Safe (average) speed for rovers?

[PhsycoTimmay]

Nope, used the small/medium black wheels

[Guest Aaack]

I mean, if you had rockets pointed down... didn't that thing just fly?

[PhsycoTimmay]

Oh I see what your saying, I meant they are pointed in the air to keep force on the ground

Artificial gravity if you will!

[Guest Aaack]

Oooh I understand! NICE! Ill SO implement that lol

[PhsycoTimmay]

Its alot of fun and now that I've been thinking about it I already have a design in mind for this evening

Will post some screens this evening.

[AustralianFries]

When on Minmus, 200 m/s, obviously.

[Rocket Farmer]

It's always interesting to see what everyone's average was. I just assumed that 30-45 m/s was average on the mun. It was handy on my 2nd mission when billy-Bobbo was asleep at the controls and I blew my rescue landing by 50km.

[katateochi]

This is one of my fastest rovers;

On Mun it will happily and very safely cruise at 40m/s (and I can still steer enough to dodge rocks), flat out on level ground it will get up to 60m/s but then a tyre goes. 40, is reliable, 50-55 I have to really pay attention!

I drive in docking mode and it has the avionics ASAS unit on it. It has 2 RCS thrusters as boosters so it accelerates pretty quickly and a single forward facing thruster to help braking. There are also two thrusters facing up that are used to push it down (in docking mode ctrl activates these), really helps when going over uneven terrain and turning at speed. It's surprisingly strong too, I've survived a lot of crashes in it, so long as I can get it's wheels to hit the ground first I just blow the tyres. It's downside is that because it uses DamnedRobotics, turning it over at any speed is fatal for the drivers, they just go limp in the chairs and I can't get them out.

But DR does enable it to fold up very compactly, this is it stored on the side of my Apollo lander

album of pics showing it unfolding - http://imgur.com/a/V2xXc

[Guest Aaack]

Wow looks small, simple and beautiful!

but I think you used a plugin right?

[Guest Aaack]

200 m/s? I think you could escape from Minimus at that speed lol

[Joshington]

The fastest I've ever driven a rover is around 40 m/s, and it eventually crashed into the ground.

[Sethnizzle]

Here is my first attempt at a Mun rover.

[spikeyhat09]

depends on the rover. this one would go 40 m/s easily on Duna in the flat parts

[magnemoe]

When on Minmus, 200 m/s, obviously.

Yes it would be safe but it cancel out the point with rovers, they are kind of supposed to stay on the ground.