KTT-723 Mammut tank transporter

[kapteenipirk]

I was supposed to include all my military vehicles in one post, all 8 of them but after two tries and 3 hours wasted later , i tought that the post was probably too much for the forum to handle so i will devide these in to two or three posts, first my tank transporter and then the rest in the other posts.

Here we have our main prize that inspired me to continue this project, the Mammut tank transporter that i designed for carrying around all sorts of vehicles from rovers to trucks to tanks. It actually doesnt do too bad of a job at it, hitching of the trailer is easy and no complicated cranes or ramp systems are needed to load the vehicles on the flatbed, just drive on it and put the parking brake on and your ready to go . Im genuenly suprised that i was able to make the whole thing work in my first try so no tweaking or redesigning was required .

NOTE: there is one major broblem with the truck that i cant fix but you can avoid it really easylly, aka when ever you park the truck and leave your trailer hitched you will find that the trailer of the truck would have merged/clipped in to the back of the truck when you leave to space center so make sure that you do everything in one flight and always remember to detatch the trailer before returning to the space center .

Here are some picks of it in action.

And this is what happend when some of my tyres from the other side popped and i found my self driving with 4 wheels for bout a minute (right side wheels on ground and left side wheels in the air).

Wanted to be a little different and use cockpits instead of command seats (IVA and all that) and turns out it worked real nicely. Gives a lovely view of the surroundings .

Here is the Magic hitch of the trailer witch makes this all work.

Now its time to put the vehicle in to a real test and see if it can carry an armoured vehicle.

All loaded up and ready to go. (can be seen carrying the Groundpounder self propelled gun).

The trailer in this one works like a charm, it follows the truck very neatly making this whole thing very manouverable for it size .

This is your stop so better bail out.

After those tests i tought it might not be a bad idea to also use it as a civilian truck, and from that idea came the box trailer.

The one on the picture is sporting custom colours but the one i provided for download will be blank and mod free. Dont really know what the TAT means yet.

I even went the extra mile and put some spare tyres and the brake system (brake fluid bottles and fluid lines).

Warning: the contents inside are fragile and the box of the trailer is even more fragile aka even the slightest nudge can brake it so be careful when you reverse .

So there you have it folks a truck for hauling all kinds of stuff around kerbin .

Download links:

Mammut:https://www.dropbox.com/s/6oegb32702bibf5/KTT-723%20Mammut%20%28flagless%29.craft?dl=0 (the truck supplied will be flagless)

Flatbed trailer:https://www.dropbox.com/s/31j86nmu1ytq7de/Flatbed%20trailer%20%28mammut%29.craft?dl=0

Box trailer:https://www.dropbox.com/s/orfjftiot4r3phm/Box%20trailer.craft?dl=0 (the trailer provided will be blank and mod free)

So i hope you enjoy this little creation of mine even if it might be useless in the end .

Part 2:http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/137946-A-bunch-of-combat-vehicles

Part 3:http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/137950-A-bunch-of-support-vehicles-%28all-stock-except-for-BD-armoury%29

Edited October 31, 2015 by kapteenipirk

[Growler117]

This looks pretty good, but unfortunatly you can only get a really functional Transporter if you use mods for some hinges and legs, then you get a proper ramp.

[kapteenipirk]

Thanks . Yea a ramp would be better (could be able to load the vehicles more tightly together) but since you can just drive on it its not really needed. (wanted to make it all stock)