WIP Concept

A couple of months ago I decided I wanted to make a project and actually finish it inspired by a craft by Fazberon, in a couple of days I got it to a really advanced concept state but of course I had to stop its development.

This is not a working craft but a working proof of concept, using many techniques that could be helpful for some of you, I haven't seen some of them in use before.

The wheels use a simple FunkyTrees function to set a target speed instead of a target force, so instead of accelerating to the max speed even when the throttle is set to 1% it actually targets 36m/s * Throttle, allowing the craft to get to a stop without ever touching the brakes, like some modern electric cars. This max speed is easily adjustable, so feel free to tinker with it.

The pilot position is somewhat immersive, it can go inside the rover with a simple AG doing a somewhat complex animation with some timed moving parts, ideally, it would be controlled with the touch of a part without using any AG. There's a conceptual elevator in the back (missing the hole) and the pilot cabin has an extra door in the back that I actually like a lot.

There's an invisible display covering the entire front window, as of right now it only has a simple rectangle but the idea was to have a GUI like those found in Star Citizen and similar games, for the user to control the craft from there and have some active feedback like elevation maps, radars... you name it.

The way the wheels work is a bit weird, I like the concept but they like to break a lot, it needs a lot of tinkering, but for the part count, it has I'm quite proud of how well it climbs almost anything.

The crab-like shape was an attempt to make a distinct scifi looking craft with as few parts as possible, I'm not the best builder ever, I know, there's a lot of room for improvement.

Feel free to do whatever you want with this thing, I'd love to see what someone with the time I don't have can do with that pilot display, and what some of the builders in this community can do to make this look better than its current mediocre shell.