Project Universal Car for Orbiter (UCO)

[Lucy]

I like excessive.

 

[Dig Gil]

Edit: Yes.

Could you try with Kulch's Universal Cargo (a working rocket attached to a car)?

 

[Lucy]

I can stick a UCD on top of it and the velcros to that, if you'd prefer. It was only a proof-of-concept test.

Edit:

Again; I like excessive.

 

[n72.75]

I like excessive too, occasionally.

 

[Lucy]

The result of my experimentation, a new territory for the Lunar Rover to explore:

 

[n122vu]

I can stick a UCD on top of it and the velcros to that, if you'd prefer. It was only a proof-of-concept test.

Edit:

Again; I like excessive.

Looks like something off an episode of Mythbusters! :rofl: I love it.

 

[Ark]

The result of my experimentation, a new territory for the Lunar Rover to explore:

This is why NASA didn't let Alan Bean play with the high-powered rovers.

 

[Lucy]

Also a good advert for not drinking and driving.

 

[Sky Captain]

LOL

Seems that Mythbusters were wrong when they busted a JATO myth :rofl:

 

[Urwumpe]

Also a good advert for not drinking and driving.

Don't drink and ignite?

 

[Lucy]

Mixing alcohol and fractions is dangerous. Never drink and derive.

 

[Shadow Addict]

An Arrow preparing to undock from its XR2 before a Europa landing. My insistence on a direct trajectory from Earth to Europa wasted a bit of fuel due to my inexperience, but the Arrow's large fuel margin gave me a nice buffer. DD

 

[Nemoricus]

Did you know that you can pack cars in cargo? I can see many missions deriving from this.

If nothing else, you can send more vehicles along with an Arrow Freighter, though how realistic it would be is questionable.

 

[dansteph]

Did you know that you can pack cars in cargo? I can see many missions deriving from this.

Well have designed a Rover specially for that but as he have no time for orbiter yet I don't know if he will release it in the meaning time.
The "packed" rover look like the rover stowed to fit in 1.3 cube. Deployed it look like this:

(old picture)

 

[tgep]

This is great news :thumbup:

I put off working on wheeled vehicles until this comes out so I would be able to design the meshes with the UCO features in mind. As always, your work is most excellent.

 

[Ark]

Well have designed a Rover specially for that but as he have no time for orbiter yet I don't know if he will release it in the meaning time.
The "packed" rover look like the rover stowed to fit in 1.3 cube. Deployed it look like this:

(old picture)

Can the large rover and other vehicles be stored in the Arrow's cargo slots, or is that a UCD job?

 

[vonneuman]

When is this coming out? This is the biggest thing to happen to Orbiter since Sound.

 

[Woo482]

it is currently in beta testing so It'll be out when the bugs are found and fixed

 

[dansteph]

And doc, and somes more models, and...
It's in good way but it's not finished yet.

I hope for christmas at least, maybe before but no promise.

 

[insanity]

Alright, I got some screen grabs I want to drop to showcase some of Dan's excellent work.

First up is loading some cargo on a flatbed:

Next, the flatbed reaches the DGIV and cargo is transferred into the bay. The DGIV is now carrying 21 tons of cargo:

A few hours later, the crew arrives to preflight and the DGIV is rolled out on to the active and is fulled up for the trip to orbit:

After a long and fuel consuming climb to orbit, the cargo is swapped up to the Arrow and the DGIV is docked in the bay: