Need Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle Reference

imaginager

Sr Member

• Jan 17, 2015

• #1

Does anyone know of a photo-reference site for the Apollo-era moonbuggy? I've done the Google thing, and most images are all side-on. While helpful, I need more information about the forward and aft sections where the wheels attach. Thanks in advance!

 

portland182

Well-Known Member

• Jan 18, 2015

• #2

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lunar-Rover...421576077&sr=1-1&keywords=haynes+manual+lunar

or buy a book

Jim

 

Sean

Sr Member

• Jan 18, 2015

• #3

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/LRV_OpsNAS8-25145.pdf Don't know if this will help. has lots of drawings In It tho..

 

Scratchy

Sr Member

• Jan 18, 2015

• #4

I pulled this text from Wiki,

Replicas of rovers are on display at the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, Florida, the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon, and the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center in Hutchinson, Kansas. A replica on loan from the Smithsonian Institution is on display at the Mission: Space attraction at Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Florida.

Why not get a camera and a plane ticket to location that's near you and snap some pictures.

 

imaginager

Sr Member

• Jan 18, 2015

• #5

Thanks for all the suggestions, guys!

 

Scratchy

Sr Member

• Jan 18, 2015

• #6

From your profile Imaginager, you're at Willamette Valley, is that in Oregon? The Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon is in your area.

 

imaginager

Sr Member

• Jan 19, 2015

• #7

Yes - they have a replica, and it helps. I still would like to obtain ref of an Apollo vehicle.

 

JiminSTLouis

Sr Member

• Jan 19, 2015

• #8

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo_lrv.html

 

p51

Sr Member

• Jan 20, 2015

• #9

I have lots of shots of the test articles that are at the museum in Seattle and a couple of the one at Huntsville, I can look to see what they show. I wouldn't go with a replica, some of them are very poorly built. In fact, I wouldn't go with anything at McMinnville, as almost nothing in their space hangar is the real deal...