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Amphibious Solar-powered Rover in Demo


sevenperforce

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Been playing the demo, and it is pretty limited, but I wanted to try and do a lunar landing with a rover. Only, there are no wheels in demo. So I had to get creative.

First rover test:

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So far so good...

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Uh oh.

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Okay this was a bad idea.

Back to the drawing board. Let's make it a bit less explosive.

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These reaction wheels don't have quite the jazz of jet engines, but they get the job done!

I use roll control for forward and reverse. Turning is tricky; you have to use W and A, but since the rover is constantly spinning, pressing W turns different ways based on where you are in the roll. Thankfully, it's pretty slow, so you have time.

Seems quite capable. You can even recharge it:

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Oh, wait, these panels aren't retractable. So once you start to move, they snap off. Guess I'll need to mount them in a better place next time.

Figured I'd head for the water to see whether it would float.

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You can get a bit more speed if you're going downhill.

Will it sink or swim?

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It swims!

Not very fast, but it does.

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It can even recharge in the water without the solar panel snapping off! Though I need to fix the configuration anyway.

Off we go!

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Now to mount this bad boy on a lunar lander.

In Demo.

This will be fun.

EDIT: Fixed those solar panels. They work much better now. Should even give me a little extra boost if I go back in the water.

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