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- Thread starter Tyres O'Flaherty
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I thought that might be the case. Grade 3 dirty tuning is pretty fast on an iCourier. You need to experiment in Coriolis to find out if drag or drive distributors is the best experimental effect to use as it is dependent on the mass of your specific Courier build.
Yeah, I noticed that, recently. Lighter ships get more speed out of the drive distributors mod, the heavier ones run faster with drag drives.
And in this quite heavy configuration I have theorized there definitely runs faster with drag drives.
You mentioned the pre engineered thrusters earlier and I took a look into them... You're right, they suffer big time from weight. Put into this configuration, I couldn't get them past 500m/s, even with grade 5 engineering.
Yes the Enhanced Performance Thrusters are something to consider in terms of racing.
Yeah, 607m/s cruise and 809m/s boost in an IEagle aren't something to scoff at...
I did get mine to quite a speed but at the cost of everything else. It's made out of paper but, man, what a rush...
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Sounds like a contender for the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs.
Dang.I did get mine to quite a speed but at the cost of everything else. It's made out of paper but, man, what a rush...
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You could get a little more hull and shields without hurting your speed, though.That's odd. If I try to reproduce your build, I can't get past 672m/s, it tops out there, no matter what.
You don't have anywhere near the engineering he does, and you're using different mods.
I've never used the Beluga before. So I bought one for my alt account I play as a trader when I want a break from Thargoid and BGS game play. I've bought all the right parts except for some passenger cabins. I'll tinker with it for a week or so engineering and then see how long it takes to make back it's buy cost running passenger missions. Robigo runs are banned.
It's an interesting sound ship, much like it's smaller siblings and moves well for a big ship.
Let's see if I grow to like it more than I think I will. I love the Orca and the Dolphin eventually won me over though it's mediocre jump range still bothers a bit.
It's an interesting sound ship, much like it's smaller siblings and moves well for a big ship.
Let's see if I grow to like it more than I think I will. I love the Orca and the Dolphin eventually won me over though it's mediocre jump range still bothers a bit.
I used a Beluga for Thargoid evacuation missions because it can carry 164 passengers which is two full evacuation missions. It's still outfitted for exactly that. I actually changed the fuel tank to a slightly smaller one to make the 5 jump trip without having to fit a fuel scoop.
I was talking about trying to replicate it in Coriolis. The same settings and equipment, but slightly less speed.
Should probably have mentioned that
.At grade 5 those thrusters are very mass sensitive, you might well have missed a stripped down effect or a D rated and/or undersized module like say the fuel tank. If you left shields in going with enhanced low power strips off some mass even before going stripped down. Oh and Drag Drives are better than Drive Distributors at G5.I was talking about trying to replicate it in Coriolis. The same settings and equipment, but slightly less speed.
Should probably have mentioned that
Apparently, my brain took a little break when I last tried that.
It looks like I missed the drag drives - though, as I found out, this only works if the ship is as light as possible. All it took was a shield booster to tip the scales.
One point to note about that speedy build: ADC's can't cope - or, at least, mine didn't.
I was smashed into an outpost landing pad on a few occasions, hence the shields. I could probably squeeze a bit more speed out of it by removing that module but then it'd be like flying something made of tin foil barely able to contain oxygen.
I suppose that could be construed as fun in the eyes of some.
Hmm... I might ... nah... but... hmm...
I was smashed into an outpost landing pad on a few occasions, hence the shields. I could probably squeeze a bit more speed out of it by removing that module but then it'd be like flying something made of tin foil barely able to contain oxygen.
I suppose that could be construed as fun in the eyes of some.
Hmm... I might ... nah... but... hmm...
Just say it. You mean Buckyballers. Don't you?
I've rolled my iEagle into a crumpled ball more than once flying fast down canyons, and that was with shields. And a friend has one that overheats so much when boosting, it damn near bursts into flames!
Do it, Tyres. You know you want to. Mwahahahaaa!
My 851m/s boost iCourier likes to bounce like a basket ball two or three times before sticking to the landing pad. It is kind of funny.One point to note about that speedy build: ADC's can't cope - or, at least, mine didn't.
I was smashed into an outpost landing pad on a few occasions, hence the shields. I could probably squeeze a bit more speed out of it by removing that module but then it'd be like flying something made of tin foil barely able to contain oxygen.
I suppose that could be construed as fun in the eyes of some.
Hmm... I might ... nah... but... hmm...
Well, I tried that in Coriolis. It looks like 699 m/s cruise / 932 m/s boost is the upper limit. The only thing you might be able to improve is the jump range.One point to note about that speedy build: ADC's can't cope - or, at least, mine didn't.
I was smashed into an outpost landing pad on a few occasions, hence the shields. I could probably squeeze a bit more speed out of it by removing that module but then it'd be like flying something made of tin foil barely able to contain oxygen.
I suppose that could be construed as fun in the eyes of some.
Hmm... I might ... nah... but... hmm...
But I'm not sure if 10.93 ly vs.11.02 ly max range is worth dumping the shields....
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I think at almost 1km/s, we get to the limit of what our eye to hand coordination can handle.Just say it. You mean Buckyballers. Don't you?
I've rolled my iEagle into a crumpled ball more than once flying fast down canyons, and that was with shields. And a friend has one that overheats so much when boosting, it damn near bursts into flames!
Do it, Tyres. You know you want to. Mwahahahaaa!