and led to the backward-driving strategy.) It will take awhile to evaluate the situation, but early speculation is grim.
In a worst-case scenario, they can still drag the bum wheel along, but don't expect another summit view. Best-case scenario would be a rock or debris jammed in the wheel. This is a heads-up, sorry I can't really give more info at this time. I still thought you all would like to know. |
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Mar 14 2006, 10:37 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1870 Joined: 20-February 05 Member No.: 174 |
I note that both from Husband hill and from the drive to and around home plate, the driving on the north McCool "flats" and the lower flank of the hill look mostly pretty easy.... likely sand traps are rare and high-density large cobble areas are scarce. Some of that "diagonal" stripe of lighter and grayer colored terrain on McCool are pretty rubbly and cobbly, but they're not in the drive to get onto the hillslope.
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Mar 14 2006, 03:43 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 311 Joined: 31-August 05 From: Florida & Texas, USA Member No.: 482 |
Poor Spirit, just as she regains the lead in milage, she hits another bump in the road.
I suppose there is a plan to return to Homeplate in spring, so I expect the driving around McCool will be very conservative. Maybe if we're lucky, some of the Homeplate unit will be found along the east slopes of McCool. I was half hoping we could get some closer images of the Chaos terrain that was next on the adjenda, but now I worry it's a rockbed too far. |
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