Post your Rover MEGATHREAD

[Majorjim!]

Just now, Slam_Jones said:

Ah great idea!  I actually used two Jr Docking Ports along with a free-moving washer from IR, and depending on how I set the traction control and such I can get it to swing out quite far . Although it tends to roll the whole truck at that point... >.>

No problem! It makes for a nice real feel when towing and it's all stock! you may need a leg or SAS to lift it on and off the hinge but hey you have to do that IRL too!

[icedown]

I love looking through this thread.  There are some that are awesome, then there are some you have to go "Jeb, put the Funyuns down and go to bed."

[Jon144]

Hype Mode Engaged

Stock.

Image from KSP 1.1+

Edited June 14, 2016 by Jon144

[Spartwo]

Meet the Taurus rover. Cute but effective. Made for Dunan base assembly, unmanned exploration, and crew transport.

 

[Dobelong]

Here's a service bay, bigger this time. (The smaller one too small)

Opening to reveal...

Not a rover, not a plane, but a rover plane!

 

[LaytheDragon]

1 hour ago, Dobelong said:

Here's a service bay, bigger this time. (The smaller one too small)

- slice -, - chop -, - snip -

 

Nice! Fitting micro vehicles in service bays is an entertaining task.  

*Inserts a screenshot from 1.0.5 (that has been posted by this user multiple times before on the forums), and then puts it in a spoiler with a sentence of text*

Spoiler

A PocketSub Mk II can be considered a form of a rover, and it fit(s) perfectly (barely) in a large service bay.

 

[Triop]

I call it "The Hulk"

[Dobelong]

53 minutes ago, Triop said:

I call it "The Hulk"

Cool, but The hulk would use four engines, so make it more kerbal

On another note, I have created a new airdrop rover series, right to left. DobDrop 01, 02, and giant unpilotable monster (03)

[Jett_Quasar]

CRUSH!

Jett

[Mister_Spaceman]

@firegeek83

          Nice rover. What'd you use for the central chassis? I might copy base a design off of that. Looks like
it would be good for short-range exploration. (If i could ever get something more than a small lander to the Mun.)

[Slipstreamable]

Here is my science VTOL rover, very stable on full and near empty fuel tanks. I wanted a wide wheel base and high ground clearance, total of 2000 deltaV, should be able to go from LKO to the MUN if I can figure out how to get it into orbit.

Some pics:

Small demonstration here (Had to remove most of the fuel to raise the TWR): 

 

EDIT: Surprisingly easy to get into orbit, the fairings kept breaking my wheels at some point....and successful landing on the Mun!

 

Edited April 9, 2017 by Slipstreamable

[qzgy]

I guess this counts as a rover.. (it's on wheels, so...)

 

[Azimech]

Everything you see is 100% stock:

My Dodge Charger:

Download link: https://kerbalx.com/Azimech/77I--1969-Charger-RT-31

 

My Dodge Challenger:

Download link: https://kerbalx.com/Azimech/77I--1971-Challenger-RT-11

 

My Petyrbolt LRHF2:

Download link: https://kerbalx.com/Azimech/77I--Petyrbolt-LRHF2-11

 

My Lowell Verona 1958:

Download link: https://kerbalx.com/Azimech/77I--1958-Lowell-Verona-21

 

I could go on but you'll find the rest over here: https://kerbalx.com/Azimech/craft

Just narrow down the search to "rover".

 

 

[Soda Popinski]

Here's my Rocker-Bogie suspension based rover.  The system is the type used on the JPL Mars rovers.

Ground tests.

 

Deploying on the Mun

 

After a 300km drive, the joints look a bit janky, but I was still able to use it as a bulldozer.  Probably not so good for it.

 

[Amechwarrior]

Here is my little rover.  It's been basically the same since .23  with little updates as science parts changed.  I pack about 2 or 3 of these in my landers and even developed a deployable clam-shell for skycrane-ish drops.  While it lacks the 1 shot experiments, it's great for rover contracts once the crew has departed.  I once drove one from equatorial Ike to it's North Pole to find an anomaly.  Went about 30-35m/s at 2x speed and could handle the jumps and hard landings thanks to the roll cage and SAS power.

Craft Fie:

https://kerbalx.com/Amechwarrior/Rover-mk3

https://kerbalx.com/Amechwarrior/Rover-Package

Here is the original version on my first Duna landing:

I'm quite proud of this, it feels very Kerbal to me:

 

[Stewcumber]

6 hours ago, Amechwarrior said:

Here is my little rover...

I'm quite proud of this, it feels very Kerbal to me:

I have also have a kerbal Roverisation technique:

It is a sturdy and fast design, with landing legs to flip it the right way over. I have an action grouping to turn off various wheels and turn on rear wheel steering.

Put your arms in the air like you just don't care!

 

Edited April 11, 2017 by Stewcumber

[Soda Popinski]

On 4/9/2017 at 10:09 PM, Azimech said:

Everything you see is 100% stock:

My Dodge Charger:

Download link: https://kerbalx.com/Azimech/77I--1969-Charger-RT-31

 

 

 

Them Dukes!  Them Dukes!

[NotAgain]

Grace - V's little rover, Intrepidity.

 

The Katie XVIII lander and rover. Driving this on Minmus was hell on, well, Minmus.

 

The Blue Anchor - Firedance XI Munar Roving Vehicle. Crew: P1 Shersen and E1 Eliti. Both on their second Munar landing.

[Ajiko]

 

 

 

[Azimech]

On 11-4-2017 at 5:03 PM, Soda Popinski said:

Them Dukes!  Them Dukes!

Okay, you did a Boss Hogg voice in your mind with that, didn't you?

[Space Kadet]

kerbin science rover delivered by ICBM
 

 

[DarkOwl57]

On 4/9/2017 at 4:41 PM, qzgy said:

I guess this counts as a rover.. (it's on wheels, so...)

 

Heeeyyy Tape Gaming (Or something like that) showed this off in subscriber designs!

 

[qzgy]

3 hours ago, DarkOwl57 said:

Heeeyyy Tape Gaming (Or something like that) showed this off in subscriber designs!

 

I know. I sent it to him

[Triop]

On 14-4-2017 at 6:07 PM, qzgy said:

I know. I sent it to him

I love the war that is going on between Tape and The Beardy Penguin.

I hope Tape wins.

[UnidentifiedObject]

 

Inspired by Azimech stock projects