Ice Dentist Mk-2.1: The little rover that could (or "can" I guess)

[SofusRud]

Not too long ago I decided to start a new save, wherein I would run a space program dedicated to 100% reusability. I have basically been flying everything with cargo spaceplanes, but thats beside the point.

Point is, Bill and Bob were going on a trip to Duna, and couldn't leave anything behind. Their mission included a lander and a rover. That rover is the Ice Dentist (ZP reference).

This rover had to be light, small and able to both land on Duna and reattain orbit and rendezvous with the mothership. In order to do this, the rover features a self-righting mechanism that I am quite proud of, seen here on both Kerbin and Duna.

And then it's simply a matter of blasting off and reaching the mothership

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The action groups:

(These are in the 8-0 region because the aircraft that brought it to orbit had its own action groups and I didn't want them to overlap)

0- self righting mechanism (demonstrated)

9- Landing gear (rear wheels)

8- main engine

the craft file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/cwn48n6q8di7dtv/Ice%20Dentist%20Mk-2_1.craft

Edited July 11, 2014 by SofusRud

[FleshJeb]

Sweet little ride. Well done!

[BriXman]

Awesome! Gonna do something like that tomorrow!

Edited July 12, 2014 by BriXman
Mispelled "do"

[MelancholyFlapper]

Cute! The righting system is smart, too. Nice job. c:

[Epidemik]

Just tried it out. Works beautifully. Clever design, good work.

[Darthzeus]

Awesome design, I've recently been trying to get a self-righting model to work recently