OHM ATHLETE version 3

[OrbitHangar]

Author: gattispilot

NASA’s All-Terrain, Hex Limbed, Extra-Terrestrial Explorer, or ATHLETE vehicle, is a new approach to unloading, transporting and handling cargo on the moon. It has six limbs, each with a wheel – appendages that are generally used as legs, but with a quick-disconnect tool adapter, can be used as arms for complex manipulations.

ATHLETE is the product of four years of work sponsored by NASA’s Exploration Technology Development Program in close collaboration with NASA’s Constellation Lunar Surface Systems Project.

 

This rendition of ATHLETE is a sophisticated simulation of the original vehicle for Orbiter that requires the user to learn how to operate it to get max benefit from it.

Please use the scenarios and their lead-in for initial guidance.  

The work on this project started from orbiter forum and has its origins in this thread.

There is one file (D-ring.dds – in the textures directory) in the package that may generate an overwrite alarm. Please evaluate carefully before before overwriting – but it should be safe overwrite.

 

Update for version 3(February 2015):

UCGO Cargo pallet included with the option to attach a Lunar Exploration Rover



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[Anroalh12]

Is it UCGO compatible?

 

[Michael_Chr]

Adding a UCGO Pallet type to Athlete

You can use the one of the limbs on the Athlete together with a tool called the Gripper that is included in the package to grapple and manipulate UCGO crates. You can not attach UCGO crates to the Athlete itself and likewise you are not able to spawn UCGO cargo off the Athlete. The idea with the athlete is that you would have a pallet or some other type of cargo that would have all the UCGO properties of spawning, attaching etc. and that you would attach this to the Athlete platform. However you raise a point because there are no Athlete customized UCGO enabled pallet available at this time. I believe that woo482 made some UCGO addons...But their CFGs will most likely have to be customized to allow Athlete to attach to it.

OK...as an interim solution download and install this addon:
[ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=4571"]http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=4571[/ame]
After installation browse to the orbiter\config\vessels\ directory and open the file XR2_UCGOPlatform1.cfg with a texteditor.
Insert the following lines into the file and save it:

; === Docking ports ===
BEGIN_DOCKLIST
0  0  0.5   0  1  0    0 0 1
END_DOCKLIST

; === Attachment specs ===
BEGIN_ATTACHMENT
P 0.0 1.76 0  0 1 0  0 0 -1  GS
P 0 -1 0.5  0 1 0  0 0 1  SK
END_ATTACHMENT

Now you have a cargo platform that will attach to the Athlete that is also fully UCGO compliant.
Credits goes to woo482 for providing the XR2-UCGOmodule.

 

[Astro SG Wise]

Great job Gattispilot! Can't wait to use the finished addon!

 

[gattispilot]

Updated with UCGO pallet