The Perfect Rover Doesn't Exi-

[@vaos3712]

Dude! Freaking brilliant! Using the grip pads combined with pistons for the ultimate rover. Perfect. Lol at the end, I would have totally gone full monster truck and put obsolete rovers in a row to run over. 😁

[@JollyRogerAerospace]

Stop stealing my ideas!!! LMAO

[@yun_ique1]

YES!! VAOS IS HERE!!

[@jamesmchenry4708]

proper rovers, seems you can climb every mountain and ford every stream. Without oil leaks and failing electrics. Heck, they're not bad at a monster truck freesty- ...and then the big one showed up. Well played.

[@blakeforland8238]

First thought seeing the tiny ship at the beginning, this man gonna find a way to clip an engine and fuel into a Kerbal to complete his quest for the smallest single man ship.

[@sebastiaomendonca1477]

Its so good it doesnt even look stock anymore. It took me a while to figure out what parts you were using, this is incredible!

[@markling3797]

You know this rover is turely perfect when there is no fail compilation in the end.

[@Damien.D]

Every KSP players out there : *struggle at making usable rovers* Cupcake : \m/ MONSTER TRUCK MADNESS \m/

[@CupcakesLanders]

I loved that game growing up!

[@you_just]

your music choice is always top-tier!

[@ProfesorBerziky]

Holy cow another spectacular design and showcase! It was a pleasant surprise hearing Vampire Weekend in one of your vids! Well done as always!

[@CupcakesLanders]

They are a great band, it was a pleasure to work with their music.

[@ArchaicAlibi]

Very cool. I love that pyramid stunt. The only thing I can't figure out is what part makes the spokes of the largest rover at the end of the video. I think they have writing on them? And there seem to be nine spokes per wheel which is also just weird.

[@CupcakesLanders]

You'll probably kick yourself but the spokes are made of heat shields.

[@ArchaicAlibi]

@@CupcakesLanders Ow! :)

[@tadelong]

Absolute perfection! That last shot was worthy of Kubrick himself! Oh then also MUH-MUH-MUHMOHNNNSTER TRUKKS

[@gus8016]

The sheer size of this lad

[@mrmedia_99]

Once again you show us some great cinematography with a lovely song to go with it. Thank you!

[@janamshah414]

The legend returnsss

[@ahmeduygun7320]

Rover is nice but the production is even nicer :^)

[@bstewart8891]

Omgggg, please show how all of this is put together because this could be adapted into some truly ground breaking tech for ksp, for example an actually fast and useful rover

[@CupcakesLanders]

It’s a bit tricky to explain. Ideally I’d recommend downloading the rovers and reverse engineering them.

[@bstewart8891]

@@CupcakesLanders lmao thx, I gotta say having the piston in the middle is really smart ngl

[@CupcakesLanders]

Thanks!

[@SuperBoyboys]

With Flex Rover, you can drive on anything!

[@rasmuscarlson4259]

that's one 'ruggedized' rover

[@TheKerbalgames]

This is amazing as always

[@osumunbro]

cant wait to see how the ksp2 content is gonna look

[@CupcakesLanders]

Me too!

[@dnbattley]

Fantastic design and production, as always...

[@CupcakesLanders]

Thanks!

[@SporeZoo]

Man, I miss playing this game...

[@CupcakesLanders]

You could always reinstall it. 😉

[@bennettmcbrayer5381]

Took you long enough to put some vampire weekend in one of your videos. Awesome band

[@combativeThinker]

1:22 I see you’ve taken the Clan Omnimech approach for this rover. Separate, detachable modules, quickly interchanged for maximum tactical flexibility on small timeframes without the need to completely rebuild the chassis or develop a separate variant. I commend your ingenuity.

[@CupcakesLanders]

Thanks!

[@moospresso]

Love it! Love Vampire Weekend too 👍

[@JollyRogerAerospace]

That's just Brilliant!!! Love it!

[@CupcakesLanders]

Thanks very much!

[@kosmojazz]

love the song havent listend to vampire weeken for quite a while

[@andrewchapman2039]

In summary: the best pilot in KSP can drive too

[@kaptain1477]

Before I made a rover with custom wheels and SAS wheels to spin them. The wheels were made out of fairings allowing me to make them huge but seem to be unstable forgot why it's been so long.

[@DMSP]

we do a substantial amount of roving

[@Anon4584u3]

You weren't kidding, this rover is awesome!

[@alt8791]

Awesome design! I really need to get to Duna’s North Pole one of these days.

[@CupcakesLanders]

It's very pretty, a little bit glitchy though...

[@FlamingNinja]

I need to get to Duna one of these days XD

[@Galitwo]

Well, it's a great Monster Truck type vehicle, but it can't do much science by the looks of it. :P

[@CupcakesLanders]

No. It's not terribly useful, but monster trucks never are I suppose. I do like them though...

[@Comellato]

No one: American trucks: 2:46

[@death13a]

It was perfect 👌 😍

[@eekee6034]

Sweet! :D It's great to see a new cupcake landers video, and Yeah! Monster trucks! :D I made wheels out of grip pads like that, or rather 1 wheel; it was huge. I love it, there's so much grip! :D The flip side is I used a servo, so it's slow. Good idea to overlap them, it'll reduce the vibes. THe piston to lengthen the wheelbase is pretty cool too.

[@CupcakesLanders]

Thanks very much!

[@NickBDesigns]

Inspirational as always Did you use ridged attachment on the pads to make them less “moving” when dealing with torque?

[@CupcakesLanders]

I tried that but it made the rovers slower for no benefit that I could see.

[@handy-capoutdoors4063]

Dude, how have I never heard of you before? That is an awesome design! How are you doing the tires? Are they service modules or farings? I'm fairly sure the "rubber" is grip pads though. 🤔

[@CupcakesLanders]

The tread is made up of grip pads. On the large rover the rims are made of heat shields. Hope this helps!

[@NightBeWheat]

I wonder if Niebles Kerman 3 will be a thing…

[@RamLaska]

Dude, what are those parts? I'm stuck on 1.7.3, so I haven't seen a lot of new parts.

[@CupcakesLanders]

They’re part of the breaking ground expansion.

[@CupcakesLanders]

They’re not parts exactly they’re custom tires fashioned from grip pads and rotors.

[@RamLaska]

@@CupcakesLanders Oh nice! I haven't bought that expansion yet. I'm still waiting to get a beefier box so I can enjoy 1.12 :)

[@RamLaska]

@@CupcakesLanders Genius. Ok, figured it was a part I hadn't seen yet. Beautiful work, dude!

[@CupcakesLanders]

Cheers!

[@Nika_.]

where do i buy one

[@phoenix0166]

How is that stock? I require answers

[@eekee6034]

The piston is from Breaking Ground. The wheels are made of grip pads which might also be Breaking Ground parts. I assume they're driven by rotors, although I used a BG servo. (The servo is slow.)

[@phoenix0166]

@@eekee6034 I see

[@ValMK3]

Roads? *We don’t do “roads” around here, kid.*

[@cosmic5386]

Now climb to space

[@ilikemorestuff]

More goodness?

[@znatrix]

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