Ian Phillips
Volunteer Moderator
I started todays run in Charon's dawn. Light streaming in low from my left, casting long shadows. It's nice to be driving in the light!
Basically the terrain here is quite flat, perfect for bombing along at max speed, which is unfortunately still 23 m/s for me. The overnight repairs have fixed the hull structural damage, but not the lack of power in the engines. I suppose I should be happy with the reduced speed, as it does drastically reduce the damage the SRV takes, and is good for fuel economy too. I have no idea what to do to regain my 38 m/s top speed though, so that is a bit frustrating.
I have gone a little too far south at -71 degrees, but still need to get quite a bit further east to reach the antidopal point.
Slowly I have been driving back into the night. I am travelling faster to the east than the sun is rising, so my Charon Dawn has been left behind, hopefully I'll get a second one in a couple of hours time
I parked up, in the darkness, at
-71
141
I'm feeling a little embarrassed by the exploits over on Ariel, so here is a picture showing a canyon I drove through a couple of days ago
It doesn't match the vast deep fissures on Ariel, but it's the best I can offer right now.
Basically the terrain here is quite flat, perfect for bombing along at max speed, which is unfortunately still 23 m/s for me. The overnight repairs have fixed the hull structural damage, but not the lack of power in the engines. I suppose I should be happy with the reduced speed, as it does drastically reduce the damage the SRV takes, and is good for fuel economy too. I have no idea what to do to regain my 38 m/s top speed though, so that is a bit frustrating.
I have gone a little too far south at -71 degrees, but still need to get quite a bit further east to reach the antidopal point.
Slowly I have been driving back into the night. I am travelling faster to the east than the sun is rising, so my Charon Dawn has been left behind, hopefully I'll get a second one in a couple of hours time
I parked up, in the darkness, at
-71
141
I'm feeling a little embarrassed by the exploits over on Ariel, so here is a picture showing a canyon I drove through a couple of days ago
It doesn't match the vast deep fissures on Ariel, but it's the best I can offer right now.