[Showcase] Show your PROBEs (or probe rovers)

[DomDiaemus]

As the title says... show off your own probes

Here are some of mine... all with remotech just to keep failures more challenging.

Communication probes (for remotech network) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Deep space scanner/mapper probes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

mapper mk2

mapper mk3

kethane mk3

Deep space science probe landers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Venera mk1

Venera mk2

Venera mk3

Probe rovers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

RelicFinder mk2

[J.Random]

I think there is a thread for this already, but ok. Here's one of my unmanned Jool missions. It uses a lot of AIES parts. I think it's worth to mention that AIES decouplers are very useful as base structure parts. I use them as a base chassis a lot, setting them upside down (so they stay on the probe side) and covering them with electric and scientific equipment.

Braking at Jool, preparing to jump to Laythe. No aerobraking because it would need one more heatshield and another tank+engine behind it.

Booster stage dumped, preparing to aerobrake at Laythe.

Part without fairings - Joolietta, it does all the job here, lowering Pe for the lander, decoupling, raising Pe again and proceeding to her adventure around Jool system.

Lander - Laythicia - parachutes onto planet.

Full deployment.

Onboard camera.

[Tommygun]

My little Ion probe as it flies pass Jool and Laythe.......because it didn't have enough thrust to slow down dammit......

My First and only Gilly landing.

My RemoteTech Ultra Probe.

[DomDiaemus]

Nice work guys

Here few more

[SmartS=true]

This is my favorite and best probe so far. Laythe-capable, and under 30k funds!

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[Mesklin]

Extremely low tech, low cost (only 16000 funds) and low mass probe with ~3000 m/s on LKO (round-trip to Mun, Minmus, one way ticket to Laythe, Bop, Pol)

Edited December 22, 2014 by Mesklin

[Majorjim!]

Hi,

I've made many stock probes but my favorite is my Curiosity rover:

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[astropapi1]

I made this as a CommSat for my 6.4x Kerbin save. Due to having almost no dead weight, it had some tremendous Dv. After separating from the KTO insertion stage, I realized that I could push it into Mun orbit all by itself. It's (was) sitting in a Mun orbit with half of its fuel tank intact.

This is the M.U.L.E., I used it to transport materials on my old 0.21 Mun base. It was quite a nice design, thinking about it. I might just rebuild it now that we have Gizmos.

This was my Ike Sample Return Mission. Back in the day, I wasn't so inclined for aesthetics as I am now, so it's quite simple as a consequence of that. It made it all the way back to Kerbin.

An old Venera-style lander from back when I installed DeadlyReentry for the first time. There's nothing scarier than slamming into Eve's atmosphere at interplanetary speeds and your probe suddently flipping out of control!

And Finally, here's FRANK:

I used it to redirect "Kevin", an A-Class asteroid, into Mun orbit. It was quite maneuverable and versatile. I even had enough Dv to land it on the Mun and then take it back to LKO after redirecting the asteroid.

Rareden wanted to make a render of it, I even sent him the craft file...