Post your Rover MEGATHREAD

[MrIronMoose]

some more ummm.... "development" with the Termite Queen! Finally got the rover towing worked out. Grappling hook works! (sort of)And I got this sexy lobster flyingTime to get this baby to the Mun! *que Benny Hill theme* (also, not in order)Kerbin... we have a problem WHY ARE YOU SMILING YOU SADIST!?almost Jeb's mission was going well up until this point (mainsail broke off afterwards)

[SirMapleleafThe2nd]

I am now in love with Minmus and rovers...

[info600]

Just wondering, is mine a bit on the light side (@21 parts btw)?

Cause it kept flipping on the mun @ more than 8m/s...

[Dr. Nick]

I went through a few different designs for my Munar Kethane Transporter, but is the end result.

I'm still working on getting them over to the Mun, but my biggest problem was getting them hooked onto the rocket in the first place.

(click for huge BOSS image)

[EmissionGeneration]

Been away from KSP for awhile so came back to play with Rover stuff. These are my first contraptions that involve Wheels.

Small and Medium Buggy, designed to be quick and easy Tugs on the Ground. Spare attachments on the Buggy's so you can swap with either Hooks or Magnets. Using the Hook on the back, and attaching a Magnet to a Heavy Object infront, will pull it with ease. [Haven't tried them out on any Moons yet, but from previous experience with KAS and lack of Gravity = Disaster generally with me]

[Captein]

This, is the how I like to call it "Super Heavy"

a few thrusters to make it 'jump' a bit, rear rocket engine for some YAHOO speed (and eventually death), room for like 3 or 4 Kerbs, a terrible wheel alignment due the asymmetrical build.

frontside view:

inner view is awesome

this thing Works like a charm, may not look so big, but its huge, 3 stairs to get inside, driven it for hours w/o flaws... just.. just dont try to turn it after 10m/s.... thats pretty much its only flaw...

[Tank Buddy]

My new standard Mun rover, rated up to speeds of ~20m/s, recommended max of 10m/s

[automcdonough]

Just wondering, is mine a bit on the light side (@21 parts btw)?

Cause it kept flipping on the mun @ more than 8m/s...

It's the wheels. If you use the other medium sized ones it will drift instead of roll. I've done quite a bit of playing around with this.

Some isplore variation.. Super light with extra wide wheelbase. I just keep going wider, at this point it handles acceptably at high speed on mun but still can't fearlessly rock out at 60m/s like on Kerbin. The wheel's friction is just not scaling properly with gravity, cause on Kerbin I can NOT flip this thing. I don't have a screenshot handy but I did one even wider than this, the wheels were off each edge of the launch pad. Same story.. the wheels will not drift/slide at all and causes massive roll problems.

The cost of using all of these lightweight parts is part count, the isplore's are all over 100 parts and it's mostly the little cube struts. One I-beam or girder weighs as much as 375 cubes, switching over to them in the name of part count is something I haven't been able to bring myself to do yet.

[MrIronMoose]

After a slight facelift, the first "Termite Queen" mobile base made it safely to the Mun!

Probably should have tested that capsule before launching it. It breaks off with the slightest bump, but aside from that it works fine. (espescially for my first non-Kerbin rover)

This was a very annoying problem.

I am probably happier than that Kerbal.

[NoMrBond]

The cost of using all of these lightweight parts is part count, the isplore's are all over 100 parts and it's mostly the little cube struts. One I-beam or girder weighs as much as 375 cubes, switching over to them in the name of part count is something I haven't been able to bring myself to do yet.

I got sick of this (final straw at lunchtime today actually), and made a resized Modular Girder Segment XL with rescaleFactor=0.5 and mass = 0.1 (half the length/width/depth, and ~¼ the weight), making it approximately the same size as 6x Cubic Octagonal Struts (6 cubics is only 0.006 mass), but only 1 part. I'll put up a picture as to why when I get home after work.

[Edit] Pictures as promised.

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Edited June 25, 2013 by NoMrBond

[Darren9]

Extreme tow-truck racing turned out to be quite fun

[automcdonough]

I got sick of this (final straw at lunchtime today actually), and made a resized Modular Girder Segment XL with rescaleFactor=0.5 and mass = 0.1 (half the length/width/depth, and ~¼ the weight), making it approximately the same size as 6x Cubic Octagonal Struts (6 cubics is only 0.006 mass), but only 1 part. I'll put up a picture as to why when I get home after work.

