The West Valley Route |
The West Valley Route |
Mar 24 2009, 02:43 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 706 Joined: 3-December 04 From: Boulder, Colorado, USA Member No.: 117 |
I'm imagining the thought experiment of taking one of those wheels and dragging it through some rocky dirt with 10 kg of weight on it (which I think is about the right load). Because we've only gone a few hundred meters(?) total since the wheel froze, my instincts agree with JayB that it would get nice and shiny but probably wouldn't suffer major structural damage.
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Mar 24 2009, 04:43 PM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1374 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
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Mar 24 2009, 05:13 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
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Mar 24 2009, 05:23 PM
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Member Group: Admin Posts: 976 Joined: 29-September 06 From: Pasadena, CA - USA Member No.: 1200 |
I'm imagining the thought experiment of taking one of those wheels and dragging it through some rocky dirt with 10 kg of weight on it (which I think is about the right load). Because we've only gone a few hundred meters(?) total since the wheel froze, my instincts agree with JayB that it would get nice and shiny but probably wouldn't suffer major structural damage. John. Since Sol A 779 we drove about 859 m. I doubt the RF wheel has worn out significantly. It definitely is not like this. Paolo -------------------- Disclaimer: all opinions, ideas and information included here are my own,and should not be intended to represent opinion or policy of my employer.
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Mar 24 2009, 06:59 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 934 Joined: 4-September 06 From: Boston Member No.: 1102 |
That is a great movie Paolo, I memember watching it live on TV. It was very scary when you didn't know it would turn out.
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Mar 24 2009, 07:27 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
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Mar 24 2009, 07:47 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
It looks like Spirit's trying to build a canal.
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Mar 24 2009, 07:51 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
Schiaparelli, get out of Dan's body!
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Mar 24 2009, 09:07 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Lovely detail and depth of field in this new view as R2 - sorry, Spirit - heads through the Valley...
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Mar 24 2009, 09:18 PM
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Mar 24 2009, 09:31 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
Nearly back to the original BBQ spot!
I wonder if our footprints are still there? |
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Mar 24 2009, 09:48 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
Lovely detail and depth of field in this new view as R2 - sorry, Spirit - heads through the Valley... Thanks Stu, we definitively need your (beautiful) anaglyphs there. Looks much more challenging tho -------------------- |
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Mar 24 2009, 10:01 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 530 Joined: 21-March 06 From: Canada Member No.: 721 |
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Mar 24 2009, 11:05 PM
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Member Group: Admin Posts: 976 Joined: 29-September 06 From: Pasadena, CA - USA Member No.: 1200 |
Whoa! I didn't thought you could drive so strait on 5 weels ... We have refined a set of self correcting arcs that seem to work quite well on this type of terrain. It gets more complicated when the terrain is not very uniform and less firm. The Sol 1854 and 1856 drives seem to have been on quite benign terrain. Paolo -------------------- Disclaimer: all opinions, ideas and information included here are my own,and should not be intended to represent opinion or policy of my employer.
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Mar 24 2009, 11:22 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
I wonder if our footprints are still there? Probably just a few remains of shrimp tails and a couple of empty Fosters cans that you guys brought from Down Under. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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