Rover Help

[Tuck00]

Every rover I have ever gotten to a moon has drove great on Kerbin but like crap on the moons. They seem to drive backwards and don't turn right. Any Tips?

[Mr.Rocket]

Use the brown/tan colored wheels. The other wheels brake hard, while the brown ones drift a little, so you don't flip (as easily) . I've heard other people say, turn SAS off, and have RCS thrusters on top for downforce, giving you better traction

[Vanamonde]

What does the navball look like while you're on the moons? If it's not right-side-up, the rover has retained a goofy orientation from its delivery rocket, and you'll need to "control from here" one of its parts to make the orientation of the controls work properly.

[capi3101]

Can you show us some screenshots of the designs you're using? We might be able to give you some more definite pointers that way.

I've had issues with rovers on steep grade. Downforce does help - if you don't want to use RCS for the task, might I suggest Ion Thrusters? I've not used these myself for downforce purposes but I have seen someone do this (circa 0.20, IIRC) and they reported great success with it.

Other than that - build them low, build them wide, add a reaction wheel, drive in docking mode. SAS on except when you're turning. Enclose the critical bits in girders and structural panels (so that when you flip over you're left with the problem of uprighting yourself instead of the problem of having to send a new rover because it 'sploded).