SteevyT Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 So Mun landings have become somewhat routine for me, now I\'m trying to make a rover. I have one that I can get on the Mun, on it\'s wheels, but as soon as I start moving, it wants to turn, I just can\'t keep it rolling forward. It usually wants to spin around and I can\'t regain control until I let it slide to a stop. Anyone know how to make it more controllable?I know it\'s not the greatest picture, but here is my rover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruce Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 The default RCS usually help. at least for me. Put one set of four at the front and one set of four at the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacecats! Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panichio Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Yeah, using a very small rocket on the back for propulsion while you use RCS to turn and slow down. You will need to keep it small so that the RCS can slow you down faster.Otherwise, there\'s really not much to making a rover.Hope this helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteevyT Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 Yeah, using a very small rocket on the back for propulsion while you use RCS to turn and slow down. You will need to keep it small so that the RCS can slow you down faster.Otherwise, there\'s really not much to making a rover.Hope this helped.I used the smallest vectoring engine I could find, would the small orbital insertion engine be better? However, the engine also has to be big enough to lift the rover for return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash73 Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Here\'s my first attempt at a mun-buggy; good for surfing the mun-dunes it even made Bill smile! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panichio Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I used the smallest vectoring engine I could find, would the small orbital insertion engine be better? However, the engine also has to be big enough to lift the rover for return.If the thrust is around 50 - 100 your good. But maybe you should put a decoupler half way so that the return module of the rover is lighter. You can look at the rover someone posted in the space craft exchange. Here\'s the link to the thread: http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/index.php?topic=5896.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteevyT Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 This rover is light enough to return no problem. It also ejects the wheels on return so it\'s just the engine, fuel, RCS fuel, command pod, and parachute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
togfox Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Where to find wheels please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteevyT Posted March 5, 2012 Author Share Posted March 5, 2012 Where to find wheels please?Go to the addons sub-forum and search for C7. (You may have to search 'C7 parts' sometimes the search box doesn\'t like small searches) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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