[Edit] Pictures as promised.

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This is a great idea. I was trying to stick stock with them to make it easier to share but I would certainly use this for my builds that involve a lander and all. Each one would reduce my part count by 20! I'd be inclined to double up on it, pull a full 44 parts out of my extra-wide design. This would really help increase framerates.

People building out huge girder sections for solar panels or radio towers or whatever would love these too.

[Shuttle]

Darren9 , great rovers! What mods did you use?

[Darren9]

Darren9 , great rovers! What mods did you use?

Pretty much just the RollKage-1-1-WIP-Updated-21-06-13, there's also some half sized parts from various packs, most of them are in Sceppies mini-pack I think. Oh, and KAS for the tow rope.

[sauliukas]

My two newest rovers. Left one is base version for planets with normal gravity, right one is more adapted to low gravity bodies.

[Cydonian Monk]

The crew at the KSC Orbital Test Sciences division finally developed a launch vehicle and counterweight that could place one of our Rothar Series A rovers on the Mun. (Or any other body this side of Jool.) I decided to send one to Hudwin as a gift, as he's been stuck up there since his lander weird-physic'd out of existence (rapid, unplanned disassembly several days after landing). Plus I wanted to replace his first-gen rover (that barely makes 9m/s) to open up some more exploration opportunities. Here we see Hudwin with said rovers at the "first" Munar landing site (10km from where he landed).

The Rothar Series A features four TR-2L rover wheels, a series of solar panels to keep the two Z-400 cells charged, self-righting dual LT-1s, four Mk2-R parachutes for atmospheric needs, a full RCS system, a Clamp-O-Tron Jr for refueling, and it seats three. Also features an OKTO-2 probe core for autonomous operation. Comes in your preferred color of silver, grey and white, or white, grey, and silver.

It's got all the power you need! (Perhaps too much?) Capable of a sustained and stable 16m/s on the Mun, and well over 20m/s on Kerbin.

It certainly made Hudwin happy. (Then again, it was packed full of snacks....) Should distract him from the knowledge that since his Munar mission didn't officially "exist," he's not a high priority for rescue. How can you rescue a Kerbal that never landed on the Mun?

Craft file here (rover only): Rothar-A.craft

Edited October 7, 2014 by Cydonian Monk

[Jintetsu]

Hi everyone!

I'm new in the forum and in the game.

Taking inspiration from this thread, i made this rovers:

the "Millepiedi" (it's like centipede in italian)

and the "Tartaruga" (turtle)

the first one is little slow (13m/s) and i noticed too late that there is no stairs to come back inside the rover...

[jeffj]

When I first started playing, I couldn't figure out how to attach a manned rover to a Mun lander. This was my solution. It might be better suited to the "crazy lander" thread. Quite astonishingly, it worked like a charm.

On final Munar approach:

Oof.

Little known fact: tires make crude but effective airbags for landing.

Bill's Sunday drive is finished. Time to head home.

[narhiril]

That's definitely one of the more creative landers I've seen thus far, using the landing legs to prop yourself up for takeoff.

[OtherDalfite]

When I first started playing, I couldn't figure out how to attach a manned rover to a Mun lander. This was my solution. It might be better suited to the "crazy lander" thread. Quite astonishingly, it worked like a charm.

On final Munar approach:

-snip-

I swear I've seen something like this somewhere, I just can't think of what. Anyways, nice job with the very creative ascent.

[koshelenkovv]

Minirover for Eve. (because sending Kerbals one way is inhumane)

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[XbasmanX]

my first Kethane mining/refining Rig:

.....yea that is a landing platform

i made a small walkway.....

the empty weight is about 67tons

as long as you have sunlight the converter and drill can work at the same time

Would you mind sharing the CRAFT file for this rig?

[Androsynth]

I call this the Multipurpose Diplomacy Rover. It has a diplomatic range of about 20 kilometers.

[Q800]

Crazy stuff. All i'm able to create is...aaaww... i don't even to talk abou it.