Wheel damage on Mars

[Pops1967GTX]

Even on Mars you can get Wear &Tear causing wheel damage...

[video]http://news.discovery.com/space/martian-wear-and-tear-curiositys-wheel-damage-photos-131220.htm[/video]

 

[Cranky]

Looks like that one won't be in service for much longer.....must have Generals on it

 

[modernistsouth]

Better get Bruce Willis up there to fix it.

At 1 ton, I wonder if that "suspension" system is sufficient. It seems like a more dampening suspension would absorb some the sharp edges better. There is so little no rubber to absorb the punctures. It almost like the wheels were designed with only propulsion and traction in mind.

 

[Cranky]

Better get Bruce Willis up there to fix it.

At 1 ton, I wonder if that "suspension" system is sufficient. It seems like a more dampening suspension would absorb some the sharp edges better. There is so little no rubber to absorb the punctures. It almost like the wheels were designed with only propulsion and traction in mind.

1 ton on earth or on Mars?

 

[Budnicks]

tore up air craft grade aluminum wheels {7075 or 6061 ?? or some other much softer "air craft grade", big differences}, looks to be like 0.100 thickness maybe & a couple inch rips now... I was wondering the same thing as Cranky, 1 ton Rover, Is that it's weight on Mars or was that here ?? wouldn't it be heavier {lighter actually}on Mars ??

 

[Photon440]

Mars' gravity is 38% of ours. One ton here would weigh 760 lbs on Mars.

 

[modernistsouth]

Your weight on Mars is less. 1 ton on earth is 754 lbs on Mars.

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Photon beat me to it.

 

['67Satellite]

Love seeing pictures from the surface there, very interesting. Thanks for sharing Pops!

 

[Doright]

I told those guys to use the Rubber track system instead but no....

Now Who the heck are we gonna get to go change a tire on Mars? ET?
Because I don't think NASA or JPL have AAA, Obama didn't give them enough to pay the bill and he already sold our Space shuttle.

Correct me if Im wrong But didn't Goodyear design & make tires for OFF world use? Their even in use to this day on the Moon waiting for a set of Hot Battery's and a Driver. They drove all over the surface of the moon and even got airborne a few times.

 

[Budnicks]

Mars' gravity is 38% of ours. One ton here would weigh 760 lbs on Mars.

OK lighter DOOOOOOOOOOH, I knew that...LOL... less gravity, not sure why I wrote heavier !!

 

[HT413]

If you look at the backside of the tread surface, you can see it's all dented. Seems like it isn't quality control, but a result of poor design. The wheels are about to meet the end of their life cycle.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Anyone who's into cars know that those ghetto rubber band tires aren't worth squat on a bumpy surface.

 

[HT413]

True, r.c. Imagine what a Mule would ride like on those rubberbands. Looks like NASA needs to hire some regular folks to eyeball things before they fire em up to space.

 

[Meep-Meep]

Mars' gravity is 38% of ours. One ton here would weigh 760 lbs on Mars.

I didn't know the actual percentage but this is good news. My 66 Belvedere would weigh 2480 and I bet that would put me in the 11's without changing the engine.

 

[Photon440]

I didn't know the actual percentage but this is good news. My 66 Belvedere would weigh 2480 and I bet that would put me in the 11's without changing the engine.

Yes! If your Belvedere currently weighs 6525 lbs, you'd find it weighed only 2480 on Mars.

My much lighter road runner would be even less, maybe 1400 lbs. I wonder if Superbirds would actually fly?

HOWEVER, the mass of the car would be the same, so acceleration would end up being hindered by lowered traction.

 

[Pops1967GTX]

Yes!

My much lighter road runner would be even less, maybe 1400 lbs. I wonder if Superbirds would actually fly?

Here’s a low flying bird...........

 

[Bruzilla]

Superbirds can fly on Earth as long as they are upside down.

 

[Doright]

Here’s a low flying bird...........
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WHOLLY CRAP! who did that to that car???? for shame for shame!
I hope that's just Photoshopped cause all I see is it coming back down on all 4 the suspension bottoming out and then fully rebounding and the Driver loosing control. :black_eye:

And if it didn't? it was just plain old DUM LUCK!