Horizon questions
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Pure speculation now, but my understanding is that smaller ships with bays, like the Gunship and Keelback, can only launch the Falcon/Imperial Fighter. However, the larger ships (Anything with a bay that is Anaconda-sized or bigger) Can launch ANYTHING that is classified as a 'Fighter', which would include the Eagle. The Sidewinder is also mentioned by name on the Anaconda's description as fitting in the fighter bay.
Now given that both the Sidewinder AND the Eagle CAN deploy SRVs, it might actually be possible in this combination.
CMDR_UberDude
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So the plans for the Anaconda launching 2 sidewinders has changed? And here it's been in it's description for over a year now. 
CMDR_UberDude
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Yea but i guess ship descriptions aren't reliable after all the complaints I've read on the Icutter in the 1.5beta section.
In that one unique instance, yes, it should be technically possible. Would be super cool as the I-Fighter/F63 do not have FSDs but the Sidey does.
If FD could find a large enough flat spot to land the Corvette and the Cutter and take a video of them, then I think you can probably land the Conda.
As to landing on earth like planets, only time will tell.
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Just to reiterate what's already been said, Frontier ruled out the Sidewinder being launched from any of the larger ships in a recent livestream. For now it's just the Condor and Imperial fighter so the Anaconda description is out of date.
As far as I remember they ruled it out just for Horizons. I kinda remember DB saying they'll look into it in future seasons.
I just want to know what ships have the power to weight ratio to leave earths orbit. As landing on a zero or low gravity moon, from a power perspective, is easy. I know horizons will not answer the question, but, I'm super curious how they will do it. Also, can the engines even operate in an atmosphere? Space engineers and KSP both have different engines for each stage of flight. Inquiring minds want to know!
