Hello everybody,
and so now to the result of the analysis and the final inventory control of the
Crawler lighting, which is now fixed and can be seen in the following image, which however does not show the
STS-6 Crawler, but the
Crawler CT-2 that was upgraded for the
SLS Program.
Source: NASA
The total
29 Lamps of the former
STS-6 Crawler are distributed as follows:
Driver's cabs:
2
JEL-Hydraulics:
8
Trucks (out-/inside):
8
Sidewalls:
2/2 Beacons
Front side (Side 3):
3
Back side: (Side 1):
4
And this result actually corresponds to my initial estimate of approx.
30 Lamps.
Just briefly to the explanation of NASA's designation of the front and back side of the
Crawler, which was incorrectly named in my last post.
The crawler with the MLP drives from the
VAB with the
Side 3 (front side) in the direction of the
Launch pad. Therefore from the south side on the pad one always looks at the
Side 1 (back side) of the crawler, which then becomes the front side when it return.
Source: flickr.com/photos/nasacommons
The
Side 1 of the crawler one can recognize, in difference to the
Side 3, by the the stairs platform onto which the
MLP stairs can be folded out, which is folded in again after the MLP has been set down onto the
Pedestals, before the Crawler returns.