Small, Medium, and Large moon rovers from Yeahletstrythatdyne.

[Vanamonde]

There have been a lot of questions and requests from new players lately, asking for help and examples of rovers and rover-delivery rockets. And so the Astromotive division of Yeahletstrythatdyne presents, small, medium, and large models of rovers designed for use on Mun and Minmus, complete with launch vehicles.

As for small, this is the V-24 Formica, robotic exploration rover.

Craft: OBSOLETE

After landing, press 1 to disable the motors on the two outboard wheels, as the V-24 only has and needs power for the two middle wheels. Steering is easier and more effective with your roll left/right keys (especially on Minmus), as the command part sits on its back, though the function of those keys will be reversed. (That is to say, roll-left turns the rover right, and vice versa.)

Next in size is the V-23 Jitney Personnel Conveyor.

Craft: OBSOLETE

The Jitney carries two Kerbals on external seats, has a headlight for night activities, and handles quite well on both Mun and Minmus. The Jitney is not robotic (it is inert without a pilot at the controls).

And on the large side, this is the robotic V-22 Autoexplorer.

Craft: OBSOLETE

The V-22 uses the TR-2L wheels for higher speeds and more responsive steering, though of course exercise caution when braking, as these wheels currently grip so hard they can easily flip the vehicle. Using reverse rather than brake will slow the vehicle less dangerously. Although the V-22 can operate on Minmus, even greater caution should be exercised there to avoid rollover accidents. As you can see, the V-22 is rather large for a simple exploration rover robot. That's because it's intended to be a chassis which can be put to other uses as well, such as a this rover

and this bus.

These three rovers are intended to be bare-bones designs to which you can add details and payload items such as scientific instruments, and they should be able to handle a little extra mass, though be very careful to make sure the rover itself ends up with a symmetrical mass distribution after your customizing has been completed, or steering the rovers to the moons will be more difficult. All three models use the skycrane delivery method in which a small lander deposits the rover from a suspended mount, as you can see in this image of a V-22 arriving on Mun.

Edited April 28, 2015 by Vanamonde

[sammoe]

Awesome! What is the fuel margin for getting to orbit transferring and landing? Will I need to be very careful with the fuel or can I be a bit wasteful?

[Vanamonde]

What is the fuel margin

I tried to arrange it so that the final stage has about 40% of its fuel remaining after delivering the rover, to allow for some inexpert piloting, landing at different lattitudes, and/or adding some customized mass to the rovers. In other words, fuel shouldn't be critical, but you don't want to get crazy with it, either.

[Sapphire]

That really tiny one is really abstract and cool.

[chrischambers]

Great little Rover.