E-T-C Climber Challenges (Bloopers)
 

Climber Prototype (3/17/07) - Tsuchida's surprise
 
Solar Panel/Beam Test (8/10/07) - Solar Panel damage due to ~4 kW focused light intensity for ~3 min at 10 m
Solar Panel/Beam Test (8/15/07) - ?
Solar Panel/Beam Test (8/20/07) - 7 kW light power problem
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7 foot Ascent/Descent (8/15/07-8/19/07) - Drive mechanism wheel slippage and coupling failure
 
 
 
20 foot Ascent/Descent (9/21/07) - Climber misalignment. Climber structural failure
 
5 foot Ascent with Payload (10/03/07) - Power Supplies falling
20 foot Ascent/Descent (10/6/07) - Skywatcher warehouse water leak
 
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RV/Trailer CG Problem (10/12/07) - Getting stuck in gas station, moving 8 - 800 W lights forward in RV, filling RV tires
Trailer Damage - 7 kW light trailer post digging into trailer
Tsuchida san's Butt Print on Amie's Laptop
Davis County Fairgrounds Warehouse Water Leak (10/17/07) - roof of warehouse leaked right over the E-T-C Climber and shorted out a motor controller. The Swiss 12 A fuse had to be replaced with a different American 15A fuse (of a different size) just before the 20 foot indoor qualification run
 
Tsuchida calls them Corsets. Chad calls them Back Braces
 
RV Dumping - Waste line was determined to have a few holes

No Photos of when we assembled the Climber in Skywatcher's Dog's droppings...


Last Updated:  11/11/07