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Spirit: 95% Slip And Stuck Wheel

Pando View Member Profile	Dec 17 2004, 07:21 PM Post #1
The Insider Group: Members Posts: 669 Joined: 3-May 04 Member No.: 73	A bit of a problem. Let's hope this gets resolved... Sol 338 - Drove 8 meters with 25 meters of commanded motion. Saw up to 95% slip on some of the drive segments due to the 15-20 degree tilt and the sandy terrain. Sol 339 - Another 25 meter attempt. This one was cut short at the start when the right rear wheel ingested a potato-sized rock. The rock apparently jammed between the inner part of the wheel and the drive mechanism, causing the drive current to exceed the preset current limit, resulting in a safe motor stall. We will run this motor in the other direction on sol 340 in an attempt to dislodge the rock.

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djellison View Member Profile	Dec 17 2004, 10:35 PM Post #2
Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14457 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1	Animated verison Doug

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Pando Spirit: 95% Slip And Stuck Wheel Dec 17 2004, 07:21 PM

YesRushGen Uh-Oh. Is is possible to rotate the wheels 90 deg... Dec 17 2004, 07:36 PM

Sunspot Any update on how the attempt to dislodge it went?... Dec 17 2004, 07:45 PM

OWW Oh no....This is gonna take some time to resolve (... Dec 17 2004, 08:14 PM

Pando Yup, getting it unstuck is one thing and I think t... Dec 17 2004, 08:45 PM

OWW The rock is no longer in the same place. Unfortuna... Dec 17 2004, 10:14 PM

djellison Animated verison Doug Dec 17 2004, 10:35 PM

Sunspot As they've managed to turn the wheel perhaps i... Dec 18 2004, 12:25 AM

alan which frame in the animation is the last? Dec 18 2004, 12:59 AM

djellison The one with the hold-down clamp at the top Doug Dec 18 2004, 10:32 AM

TheChemist There should be a curse emoticon. I have trust to ... Dec 18 2004, 10:37 AM

Sunspot I'm assuming the lack of any update today is d... Dec 19 2004, 12:01 AM

stonehat 800 million dollars to get there and they won... Dec 19 2004, 03:58 AM

djellison QUOTE (stonehat @ Dec 19 2004, 03:58 AM)800 m... Dec 19 2004, 10:10 AM

remcook it would be cool though if NASA would have let vol... Dec 19 2004, 10:19 AM

lyford New Navcam, Pancam, MI and front Hazcam images npw... Dec 20 2004, 03:54 AM

BruceMoomaw There's a series of new Pancam shots of the ro... Dec 20 2004, 09:17 AM

Sunspot If you switch back and forth between the latest ha... Dec 20 2004, 09:37 AM

djellison I'd suggest that, usual practice dictates no R... Dec 20 2004, 01:58 PM

Sunspot Yikes it's still there: Dec 20 2004, 07:05 PM

lyford pardon my noobness, but could they just drive drag... Dec 20 2004, 07:22 PM

Sunspot QUOTE (lyford @ Dec 20 2004, 07:22 PM)pardon ... Dec 20 2004, 07:25 PM

lyford QUOTE (Sunspot @ Dec 20 2004, 07:25 PM)What w... Dec 20 2004, 07:38 PM

Analyst Are we lucky because it's not one of the two w... Dec 20 2004, 07:52 PM

djellison Oh - they could still do a lot of science without ... Dec 20 2004, 08:08 PM

Sunspot Well the rock itself seems to have changed positio... Dec 20 2004, 09:23 PM

djellison Another sol of images - a tiny short bump forward ... Dec 21 2004, 11:10 PM

azstrummer New pictures just came in. Appears the rock is un... Dec 22 2004, 12:10 AM

Sunspot They need to get the wheel out of the hole it... Dec 22 2004, 12:16 AM

Sunspot QUOTE (azstrummer @ Dec 22 2004, 12:10 AM)New... Dec 22 2004, 12:18 AM

azstrummer Isn't this the wheel that was affected? If th... Dec 22 2004, 05:40 AM

dot.dk No it's still there.. You have to use the ... Dec 22 2004, 06:29 AM

azstrummer Ah, just in the habit of always looking at the lef... Dec 22 2004, 03:04 PM

alan I was thinking if they drove it until the wheel wa... Dec 22 2004, 04:09 PM

azstrummer Oh no kidding and this is a planet that, on a sola... Dec 22 2004, 04:18 PM

djellison QUOTE (alan @ Dec 22 2004, 04:09 PM)I wonder ... Dec 22 2004, 06:47 PM

OWW Still stuck. I have no idea what they are doing. Dec 22 2004, 10:10 PM

Sunspot Damn...... I hope this isn't the end of the ro... Dec 22 2004, 10:34 PM

azstrummer Somehow I can't imagine that to be the case th... Dec 22 2004, 10:54 PM

NorbertGiesinger They (the MER responsibles) should stop immediatel... Dec 22 2004, 11:11 PM

dot.dk hmm, maybe turning the wheel to the left a lot, an... Dec 22 2004, 11:18 PM

azstrummer Norbert....(cool name) don't worry. We'll... Dec 22 2004, 11:23 PM

djellison QUOTE (NorbertGiesinger @ Dec 22 2004, 11:11 ... Dec 22 2004, 11:30 PM

CosmicRocker Each day we see the wheel rotate a little forward ... Dec 23 2004, 03:13 AM

Mode5 July 16, 2004 "...it gets more complicated i... Dec 23 2004, 03:36 AM

lyford QUOTE (Mode5 @ Dec 23 2004, 03:36 AM)I am hop... Dec 23 2004, 05:48 AM

OWW the Rock is bouncing around in the wheel, except i... Dec 23 2004, 09:20 PM

Pando Looks like their "potato ejection maneuver... Dec 23 2004, 09:26 PM

OWW What do you mean, it's still right there! ... Dec 23 2004, 09:30 PM

Pando I think you're looking at sand sloshing around... Dec 23 2004, 09:35 PM

OWW You may be right, but my eyes see a rock with tiny... Dec 23 2004, 09:43 PM

lyford Thanks Pando - Looks like sand to my untrained... Dec 23 2004, 09:48 PM

lyford IT'S OUT! QUOTE SPIRIT UPDATE: Spirit Eat... Dec 23 2004, 09:56 PM

OWW Yay!!!!! Well. That's it t... Dec 23 2004, 09:59 PM

mhoward QUOTE (ObsessedWithWorlds @ Dec 23 2004, 09:5... Dec 23 2004, 11:08 PM

Sunspot QUOTE (mhoward @ Dec 23 2004, 11:08 PM)I cert... Dec 24 2004, 12:27 AM

dot.dk I think if the want to continue the climb of Husba... Dec 24 2004, 07:41 AM

dot.dk looks like we are ready to move again Dec 28 2004, 07:43 AM

Sunspot Are we sure they've managed to dislodge the ro... Dec 28 2004, 11:39 PM

ilbasso Had to do a double take - the first rear hazcam im... Dec 29 2004, 03:40 PM

ilbasso And from the MER JPL public website: "Potato-... Dec 29 2004, 04:07 PM

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