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 rover wheel has the unique ability of being retractable. It 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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