Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) Plans / Diagrams

Hello,

I'm looking for some plans or construction diagrams for the Apollo Lunar Roving
Vehicle (i.e. the moon buggy). I want to build a full-size replica, so I need
some detailed diagrams with dimensions.

Does anyone have detailed diagrams, or know where I can locate them?

Thanks,

Scott

On 5 Dec 2004 20:07:52 -0800, wrote:

Hello,

I'm looking for some plans or construction diagrams for the Apollo Lunar Roving
Vehicle (i.e. the moon buggy). I want to build a full-size replica, so I need
some detailed diagrams with dimensions.

Does anyone have detailed diagrams, or know where I can locate them?

No idea where you live, but there;'s one at the Museum of Flight in Seattle
you can get really close to for details and probably close guessitmate
dimensions. I think I have some pictures w/o any dimensional references,
if they might help. Been meaning to post some pics from their Pete Conrad
memorabilia exhibit for some time now, too.

Dale

Hello Dale,

If you could post those pictures, they would be helpful. I took a bunch of
pictures myself of an LRV at Kennedy Space Center, but upon examing the specs
for the real LRV, the one at KSC doesn't match.

The KSC LRV appears to be 2-wheel drive and 2-wheel steer, and the rear-end
looks like it has a differential and springs. Does anyone know the story on the
KSC LRV -- is it reproduction, or a trainer?

Scott

In article , Dale says...

On 5 Dec 2004 20:07:52 -0800, wrote:

Hello,

I'm looking for some plans or construction diagrams for the Apollo Lunar Roving
Vehicle (i.e. the moon buggy). I want to build a full-size replica, so I need
some detailed diagrams with dimensions.

Does anyone have detailed diagrams, or know where I can locate them?

No idea where you live, but there;'s one at the Museum of Flight in Seattle
you can get really close to for details and probably close guessitmate
dimensions. I think I have some pictures w/o any dimensional references,
if they might help. Been meaning to post some pics from their Pete Conrad
memorabilia exhibit for some time now, too.

Dale

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The KSC LRV appears to be 2-wheel drive and 2-wheel steer, and the
rear-end
looks like it has a differential and springs. Does anyone know the story
on the
KSC LRV -- is it reproduction, or a trainer?

Scott

I'm pretty sure the KSC item is the 1G trainer.

Adam+

My newsfeed is running 19 hours behind for some reason, so maybe
enough info has already been provided by others by now. Well, my four
pictures aren't great, but at least you can read the "dashboard" markings
and maybe get some other details. I stuck them on the web, along with
a link to the Museum of Flight's description of the rover in their collection-

http://www.dohyo.com/space/roverpics.html

I think I'd rather drive a Mini Moke

Dale

wrote:
Hello,

I'm looking for some plans or construction diagrams for the Apollo
Lunar Roving
Vehicle (i.e. the moon buggy). I want to build a full-size replica,
so I need
some detailed diagrams with dimensions.

Does anyone have detailed diagrams, or know where I can locate them?

Thanks,

Scott

The NASA website "Apollo Lunar Surface Journal"

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/

Has online a PDF (38-mb), "Lunar Rover Operations Handbook" written by
the Boeing Company. There are a lot of line diagrams of the LRV
included in the manual.

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/lrvhand.html
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/LRV_OpsNAS8-25145.pdf


- Rusty

Hello Rusty,

Thanks for the pointer. I've looked through the handbook, but unfortunately, the
diagrams just aren't as detailed as I had hoped. What I really need most of all
is an engineering diagram of the frame, so I can get the dimensions accurate,
and then some good pictures or diagrams of the suspension. I think if I could
get the frame and suspension right, the rest of the LRV wouldn't be too
difficult to build from that point.

Scott

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wrote:
Hello,

I'm looking for some plans or construction diagrams for the Apollo
Lunar Roving
Vehicle (i.e. the moon buggy). I want to build a full-size replica,
so I need
some detailed diagrams with dimensions.

Does anyone have detailed diagrams, or know where I can locate them?

Thanks,

Scott

The NASA website "Apollo Lunar Surface Journal"

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/

Has online a PDF (38-mb), "Lunar Rover Operations Handbook" written by
the Boeing Company. There are a lot of line diagrams of the LRV
included in the manual.

