One Rove Of a Challenge

[Endders2]

Here the minimalistic nation, decided that their rovers were do Roving, and we need LESS roving.

The challenge is to create a rover. Because the minimalist hate sending manned missions up because of the high cost to feed the kerbals aboard.

Oh this challenge ALSO has a budget, since were cheap. 5300 kerbal dollars will be used, no more than that, so please list parts / price. Thanks and enjoy yourselves!

The point system is simplistic and not to hard to understand, as well as the rules, which I will go over now.

Rules : 1. Mods are allowed but very specific, since I only used Nova punch and mechjeb, those are the only MODS allowed, this is also a .21 challenge, no earlier will be accepted.

2. No stealing other peoples rovers, that is a automatic post to the board of shame.

3.No editing parts to make them lighter via the config files etc.

Three rules, simple, nothing more nothing less, but your making a rover remember that.

Points.

20 points for it being under 2 tons. ( If it is 1.99 that is acceptable.. )

10 points for functionality, being is it able to move ( that is the point but it is part of the point score) able to take data measurements just a thermometer will do.

5 points for ever 10 meters per second it can do on a flat surface ( no tilted etc )

3 points for its ability to take heavy terrain, such as climb a mount etc without brakes ( take pictures of it while moving till reaching top of the hill optional points in other words)

My entry will be posted soon, but I look forward to reviewing the communities, I earned a total of 8 points!

Please post your weight, max speed you watched it go post a picture as well of that! Also post a downloadable file if you wish and I can look over it ( not a expert though ) But most of all have fun!

My attempt

Weight 2.11 tons.

Max speed without ion engine: 16m/s

Max with ion engine: 21 m/s

Or just use this link

http://postimg.org/image/dmn570gdh my attempt

Points So Far

Coneshot - 30 points

Edited July 27, 2013 by Endders2

[Coneshot]

0.2TONS 8 parts with thermometer all stock top speed 8.6 m/s so.. 30 pts?

Edited July 27, 2013 by Coneshot
added stats pic and fixed score

[Endders2]

Very cool, and good work ! My try was just bleh and gave me this idea, I still need to put up a picture

[Sumyunguy]

Sumyunguy: Rover Entry

Specs:

= 0.52 t

= 43.0 m/s TopSpeed

= 14 Parts

Features:

= Kerbal Seat

= Ant Booster Rocket

Estimated Points:

= 50pts

Notes:

1. I assume this thing is robust enough to take on hills and such, but I never tested it so no 3 extra pts ...

2. Max speed is the speed this thing topples, so give or take a few m/s.

Pictures:

[Bean]

OCTO2 - 230

8x Z200 - 1280

4 x Rovermax M1 - 1800

Themometer - 200 (10 points)

6x OX-4L - 1200

2x OX-STAT - 200

Total cost: 4910

Mass: 0.51t (20 points)

Speed: 20.9 m/s (10 points)

Terrain (3 points):

Getting up that hill was tricky without breaks, had to go sideways from time to time but I made it up there, if it's not good enough I'll take the 40 points

Total 43 points.

Gallery: http://imgur.com/a/whaeF#0

[Endders2]

Yes the biggest issue I've came across while constructing these small monstrosities is how to get them to sustain themselves, and if I landed on a hilly planet, how would I go about getting up the hills. The best solution I've seen / came across is to attach a engine to it, in those just in case moments, and the entries thus far are amazing in my opinion specially when forced to a minimal criteria as weight is very important because it judges how big your rockets have to be to transport the payload..

[koshelenkovv]

0.21 SAS hit hard on my rovers design. Many unmanned rovers are unusable now, manned ones cannot be flipped back by Kerbal.

Here some my older rovers:

This rover after flipping over no more can flip back due to greatly reduced pod/probe torque

This rover is unusable in 0.21. It just cannot stay upright now.

This rover now requires significant manual uprighting and tho-hands driving.

