Spider crane on da Mun

[vv3k70r]

I had to move base on da Mun to crater with ore and my first, clumsy rover even with tractor would not do this (or it would take around 12 hours of running a rover with lab on earliest wheels), and there is some more not flyin stuff from old base.

Aiming for landing:

Scientist didnt stop research during transport.

Crane is delivered to orbit with legs together, then in microG unlocking hinges, spreading legs to proper position 90-90deg, locking and is ready to fly to da Mun.

Cargo crawled until the crane.

Get attached.

And had a ride. With graphic turned almost off because phy start to have needs because of number od dynamic joints.

File:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2314346013

[Yellowburn10]

Nice work! Pretty ingenious design for those legs, I'm surprised they don't seem to just flop all around once they're extended.

[vv3k70r]

4 hours ago, Yellowburn10 said:

I'm surprised they don't seem to just flop all around once they're extended.

Thank You!

Robotic parts are locked after reaching angle. But after transport they need some adjustment.

They are used only in low gravity, but I found ways to deal with da Mighty Kraken, here is spider during refueling using pipes also with robotics:

 

More pipes packed on site - they come in packs: