Self righting buggy/rover/cart from stock parts.

[jjdacl]

Kerbals and kerberellas, may I present to you my little buggy.

I wanted to make a moon rover that would be able to self right for take off, so I can cover more ground in searching for munoliths.

It uses both space plane wheels and regular landing legs.

After landing, you just have to give it a little nudge to flip it onto it\'s side and which ever way it falls, you have yourself a rocket powered buggy! Go easy on the thrust! Also go easy on the brakes. It\'s very easy to flip it.

This version attached below uses MechJeb (and the Muon detector) as I have the flying ability of dyslexic hamster, but you can easily copy what I\'ve done here and fly it yourself with 100% sock parts.

For the most streamlined take off, I recommend manually retracting all legs.

[Anachronda]

I am so stealing this idea...

[Anachronda]

The thing goes downhill *real* good. Kept having trouble with hitting a bump and knocking my engine off, so I figured if I shoved the wheels farther back so they overhung the engine they\'d protect it.

Yeah. Not so much.

[Mattvader]

Do you know what 'stock parts' means?

He is using Mech Jeb and thats it.

[Androsynth]

He is using Mech Jeb and thats it.

Mech jeb and muon detector, neither of which is stock.. you know how I know? Because I can\'t load the craft. Why say stock if it\'s not stock?

[jjdacl]

Mech jeb and muon detector, neither of which is stock.. you know how I know? Because I can\'t load the craft. Why say stock if it\'s not stock?

Ok ok! ;-) Proper stock version attached to my first post.

In my defence, I did say:

This version attached below uses MechJeb (and the Muon detector) as I have the flying ability of dyslexic hamster, but you can easily copy what I\'ve done here and fly it yourself with 100% sock parts.

[Androsynth]

Thank you! I\'ve been looking forward to trying this :-)