stim3on, 3 months ago

@65dBnoise I'd say it's pretty clear from this image that Ginny is missing a blade. However, it's not the one I was expecting, since the HELI_NAV images showed what should be the "top right" blade to be missing. Here it is the "top left" blade.

I presume they did another rotor spin on that sol, perhaps while hopefully taking a ZCAM movie.

2x upscaled ZCAM image.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Simeon Schmauß

65dBnoise, 3 months ago

@stim3on
(New Linux installation + 10 hours w/o internet, what else could possibly go wrong?)

It looks like they are trying new things every sol, which is good! In this fantastic image (pun intended for the algorithm 😜) we see indeed that the missing blade is an upper one, but how to id a symmetric blade that rotates randomly?

Interestingly, those upper blades should be, say, 15cm above the lower ones? Looks like it did either a loop or a roll, right before landing #Flight72 🙃

65dBnoise, 3 months ago

@stim3on
Today we got the images that show the rotation that brought the existing half-blade to NE of the heli.

stim3on, 3 months ago

@65dBnoise the Heli nav images right? Or did I miss new Mastcam images?

65dBnoise, 3 months ago

@stim3on
Yes, those HELI_NAV images were captured earlier that sol.

tom30519, 3 months ago

@65dBnoise
Meanwhile, SuperCam is zapping Perseverance's tire tracks, when it ought to be aiming its telescope (but not the laser!) at Ingenuity.

65dBnoise, 3 months ago

@tom30519
Hm, I don't think it would mind a little laser cleaning of the solar panel now that it cannot do it by flying 😀. Although from that distance all it could probably achieve would be a little extra charge for the batteries. 🙃