smallstepforman Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 I\'ve landed on the moon enough and now i want to explore it. but making the lander has been difficult any advice or tips on making a lunar rover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptimusSubPrime Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 the easiest way to do it, i\'ve found, if you don\'t feel up to returning to Kerbal, EVER, add a decoupler to the bottom of the capsule as you normally would, pop it off on the moon and using the keys you use to fly, roll around ont he mun, you\'ll float a bit but you can actually get far away from your lander and take some cool screen shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
707-Engineering Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Dunno about a rover, i use stock but this guy found a quite interesting perspective, if you can contact him: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim_Barrett Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Dunno about a rover, i use stock but this guy found a quite interesting perspective, if you can contact him: Either that or making a sled-type vehicle with a small but efficient motor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panichio Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Either that or making a sled-type vehicle with a small but efficient motor.Someone needs to make special parts for a rover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damonjay Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 omnivore has made small rover wheels.and i pushed the idea to Nova but he didnt sound very keen.The problem he was worried about is that wheels are not functional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThatCrazyPilot Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 omnivore has made small rover wheels.and i pushed the idea to Nova but he didnt sound very keen.The problem he was worried about is that wheels are not functional.Make the 'wheel holding thingy' and the 'wheel' itself as 2 separate parts. It will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damonjay Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 you mean the Axle? mmm i dont think it will work. the way collision meshes work in KSP would make it exceedingly difficult. also at high speeds the wheel is bound to cause issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim_Barrett Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Someone needs to make special parts for a rover.No real point now, there is no wheel feature support just yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panichio Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 No real point now, there is no wheel feature support just yet.Well it doesn\'t have to drive on wheels, it could be what you suggested, a rover that moves on a sled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMattyPrince Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Could you now make a wheels on and axle as a decoupler that fits between two holes that it can freely rotate in, making all these on max possible impact tolerence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damonjay Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Could you now make a wheels on and axle as a decoupler that fits between two holes that it can freely rotate in, making all these on max possible impact tolerence?the problem with that is the game probably wont like the high rotation speeds which would generally lead to glitches.Also just noticed that the PO was asking for advice on how to make one so i shall post a photo of a successfull design which uses c7 and SE and Probodobdyne kitmake sure its got a wide area. also make sure there is enough protection protecting the front and the back as its common that the rovers spin out of control Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThatCrazyPilot Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 the problem with that is the game probably wont like the high rotation speeds which would generally lead to glitches.Also just noticed that the PO was asking for advice on how to make one so i shall post a photo of a successfull design which uses c7 and SE and Probodobdyne kitmake sure its got a wide area. also make sure there is enough protection protecting the front and the back as its common that the rovers spin out of controlCan you tell us more about how you made it? Looks cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damonjay Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Sure.C7-Nova SE 0.9Its C7 Fuel bodies with C7 wings. you need to keep the Rover small as the larger it is the more chance something with break off.The lander legs at the end were placed because i would constantly break the engine off from accidentally flipping.only a small engine is required as you only need Horizontal speed.Vtol is necessary to keep the Rover from flipping if it is thrown in the air.The Rover can go up to 32 m/s on the floor but it is advised not to go above 10m/s.The Rover uses a lithobreaking technique to land. do you have any specific questions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panichio Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 do you have any specific questions?Yeah, is it difficult to get that rover on the mun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damonjay Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Yeah, is it difficult to get that rover on the mun?To the Moon- noOn the moon- noon the moon safely -yesI use a lithobreaking technique where i use a fuel tank and engine to slow the rocket down to a complete halt and land on the moon. i then let the rocket fall onto its wheels.it doesnt matter if the fuel tank is damaged it is close to empty anyway.the photos i have attached show two Kinds of rovers (one earlier version and a later version) they both used the same landing technique which proved to be the most reliable.Earlier versionLater version (notice the things put in place to prevent parts breaking off) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panichio Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 To the Moon- noOn the moon- noon the moon safely -yesI use a lithobreaking technique where i use a fuel tank and engine to slow the rocket down to a complete halt and land on the moon. i then let the rocket fall onto its wheels.it doesnt matter if the fuel tank is damaged it is close to empty anyway.the photos i have attached show two Kinds of rovers (one earlier version and a later version) they both used the same landing technique which proved to be the most reliable.Earlier versionLater version (notice the things put in place to prevent parts breaking off)Nice, thanks for the help. Seems as though most of these pictures are taken at night, did you know when you are landed and stationary, you can warp? Sometimes it won\'t let you when SAS is on though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damonjay Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 these photos were taken using Ksp 0.12the craft file doesn\'t exist anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panichio Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 these photos were taken using Ksp 0.12the craft file doesn\'t exist anymore Oh, sorry to hear that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus KerBeard Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 That looks a lot like the rover I built yesterday. I couldn\'t control the launch vehicle though. It had a random chance of not succumbing to the ASAS death wobbles, but there was no tilting to establish orbit, it was straight up or not up at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huojin Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 So it survives the falling over onto its wheels? Because I could totally see it just falling to pieces on impact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damonjay Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 So it survives the falling over onto its wheels? Because I could totally see it just falling to pieces on impact.yes it did. but using the RCS ensured that it was a slow tilt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThatCrazyPilot Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 these photos were taken using Ksp 0.12the craft file doesn\'t exist anymore Is there any way to... recreate it? This will be a great topic in the spacecraft exchange forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huojin Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Roving around on the Munar surface pretty speedily... And not bad fuel consumption, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aphazael Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I\'ve been messing around for the past couple of days with modelling a part that acts like an RCS block, but is shaped and weighted like tank treads, and I\'ve been having good initial success. Has any one else tried that sort of thing? I\'ve seen the rcs-blocks-shaped-like-lander-legs, and this is sort of an extension of that idea.The same sort of thing could be done with a wheel-shaped mesh too. It wouldn\'t actually roll, but it would behave (more or less) like something on wheels.I plan to release a package when I fine tune a couple of good designs, and when my artistic skill improves some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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