KerbalX

Description

1:HORZ 2:VERT 3:ladder/gen / 5:VERT 6:HORZ 7:pulse

A stock rover called KW Jetta. Built with 109 of the finest parts, its root part is mk2LanderCabin.v2.

And there I was, thinking I was done with rovers. They’re too much fun to entirely give up.

These days, I do mostly get around in VVLO (very, very low orbit), but I like to keep one KW parked at the base camp to get from ship to ship.

Time to update the KW line: Kerballenwagen and KW Rabbit; so here it is: the all-new KW Jetta (2020 edition).

I haven’t done a lot of road-testing with it yet, so go carefully.

k1 is Drive (HORZ ref). If you leave the ground, k2 will give you a VERT reference and you can engage SAS Radial Out (SFC mode) to ready to plant 4 tires back into the lunar dust.

Comes mounted atop a Spunk booster and with a Ladybug lander. It’ll be a trick to get Ladybug docked to the KW Jetta. but it’s possible. The Ladybug is also the only known way to refuel the KW Jetta. Fuel up the Ladybug from a base camp Goblin or Gremlin and then top-dock with the KW Jetta to feed it.

Launch from KSC with SAS Radial Out SFC mode; pitch down 5 (yellow ring) reaching 80 m/s; then follow prograde to 75km and circularize.

For Spunk re-entry, lower the periapsis to 50km and then simply maintain some upward pitch as you descend through the atmosphere. Keep all remaining fuel in the for'ard tanks until speed drops below 1 km/sec.

Have fun!

Engineering Note: Jetta is equippied with two Equipment Drawers [tm], found on the underside of the Lander Can. Shift-gizmo them downwards to expose gear embedded in the girders for maintenance / modification.

Built in the VAB in KSP version 1.7.3.

ECO 2019-11-13 added 4x headlights; 4x RW for stability; -MP; 200% brakes

Details

• Type: VAB
• Class: rover
• Part Count: 109
• Pure Stock