Space Engineers

Space Engineers

MULES.MK3 (Blueprint & Trailer Edition)
6 Comments
Kuraanal 23 Jan, 2021 @ 2:51am 
Really nice design. Used it on my Pertam run =)

If I had one suggestion, it would be to switch the big battery place with the O2 gen. as bottles can't pass small connections, and the only O2 access is on the bottom of the rover.

I removed some armor behind the ladder to get access to the big port of the O2 after the switch =)

I'll put my trailer on the workshop soon =)
Mitts  [author] 20 Dec, 2020 @ 1:40pm 
Connection via hinge added between trailer and rover :)

@Echo Mande - It's been really nice having someone with experience critique this build, I'll be spending more time on function instead of just form on future builds. I'm really pleased with how it has turned out now.
Echo Mande 19 Dec, 2020 @ 10:44am 
Nice to see you're happy with my feedback.

One (well, two) further change you could make is to change the blocks immediately next to the hinges to small conveyor junctions (the small conveyor cubes). The effect would be to plumb the hitch into the conveyor system and to let users connect trailer systems to the rover's conveyor system without grinding the trailer's (only) hitch connection. Things like hydrogen tanks, cargo containers, H2/O2 generators etc come to mind. Imagine having a hydrogen engine in your rover and towing one of these with you to keep it fed (without using the on-trailer engine).
Mitts  [author] 19 Dec, 2020 @ 6:38am 
Updated in line with suggestions (both respawn and this version).
Big thumbs up to Echo Mande.
Mitts  [author] 19 Dec, 2020 @ 6:07am 
Hey thank you, this is really good feedback.

The hinge was original placed this way as I thought it would damage the Connector the other - running some tests and this isn't the case so I may update later today. The spare wheel also makes a lot of sense.
Echo Mande 19 Dec, 2020 @ 5:36am 
Looks decent though I probably won't be using this. You could consider replacing one ladder with a (spare) wheel.

One change I would make however is to swap the horizontal and vertical hitch hinges around. Swapped around the horizontal movement is moved away from the tractor, reducing risk of impact, and unhitching the vertical hinge makes it less likely that the hitch link will flop around even without using timer blocks to hitch/unhitch.

Additionally, swapping the hinges makes this vehicle compatible with the trailers being made by Taidyr , Smokki and Spite . This is especially the case if your tractor's hitch hinge is plumbed into the conveyor system.