She's a beauty! (New ship revealed--Mandalay)

[Michael Ryan]

More than likely. However when it comes down to fitting on a medium pad, I'm more willing to go for some kind of retractable or rotating wing than anything that needs a rework on how station landing works.

Especially given that Diamondbacks and Alliance ships (possibly more, but those stick out to me) have rotating parts when landing gear is deployed.

A lot of ships has movable parts.
And foldable wings you can see at T-10 when you land, so this is just applying that mechanic to the Mandalay and that is it. I don't see any problem here, because that mechanic exists in other ship.
Random video from YT with fodlable wings visible:

Source: https://youtu.be/P4e3XLObMMg?si=7i3jyyaiHpBYvTnZ&t=566

 

[Doctor Dread]

'm more willing to go for some kind of retractable or rotating wing than anything that needs a rework on how station landing works.

Good point.

A lot of ships has movable parts.
And foldable wings you can see at T-10 when you land, so this is just applying that mechanic to the Mandalay and that is it. I don't see any problem here, because that mechanic exists in other ship.
Random video from YT with fodlable wings visible:

Source: https://youtu.be/P4e3XLObMMg?si=7i3jyyaiHpBYvTnZ&t=566

Of course you're right - the only thing that bugs me is I can't see any obvious end line after the landing engines where the wing can fold. The wing would have to pop out a bit and then go up.

EDIT
The wing would have to break somewhere here, but in all the illustration so far it looks tight

 

[Michael Ryan]

Good point.



Of course you're right - the only thing that bugs me is I can't see any obvious end line after the landing engines where the wing can fold. The wing would have to pop out a bit and then go up.

As far as I know this isn't in game model yet, just a model.

 

[Fnord Velkor]

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Of course you're right - the only thing that bugs me is I can't see any obvious end line after the landing engines where the wing can fold. The wing would have to pop out a bit and then go up.
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[aRJay]

Or it will have a ridiculously lightweight hull for its size, just like the Anaconda.

I really hope not.

My bet is that that's what will be the case. I don't consider it impossible that they will go with the class-6 FSD (that would make it the medium-ship equivalent to the DBX, which technically has a "one size too big" FSD for a small ship, to give it a ridiculously large jump range), but I find it somewhat unlikely.

As long as they don’t force us to fit a smaller scoop than the FSD like the DBX does.

 

[Michael Ryan]

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and imagine flying like that with thrusters down, landing gear deployed and looking for exobiology sample

 

[metatheurgist]

It has wings because in the real world where we live things that fly in the atmosphere have wings. It's a subconscious visual clue that this thing flies. That's how artistic design works. Don't overthink the physics bro

This is one of the things I like about the original designs, they don't conform to 20th C expectations. Our ships already have magic thrusters that can overcome any gravity, God forbid you'd have to equip your ship right to tackle a certain planet. I think that's "unfair and inaccessible" or something.

 

[BL1P]

I hope it has a Boost Multiplier similar to the Vipers, FDL and Mamba.
Could do with a new boost flip boost ship.

 

[Rat Catcher]

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That's the Ikea Origami, isn't it?

 

[Rat Catcher]

As long as they don’t force us to fit a smaller scoop than the FSD

So it will have a single C8 slot to go with the C8 FSD, I guess...

 

[Robert Maynard]

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Thankfully the Mandalay is much prettier than the Gannet.

 

[Robert Maynard]

As long as they don’t force us to fit a smaller scoop than the FSD like the DBX does.

It'll be interesting to find out what the trade off is with the Mandalay - as I don't see it being introduced as "the best with no downside" (in any respect).

 

[Rubbernuke]

Thankfully the Mandalay is much prettier than the Gannet.

HOW DARE YOU SIR

 

[Robert Maynard]

HOW DARE YOU SIR

Profuse apologies my good Sir, I was in no way casting aspersions on the capabilities or service of the aircraft.

 

[DjVortex]

shoudl fit, M-pad is like 150 meters.

Indeed. It was just a visual illusion that it might not fit. I tried superimposing it rotated, and it would indeed fit very comfortably.

 

[Rubbernuke]

Profuse apologies my good Sir, I was in no way casting aspersions on the capabilities or service of the aircraft.

Gannet cries in corner

 

[Rubbernuke]

Indeed. It was just a visual illusion that it might not fit. I tried superimposing it rotated, and it would indeed fit very comfortably.

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If thats true would it be the first ship to land sideways?

 

[DjVortex]

If thats true would it be the first ship to land sideways?

When it was suggested for the first time I just considered it a joke. However, the more I think about it, the more plausible it's starting to sound.

(Of course it's unlikely they will implement that because I'm assuming it would require quite some coding to make it work properly. But at least in principle I don't see much problems in it. At least in theory it could work nicely. Although launching (without the autodocking computer) might require some getting-used-to.)

 

[Robert Maynard]

If this image can be considered to be in any way authoritative, a medium pad is 90m wide and 150m long:

From the revised elitedangerous.com site the Mamba is 72.2m x 50.1m x 11.4m (LBH), so as long as the Mandalay (in landing configuration, whatever that may be) is no wider than just shy of 1.8 Mambas then it'll fit fine landing normally.

 

[vanFace]

At least in theory it could work nicely.

In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.
If that 90° auto-turn finds its way into the game, I bet we will see a multitude of absolutely hilarious bugs. Being shot to pieces by the station lasers for violating pad clearance all the time will be the least of them.