Landing on bumpy\hilly objects (such as Bop or Gilly)

[szpw]

Hello,

My next destination for a interplanetary mission is Gilly, but I noticed the terrain there is rather hilly and I don't want to land on a steep cliff. I don't want to go through the trouble of finding a landing site that is flat and being precise, so I'm looking for a way to adapt my lander so that it can roll down a hill to a flatter area if it were to land on a hill (Something like the airbags on one of the real-life Mars missions.)

How have the people here coped with landing on hilly terrain?

[The Destroyer]

Im suggesting to aim for the vallies ,due to the collison bug, so if u land on hill, u sink, and EXPLODE!

[Martonaut]

i think there is a mod that has the airbags your looking for, i cant remember the name, and i dont know if it still works, but ive seen it XD

[lucidLemon]

If you want to test your designs, fly the lander over to the nearby mountain range.

Unsurprisingly, a very wide and short lander is the best approach.

Here's a picture from .16 using landing legs from novapunch

[szpw]

Wow, I'm surprised that the lander isn't sliding down the hill. Very nice design.

[bsalis]

Just EVA to the surface and return.

[doggie015]

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Interesting design... I never thought of having the lander ABOVE the capsule! No need for a ladder would save a bit of weight...

[lucidLemon]

Wow, I'm surprised that the lander isn't sliding down the hill. Very nice design.

Actually, it was EVER so slightly scooching it's way down, but it was only noticeable if you were paying close attention, on planets with lower gravity, it would probably work just fine.

I highly recommend using seperatrons or RCS to plant yourself on the hill right before touchdown.

Edited October 14, 2012 by lucidLemon

[TouhouTorpedo]

one way around this I've seen is using landing legs surrounding your spacecraft. It'll roll pretty good then.

[Boris_T_Roach]

this is what I use for landing

Its come down on 20-25 degree slopes before

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/1135162003821380439/CFF0DAE9263F2847271295CA55CC271E6C5B914D/

Just remember to lock the brakes and decouple the landing rockets about 1 sec before touch down, but its not been tried on really steep slopes due to my tendency to do an Apollo 11 ie take over

manual control and fly to somewhere a touch safer while sweating on how much fuel is left

Then drive somewhere flat and await rescue

Boris

<<currently has a rescue ship in Duna orbit...,, sadly Kerbals cant jump from the surface to orbit

[CkGordon]

Has anyone tried attaching the plane wheels to a lander? It'd probably roll down a hill pretty good then.

[0jam3290]

Well, with Gilly you can easily EVA down for a good controlled descent anywhere you like on the moon.