RoveMax M1-F Rover Wheel
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 | Available only with the Making History Expansion installed. |
| RoveMax M1-F Rover Wheel | ||
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| Rover wheel by Kerbal Motion LLC | ||
| Radial size | Radial mounted | |
| Cost | (total) | 500.00 
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| Mass | (total) | 0.025 t |
| Drag | 0.2-0.3 | |
| Max. Temp. | 1200 K | |
| Impact Tolerance | 30 m/s | |
| Research |  Field Science
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| Unlock cost | 7 000
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| Since version | 1.4.1 | |
| Part configuration | RoverWheel.cfg | |
| Retractable | Yes | |
| Brake torque | 0.5 kNm | |
| Steering range | 20 ° | |
| Max. Speed | 25 m/s | |
| Electricity required | 1.0 ⚡/s | |
| Testing Environments | ||
| On the surface | Yes | |
| In the ocean | Yes | |
| On the launchpad | Yes | |
| In the atmosphere | Yes | |
| Sub-orbital | Yes | |
| In an orbit | Yes | |
| On an escape | Yes | |
| Docked | Yes | |
| Test by staging | No | |
| Manually testable | Yes | |
| Packed volume | 250 l | |
Usage
This part is supposed to be the wheels of the Lunar Roving Vehicle, but is ironically quite hard to fit on a rover that must be small enough to fit on an Apollo lunar lander recreation.
Product description
| “ | Designed for the first Munar landings and with the ability to be stowed during launch, the RoveMax M1-F is ideal for smaller rovers where space is a premium. — Kerbal Motion LLC |
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Variants
As of version 1.4.1 this wheel has two textures that can be switched in the editor.
The different variants of the rover wheel
Trivia
Real-world comparison
The RoveMax M1-F Rover Wheel was inspired by the wheels of the Lunar Roving Vehicle.
Changes
- Added ModuleTestSubject
- Improved suspension
- Initial Release
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