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Eagle One a.k.a. Katerpiller
Rover with mobile recovery tower a.k.a Dog House
The Rover with retrieval Dog House is another venture in recoverable vehicles. The wheels are just a few inches higher than the feet of the Dog House, so when undocked, the Rover gently drops to the surface, and drives away. The idea then being the next time the Rover drives under the Dog House, the magnetic attraction docking collar is close enough and strong enough to lift the Rover back onto the docked position, and the Dog House then returns to orbit, or moves to another location. However, in practice, there is an odd bug of sorts. Once docked, the whole vehicle starts an uncontrolled slow summer-salt and reaction wheels and RCS combined can not stop it. Undocking again, leave the Dog House OK, but the Rover continues to tumble. This was tested at the launch pad on Kerbin, and if I leave the pad, and come back, the physics reset and the Rover is OK. However, on the Mun, the game won't let me leave, thinking the Rover is under acceleration.