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/lrvhand.html
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/LRV_OpsNAS8-25145.pdf


- Rusty

The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum lists a three-view
technical drawing of the "Boeing Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) " at this
URL: (see near bottom of page)

http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/arch...psets_list.cfm

http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/arch...w/prepsets.cfm

"Technical and Scale Drawings:

Drawings on Paper - Prepared Sets

The Prepared Sets Drawings are a selection of aircraft, spacecraft, and
rocket three-view and multi-view drawings drawn for the Museum by
well-known illustrators and historians like Joseph Nieto, Bill Koster,
and Robert Mikesh. Suitable for modeling purposes or for display,
reproductions are available for reasonable prices from the Archives
Division. "

Order form:

http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/arch...F/prepsets.pdf
LRV drawing listed on 4th page, 10th one down.

- Rusty

On 6 Dec 2004 09:32:28 -0800, wrote:

Hello Rusty,

Thanks for the pointer. I've looked through the handbook, but unfortunately, the
diagrams just aren't as detailed as I had hoped. What I really need most of all
is an engineering diagram of the frame, so I can get the dimensions accurate,
and then some good pictures or diagrams of the suspension. I think if I could
get the frame and suspension right, the rest of the LRV wouldn't be too
difficult to build from that point.

Hi Scott,
I'm not Rusty, and Supernews isn't receiving any new posts at the moment,
but I think I can still send stuff out to the outside world, and maybe this will
help a little bit...

Most of the diagrams in the handbook are of the 1-G trainer. The later chapters,
showing it folded up and stowed on the LM, are presumably of the flight articles.
My pictures are pretty useless to you, I'm afraid, because they don't show much
of the frame/suspension at all. There's a resin model kit available that might
help you somewhat, although scaling it up to full size will obviously lead to
inaccuracies. If you want the actual construction drawings, I suspect you'll
have to ask Boeing or NASA for help. I'm not sure what sort of archival collection
the Museum of Flight in Seattle has, but it is sort of a "Boeing Museum". You
could ask them as well.

Related to the resin model kit, I ran across these drawings on the web-

A 3/8"=1' three-view plus details:
http://www.ninfinger.org/~sven/model...w/lrvdrwng.gif

A NASA "exploded" drawing:
http://www.ninfinger.org/~sven/model...iew/nasa4.html

Good luck,
Dale

BTW, someone on this group years ago was doing similar research into
building a full-scale Mercury capsule (made of wood). Whatever became
of that- anybody know?

Hello Dale,

Thanks for the diagrams. I think they will be helpful. In particular, the first
looks like I can pull some dimensions off of it and hopefully build a frame that
is reasonably correct.

Nice pictures of the Seattle rover. I'm going to be in Oregon for a month or so
-- I'll have to see if I can get a chance to drive up to Seattle and visit the
museum.

Does anyone have any contact info (email address) for someone at Boeing who
might be able to help with documentation ? I see that the Boeing website has a
historical section, but I don't see any obvious contact information.

Scott

In article , Dale says...

On 6 Dec 2004 09:32:28 -0800, wrote:

Hello Rusty,

Thanks for the pointer. I've looked through the handbook, but unfortunately, the
diagrams just aren't as detailed as I had hoped. What I really need most of all
is an engineering diagram of the frame, so I can get the dimensions accurate,
and then some good pictures or diagrams of the suspension. I think if I could
get the frame and suspension right, the rest of the LRV wouldn't be too
difficult to build from that point.

Hi Scott,
I'm not Rusty, and Supernews isn't receiving any new posts at the moment,
but I think I can still send stuff out to the outside world, and maybe this will
help a little bit...

Most of the diagrams in the handbook are of the 1-G trainer. The later chapters,
showing it folded up and stowed on the LM, are presumably of the flight
articles.
My pictures are pretty useless to you, I'm afraid, because they don't show much
of the frame/suspension at all. There's a resin model kit available that might
help you somewhat, although scaling it up to full size will obviously lead to
inaccuracies. If you want the actual construction drawings, I suspect you'll
have to ask Boeing or NASA for help. I'm not sure what sort of archival
collection
the Museum of Flight in Seattle has, but it is sort of a "Boeing Museum". You
could ask them as well.

Related to the resin model kit, I ran across these drawings on the web-

A 3/8"=1' three-view plus details:
http://www.ninfinger.org/~sven/model...w/lrvdrwng.gif

A NASA "exploded" drawing:
http://www.ninfinger.org/~sven/model...iew/nasa4.html

Good luck,
Dale

BTW, someone on this group years ago was doing similar research into
building a full-scale Mercury capsule (made of wood). Whatever became
of that- anybody know?