Rover wheels keep braking...

[Arcadiax]

Hey KSP Forums!

So I could use some help here, I have this rover, but on the Mun the wheels just keep buckling at the slightest mishap, is it to do with the weight? How can I counteract this?

Heres what it has:

7 Modular Girder Segments

4 Z-400 Batteries

SP-L 1x6 Solar Panel (backup)

8 OX-Stat Panels

Clamp-o-tron Jr (incase solar panels become damaged, to recharge at a future recharging station)

2 Communotron 16's

2 Backup Communotron 88-88's

Inline reaction wheel for extremely easy tip-correction

Stratus-V rounded monopropellant tank (for 4 linear rcs ports on the bottom, for emergencies)

Probodobodyne core for remote operation

External comm seat for local control

Ladder for easy access

and some small science equipment with the goo bay.

it has 4 wheels on the main body segment and 2 on the back and front extruding segments.

Am I building it wrong? should it be more lightweight or something? I'd like a durable rover to drive around the Mun and Minmus for effective science work (this is career mode)

Pics:

[Deadpangod3]

Could you provide a screenshot? It's greatly help

Edit: I think I just wasn't getting the pictures showing up, nvm

Perhaps you need stronger wheels, or its too heavy,

How fast are you going and are you falling at all when it happens?

Edited October 30, 2013 by Deadpangod3

[Starwhip]

What kind of wheels? And how fast are you going? Both of these are important.

[Teodzero]

Do you have SAS on? It can try ro rotate rover out of the plane it's standing on, applying way too much pressure on one wheel.

[Arcadiax]

Thanks for the replies, the wheels are RoveMax Model S2. I can't tell the overall weight, is there a way to do it in the vanilla game?

Also, I turn SAS & RCS off, and only use it if I need to tip.

[toomuchbrew]

That is one serious rover...Nice work. I wish I knew how much it weighed. I wouldn't mind tooling around on the Mun with that.

[Taki117]

For overall weight just add all the weights of the individual parts.

[katateochi]

Are all the wheels set to drive and steer? I've found with lots of wheels like that they can fight against each other when you turn and with these small wheels that may cause them to break. Try disabling steering on the rear sets and disabling the motor on the front ones. (bind that to action groups so you can easily change it)

[Arcadiax]

Are all the wheels set to drive and steer? I've found with lots of wheels like that they can fight against each other when you turn and with these small wheels that may cause them to break. Try disabling steering on the rear sets and disabling the motor on the front ones. (bind that to action groups so you can easily change it)

I'll try this now.

That is one serious rover...Nice work. I wish I knew how much it weighed. I wouldn't mind tooling around on the Mun with that.

I'll check the weight now, and i'll be sure to upload it once it's fixed

[Arcadiax]

After a little structural reinforcement and a wheel upgrade, this is a lot more capable now.

Includes seismic, temperature and atmospheric scanning capabilities, and transmitters to send the data home!

[Taki117]

Very nice design, I like it.

[Arcadiax]

Very nice design, I like it.

Thanks, it's still pretty flippy when it hits >20m/s on steep slopes, which can destroy a few of the solar panels, but overall it keeps most peices intact and is easy to flip with the reaction wheel I just feel like rovers aren't as useful as a small sub-orbital lunar probe that can float over the surface would be more practical for science data.

Edited October 30, 2013 by Arcadiax

[SpaceSphereOfDeath]

To find the weight of something go to the map view, click the pod icon, then read off the weigh/mass