Apollo Luner Rover Opperations Manual

[Homer J Simpson]

This is a great reading if you are interested.

It even has schematics.

38 MB PDF.

https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/LRV_OpsNAS8-25145.pdf

[Deathwish]

yeah but can we build it better any suggestions or alterations you wish to discuss ?

[German_EE]

By all accounts the 'mudguards' over the wheels were not all that well made and one broke off during one mission. The vehicle was still usable but the astronauts ended up getting covered in dust.

So, replacement guards should be made of carbon fiber which is stronger and lighter.

One thing has always bugged me about the lunar rover and that's the tiny little dish antenna, it doesn't look big enough and anyway how did they keep it aligned with either earth or the command module, both of which are moving relative to the moon.

[Homer J Simpson]

The main reason I looked for this was to understand how the onboard navigation worked.

I believe the antenna pointing was all manual alignment. There is an optical sight on the dish.

All in all not bad for almost 50 years ago.

[cimmo]

One thing has always bugged me about the lunar rover and that's the tiny little dish antenna, it doesn't look big enough and anyway how did they keep it aligned with either earth or the command module, both of which are moving relative to the moon.

The LRV had two antennas, a medium gain antenna that could support only voice and telemetry, and a high gain (dish) antenna for TV. The medium gain antenna only needed approximate pointing so it could be used while driving. The high gain antenna had to be manually pointed at earth during each stop.

This link has nothing to do with the LRV, but is related to the communications (amateur monitoring of Apollo 11):
http://legacy.jefferson.kctcs.edu/observatory/apollo11/

[Howardlong]

One thing has always bugged me about the lunar rover and that's the tiny little dish antenna, it doesn't look big enough and anyway how did they keep it aligned with either earth or the command module, both of which are moving relative to the moon.

The LRV had two antennas, a medium gain antenna that could support only voice and telemetry, and a high gain (dish) antenna for TV. The medium gain antenna only needed approximate pointing so it could be used while driving. The high gain antenna had to be manually pointed at earth during each stop.

This link has nothing to do with the LRV, but is related to the communications (amateur monitoring of Apollo 11):
http://legacy.jefferson.kctcs.edu/observatory/apollo11/

I've long thought that the various independent receptions of signals from the Apollo era using their directional antennas at the time ought to be reasonable proof enough for the Lunar landing deniers.