[Coneshot]

wanted to try this to see if it was possible... it is and fun lol:

[Sumyunguy]

wanted to try this to see if it was possible... it is and fun lol:

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LOL That rover is awesome

[rexspaceboom]

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Docking mode and then it wil be awesome

[koshelenkovv]

Hmmmm, this just don't work for me.

It falls and have not enough force to stand back. Even Eve one, which have CoM really low.

[Giggleplex777]

Made this back in 0.19:

Low center of mass and fairly stable.

Had a top speed of 9.1 m/s.

Edit: I tried again in 0.21 and got 9.2m/s.

I'll stick a thermometer on it.

Edit2: Thermometer:

Edited July 27, 2013 by Giggleplex777

[koshelenkovv]

Docking mode and then it wil be awesome

I've already remapped rover controls to IJKL. Such way I can drive with two hands - drive and turn sharply with IJKL and control fliping, turning slow and safely with QEAD.

[karolus10]

It cannot be made simpler.

mass - 95kg

top speed - 8.9m/s

[stallion x1]

It cannot be made simpler.

mass - 95kg

top speed - 8.9m/s

That is veeery impressive there i like how its so tiny and cute.........

[JamesClonk]

Here's mine:

The Rovemate 9001

I created two versions.

The more "serious" one weights 0.46 tons, costs 2240 kerbal dollars and has a maxspeed of 22.2m/s.

4x Wheels (1200)

4x Solar Panels (400)

1x Thermo (200) (It's hard to see on the screenshots, its mounted on the front of the rover below the antenna)

1x Antenna (150) (What good is a rover that can't phone home to tell anyone about the data it gathered )

1x OCTO2 (230)

1x Beam200 Pocket Edition (50)

1x Small cubic thingie (10) (Forgot the name)

It can probably also climb difficult terrain, but I didn't really test it that well, only did some tests on the launchpad.

40 points I guess.

Then there's the Rovemate 9001 Mk2 version, which has 23 sepatrons added, for a total weight of 1.98 tons and a cost of 4540 kerbal dollars.

It's topspeed was quite a bit more than just 22.2m/s, but it wasn't exactly controlling very well!

Probably doesn't count..

[Heagar]

I have build an rover for actually an other challenge, but it may be suited for this one too.

It's version 1.0 is currently operating on the mün. It is capable of entering and leaving a crater (with 1.3 m/s uphill).

Your post is interesting, but i have some questions about your challange beforehand:

1. weight mesurement/costs:

- is that counted for only the rover, or additional for an skycrane and/or descent stage as well?

2. never brake going uphill:

- Maybe you want to ensure that s.o. avoid a flipover with that. How will you judge that only with pictures?

- But what, when you have to come to a full stop to recharge the batterys?

3. Climb steep mountain, heavy terrain:

- on witch celestrial body does it count?

Since the friction is reduced with less gravity, the cabability to climb will be greater on a planet like Kerban than on a celestrial body like the mün or even further reduced by moons of the size of minmus.

4. Speed:

- is to be counted on the KSC terrain itself, i guess?

Because it is the only place in KSP, witch is perfectly flat. Or do you intend to accept speed records from an moon on a surface witch seems to be flat (like the frozen minmus seas)?

Less friction of the ground and no air will result in higher speeds.

[automcdonough]

I agree this needs clarification.

Pending clarification of rules I'll submit my isplore rover.

When I get home I'll tally up the costs and such. It's under 2t and handles high speed very well, easily hits 60m/s. Treats hills and mountains like stunt ramps.

check link in my sig for craft file if you'd like to check it out.

[Firerunner]

This is my entry. Weight 1.986t, cost 3.630. Top speed around 205m/s before it got too close to the hills and I started braking, and it also handles hills well enough, especially if you run the engine at ~5% as a booster.

I guess that makes 20 + 10 + 20 * 5 + 3 = 133 points.

Top speed:

Stopped at the top of a hill: