Post your Rover MEGATHREAD

[Rainbowtrout]

1. It's a placeholder name.

2. I made the shell in the hangar.

3. For style. I think I removed it.

4. I put RTGs on it, I took the pic at a bad angle.

5. It is. It's a cool design.

6. It's crewed with no seats because I tend to build that way.

[KotDemopan]

1. It's a placeholder name.

2. I made the shell in the hangar.

3. For style. I think I removed it.

4. I put RTGs on it, I took the pic at a bad angle.

5. It is. It's a cool design.

6. It's crewed with no seats because I tend to build that way.

I feel like that rover will drive backwards, like on Day 4 of KPE 2, except it will drive backwards when you try to drive forwards. and i don't really think that a back view is as important as a front view, i have a rover(actually, its more of a tank) which uses said cockpit in the opposite direction, and it drives as intended.

And now that i look at it, i see 2 RTGs, but it wouldn't be enough to fully power the wheels at night. I will just assume that there are 2 more RTGs in the back.

[Jett_Quasar]

Here are pictures of some of the rovers I've built. Mostly just to get around and to build stuff.

All KSP images have been moved here.

In this last shot there are 3 different rovers designed for specific purposes. All of my rovers have a jump capability and some are even able to get in to orbit.

JR

Edited September 28, 2015 by Jolly_Roger

[Gravaar]

Snack Delivery Time

[lunait]

Here's my latest rover (stock). Does anyone need a tank?

More info and craft file here: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/90467-Lunait-s-Military-Replicas-0-24

[KotDemopan]

Does anyone need a tank?

Not really, i have my tank right here!

Based off of the Batchat 25t. Can you tell?

Edited August 13, 2014 by KotDemopan

[CorperalVasquez]

Yeah its the M577, i have no interior, .but it works great! the alpha version is on the KSCSM site. drive, jump, deploy guns, etc etc.

[hydran101]

Yeah its the M577, i have no interior, .but it works great! the alpha version is on the KSCSM site. drive, jump, deploy guns, etc etc.

Do you plan on giving it to the public...?

[Nik_601]

Vehicles I'm working on:

[CorperalVasquez]

Do you plan on giving it to the public...?

its not mine, i found it at a site called KSCSM.

http://luvyandluiz.wix.com/kscsm#!projects/cnec

dont know if thats allowed, hope so.

[KotDemopan]

Vehicles I'm working on:

http://i.imgur.com/D23aDIp.png

I think i recognize that small one...

[Nik_601]

I think i recognize that small one...

http://i.imgur.com/RbG11c1.png

Honestly, I didn't saw this one - I was trying to do that forklift

But I don't know yet how to make its crane

[JDCollie]

Vehicles I'm working on:

http://i.imgur.com/D23aDIp.png

SPINTIRES: Kerbal Edition!

[Overfloater]

Delivered 2 new vehicles to test my new suspension. Structural pylons apparently weren't such a good idea x-) wheels remained perfectly intact, but that wasn't the case with the rest of the car's components...

The base is a rover too. Even the escape rocket started out as a rover ;-)

[Vagani]

Delivered 2 new vehicles to test my new suspension. Structural pylons apparently weren't such a good idea x-) wheels remained perfectly intact, but that wasn't the case with the rest of the car's components...

http://i.imgur.com/Zqbe7Jk.jpg

The base is a rover too. Even the escape rocket started out as a rover ;-)

I use structural cubic struts, the small ones, they make good suspension, especially when you arrange them to the same shape as my revolutionary spring suspension, used it on my ford falcon experimental suspension

[Spartwo]

Suspension doesn't seem to work well for me unless I build the rover around it. Otherwise the whole assembly fall apart when I hit a bump which may be why Overfloater is having issues.

[Robotengineer]

Are mod craft allowed?

Tracks, I logged about a 100 kilometers on the moon yesterday visiting the Neil Armstrong memorial and a monolith.

[Vagani]

Suspension doesn't seem to work well for me unless I build the rover around it. Otherwise the whole assembly fall apart when I hit a bump which may be why Overfloater is having issues.

Yeh, I always build the chassis first, then add the suspension sub assembly and then build the body

[Volcanix]

Delivered 2 new vehicles to test my new suspension. Structural pylons apparently weren't such a good idea x-) wheels remained perfectly intact, but that wasn't the case with the rest of the car's components...

http://i.imgur.com/Zqbe7Jk.jpg

The base is a rover too. Even the escape rocket started out as a rover ;-)

It's not pretty easy to imagine that the base can drive. Can it drive docked or 'only' when undocked?

[Overfloater]

I use structural cubic struts, the small ones, they make good suspension, especially when you arrange them to the same shape as my revolutionary spring suspension, used it on my ford falcon experimental suspension

Oh really? that's pretty cool. I saw how you made a spring out of 3 metal plates... and you're saying 3 little cubes do that too?

Would it offend you if i steal your idea??? x-b

Suspension doesn't seem to work well for me unless I build the rover around it. Otherwise the whole assembly fall apart when I hit a bump which may be why Overfloater is having issues.

I always start with the main "girder"/"I-beam", but for a different reason: So i can save the craft as sub-assembly, so I can attach it by a decoupler to a ship - in case i'm too lazy to load it manually.

The suspension is "structural pylons", which apparently is too flexible! Driving while on physics-warp is a bad idea.

It's not pretty easy to imagine that the base can drive. Can it drive docked or 'only' when undocked?

Of-course, it drives fine... everything is perfectly mobile, it just needs to stop sometimes to recharge.

I mean the 3 pressurized modules, the cars have to drive on their own.

Edited August 24, 2014 by Overfloater

[Vagani]

Go ahead, I only want credit if people directly copy the design, such as my sub assemblies, so yeah go ahead, it is after all a creative game

[Frank_G]

The Dune Bug, my latest rover – constructed with the goal to make it as small as possible, while still being a stable vehicle and serving a scientific purpose.

Fitted with additional headlight:

On duty on Duna:

[JDCollie]

With Karbonite drill, generator, and distillery (for monopopellant), a science lab, and literally every surface science experiment I have available, her range is limited only by her life support. (About 200 days worth if you're curious.)

She is glorious, no?

And before you ask, the tracks are from the Kerbal Foundries mod. (It's a seriously awesome mod, btw, you should check it out.)

Edited August 28, 2014 by JDCollie

[qromodynmc]

Not the prettiest thing I have ever build but,Probably most reliable and useful ground vehicle, This thing can climb up to 80 degree mountains,Can go fast as 60ms with rover wheels,And more than that if you open landing gear.

Jet engine is for helping to climb or gaining more speed. Aaaand,Yes. It can Fly. It has stable flying style,easy to use, hard to land,but not impossible. I managed to land several times but It also has built in parachutes,So landing wont be a problem.

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[Rednarb]

Not the prettiest thing I have ever build but,Probably most reliable and useful ground vehicle, This thing can climb up to 80 degree mountains,Can go fast as 60ms with rover wheels,And more than that if you open landing gear.

Jet engine is for helping to climb or gaining more speed. Aaaand,Yes. It can Fly. It has stable flying style,easy to use, hard to land,but not impossible. I managed to land several times but It also has built in parachutes,So landing wont be a problem.

http://imgur.com/a/lplvz

I love this!!