never in my life will i leave a starport without a fuel scoop again....
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sometimes its not worth installing one. for example if you are trading and making 1000+ a tonne profit but only making short jumps between systems the fuel costs will be much lower than the profit you miss out on by having a scoop installed in place of a 4 tonne cargo rack.
my current trade run costs me about 600 Cr in fuel but i make 1090 Cr per tonne of cargo, if i had a scoop i'd loose out to the tune of 3760 credits per refuel.
Sargon
Banned
If you keep it from going over 100% temperature, very little.
I agree.
If you have a pre-defined and known route and fuel is not much of an issue,
then this would be a good decision to go without the fuel scoop.
Keep it below 150% and you won't suffer any damage. I have only seen damage after 150%, so I tend to bail out at 135%, that gives me a bit of margin, asthe temp only climbs to about 140% after I stop scooping.
Z...
You can let it go over 100%. I think you begin to get heat damage around 150% or so, I let it go over 120% on a regular basis with no ill effects.
Each ship is different. As a general rule you can take your ship up to 120 - 130% before you start taking damage. Bigger ships, such as the Anaconda, will take 140%+ before they start taking damage.
Sargon
Banned
ah good to know... I was playing it safe... But with a good scoop, job is done really fast... Almost a skim and go operation.
What I did notice is that wear and tear shoot up quite a bit if one allows it to go over 100%. This is what I was thinking of.
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0. Fly in on the star until heat is 100%, then go 30km/s and level. Temperature will drop. Be careful when you leave since temps will rise again then.