Shockwave Mk IV Land Speeder

[Stratzenblitz75]

Greetings!

I built the Shockwave Mk IV a little under a year ago, but it still works just fine.

Its basically a land-speeder that can reach high speeds on Kerbin's landscape without crashing(mostly).

It uses a bunch of landing gears to absorb the impact caused by driving over hills, bumps, and valleys at high speeds.

In addition, it uses winglets to provide downward "lift" to keep the vehicle on the ground.

Here are some screenshots(for some reason the screenshots aren't working... For now, I'll just provide the links to them)

Shockwave Mk IV driving on the plains just beyond KSC at ~150 m/s

Shockwave Mk IV in the SPH

If any of you are interested in driving the craft, here is the download link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/k3t8mhqr4stlyck/Shockwave%20MK%20IV.craft

User manual:

The craft can reach speeds of 150 m/s, but driving at these speeds, especially over rough terrain, may result in unplanned disassembly.

If driving on moderately hilly terrain, 100-120 m/s should be safe. If the terrain gets rougher than that, throttle back to 60-90 m/s. And yes, it can also climb mountains/cliffs.

Controls:

The vehicle has two modes of driving:

High-speed mode: Landing gear down

Rover mode: Landing gear up

Engine toggle: Action key 1

Abort: Backspace

And that's all there is to it.

Tell me what you guys think about the craft. I'd love to have your opinions on it!

Edited May 3, 2014 by Stratzenblitz75