Search the Community

Hi all, After @DrunkenKerbalnaut mentioned me and drew my attention to this Dakar race thread, Dakar race thread I was inspired to make a new buggy to compete in that race. I wanted to have something similar in construction to my older RAGE buggy that was made without any building mods I decided to take that antenna frame design to the max with the EER no offset limits building mods. I started with a basic chassis with an RTG battery motor up front: I then spent a looong time placing antennas in pairs to make a very realistic looking frame construction. I was copying this image here to get a real look to the construction: I was very happy with the shape and feel of the rover but as a pure electric vehicle it was a little prosaic. So I fitted a Juno jet engine, a fuel tank and reaction wheels to keep it stable at high speed and over jumps. I discovered even the three reaction wheels where not enough to keep it stable at high speeds when in the air so I fitted a rear spoiler that does the trick very well and allows for much more control. I wanted there to be minimal part clipping and aside from the wheels the suspension does not clip with other parts nor does the fuel tank, reaction wheels or other bits adding to the realistic fell of the rover. There are three different versions, the chassis only, the pure electric version and the spectacularly dangerous (see video) jet version! Three rover versions specs Chassis only Electric version Juno jet version 1.403t 2.437t 2.987t 28 parts 235 parts 247 parts 35m/s top speed 33m/s top speed 86m/s top speed 600 elec units 600 elec units 600 elec units 4 RTGs 4 RTGs 2 RTGs OK, on to some more pics and the video: Full Imgur album: http://imgur.com/a/S1rC8 And the video! KerbalX downloads: Chassis only: https://kerbalx.com/Majorjim/Rock-crawler-chassis Electric version: https://kerbalx.com/Majorjim/Rock-crawler-frame Juno jet version: https://kerbalx.com/Majorjim/Rock-crawler-frame-jet Thanks all! Happy rove-ing and Merry Christmas!