DEMV Rover on others bodies :D

[Mars90000000]

I've been able to get kerbals on other bodies quite simply, and got good at landing. But then, to explore the planet, it would become time consuming to run around the surface. I had to get a rover up there. DEMV rover looked fun and had a good crew capacity, But how do I bring it? It had to land efficiently and properly on any body (with or without atmosphere).

And I finally got it to work! =D I had to use the DEMV rover mod (obviously), and i also used the HKM LFE G1 mod for the engines. I used those engines primarily for low fuel consumption, but i realized i have enough fuel on board to use stock engine that has a similar thrust. I also used the aviation lights mod to give it a retro-look

The first stage is the orbital stage. It has enough fuel to get into kerbin orbit. Hoffman transfer to another planet's orbit (i can get to Jool's inner moon Laythe's orbit using the first stage only). The stage separates and you have your lander stage with the rover attached at the bottom. If the planet has no atmosphere, you open your lander legs and land the ship directly to the surface. then decouple the rover. Or if there is an atmosphere, you can decouple the rover while you're in space, and the rover's parachutes will open and bring it safely to the surface while you land.

There is enough fuel to bring the ship back to kerbin. but i'm not using any docking mods so the rover will have to stay.

Here's some pictures! =D

[The Destroyer]

I dont really "Approve" Of using those engines, byut heck, you had fun, and you just wanted to rove, so good job

[Mars90000000]

Like i said, the rocket works with stock engine as well, and there is enough fuel. I'm in the process of remaking that ship with stock parts except the rover.

Using that ship, i was able to slingshot close to the sun (apoapsis < 1000 KM) and reach a velocity higher than 100 000 m/s

[spikeyhat09]

in order for landing rovers on other bodies to be a significant achievement, you really have to do it with only stock parts and no mechjeb (well, besides the rover itself anyway). from my experience, (most) modded parts make the game too easy, and mechjeb is on the edge of flat-out cheating.

Edit: also, why do you have more than one Advanced SAS? the effect does not stack by using more than one. the only ones where the effects stack is using the basic SAS modules.

[Mars90000000]

I didn't actually use mechjeb for this, not for other landings, it's there because i was practicing how to rendezvous in orbit and used mechjeb for that. This whole mission though was from pad to mun w/o mech jeb.

It works well with stock engines too, I'll put pics of stock parts with no mechjeb.

[Qumefox]

Er, what engines are those? They're pretty fugly looking whatever they are. And by the above comments, I assume they have fuel efficiency in the 'cheating' range?

[Mars90000000]

Er, what engines are those? They're pretty fugly looking whatever they are. And by the above comments, I assume they have fuel efficiency in the 'cheating' range?

http://www.kerbalspaceprogram.net/kerbal-space-program-mods

Second on the list: LFE G1

[Qumefox]

http://www.kerbalspaceprogram.net/kerbal-space-program-mods

Second on the list: LFE G1

250 thrust for 2 fuel consumption with no other penalty like weight like the nuclear engines. Yeah..

I'll stick to (mostly) stock parts, since the challenge of doing stuff is why I play KSP.