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Topic: contact probes
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andrex
Member Posts: 18
From: Melbourne, Australia
Registered: Jul 2004
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posted 07-14-2004 12:41 PM
  
I'm new to this site and cannot believe there are people of the same ilk out there. Very exciting!!probablably a basic question, but in AS11-40-5917 (i saw this due to another post) it shows a contact probe on a 90 degree angle out from the footpad. Were they designed to collapse randomnly (simple delicate structures) or was it some kind of 'giving hinge'. |
spaceuk
Member Posts: 2113
From: Staffs, UK
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 07-14-2004 02:31 PM
I'm fairly certain that they were just allowed to 'crumple' under the mass of the LM on touchdown.It is this reason - though - that the ladder strut never had one - it was a concern that the probe metal may have caused a real hazard to the space suits. |
nasamad
Member Posts: 2141
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 07-14-2004 02:53 PM
Hi Andrex, The probes were designed to give in any direction as the LM could have been drifting slightly in any direction. There was a hinge on the probes but this was due to the fact that they were stowed folded back against the main strut of the landing gear.
When the landing gear was deployed in lunar orbit, each probe was also deployed by the use of springs on the hinges. Hope this helps.........Adam | |
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