Synapse Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Why can't I get this to balance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMrBond Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 (edited) This might sound weird, but when I was building a similar rover, I used cubic octagonal struts in 4x symmetry (for front and back 'mounting points'), then had another cubic+wheel assembly which I alt-click copied onto these lower symmetry ones so that the rotation/alignment of the wheels was identicalCan't really do a picture right now since I'm at workOther thing you can check is to flip your whole rover horizontal and make sure your CoM is between the wheels as you might need a bit more mass at the back to balance out the weight of the Command Pod at the front[edit] wait a minute you've probably got an [LV-909] engine back there doing that?[edit2] you can use 3x symmetry instead of 4x to get a wider stance, the 'spare' cubic in the arrangement will end up as a 'spine' on the top Edited July 23, 2013 by NoMrBond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPopcup Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 If you are in VAB then the symmetry wont work as you want, do what I always do if Your not that accurate, go to SPH , Make your rover there because the symmetry works as you want for rovers, then copy it's save ( .craft file - your KSP folder - Saves - your save name - ships - SPH - find the name of the rover, copy it and head to VAB which is found in ships, paste it there and voila your ready to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashen Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 As the above poster said, you need to flip the rover wheels-down and see where the center of mass is located. It should be as close to half-way between the wheels as possible. Too far forward and you will flip forward when braking, and too far back and you'll flip over backwards when accelerating. Also you want the center of mass to be as close to the ground as possible when driving.Not sure if this matters either but you should have the wheels exactly vertical when driving. I think yours are slightly slanted in that screenshot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMrBond Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Back home for lunch so here's a few picturesJavascript is disabled. View full album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galane Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 If you want to fiddle with wheel alignment directly in a text editor, here's what I learned.http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/52288-Rover-wheel-alignment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specialist290 Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Not sure why this old thing got bumped. Remember to check the dates before you post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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