if we are try to put some real world sense into this
you'd be better of if you try to avoid this
if we are try to put some real world sense into this
Well, if we are try to put some real world sense into this, what ship designer in the world (galaxy?) would make the T7 narrow enough to sit 3 abreast on a large pad then 1.5 meters too tall to use a medium pad?
Sorry to ask a daft question but this seems the obvious place to ask it, and I can't find the answer anywhere else. If I'm flying a T-7, will the missions/passengers boards only offer me missions to places where I can actually land? Or is there a danger that I accept a mission that needs me to land at an Outpost, but can't actually land there as my T-7 won't fit?
Thanks in advance!
If the pad in the target location is too small, the mission will be under ‘requirements not met’. It will say - ship too large ��
If we want to invoke real-world "sense," what vehicle manufacturer in the world would sell a car to civilians that's too wide for most parking spots (the original v1 Hummer), or make tractor-trailers taller than the common heights for bridges (yet we see footage from around the world of trucks and tractor-trailers getting their height abruptly and involuntarily shaved by a few feet when they hit bridges)?
People like to invoke "real-world common sense" and forget that common sense is often missing in the real world...
The places in the real world that semi trucks regularly wack bridges are areas that where not ever particularly intended for shipping the in the first place, and virtually do no exist in areas that might regularly need to export mineral goods(I doubt we'd forget that logic in the next 1200 years). It'd be more in line with a T7 not fitting between a station and the habitation rings(yes, I know that it does) than the equivalent of it not fitting onto a shipping specific pad on a mining outpost.
That's a great example---and a well known one at that.I live near the New York State Thruway, the single largest highway in New York State, and most definitively is intended for transportation of large shipments via tractor trailer. And the legal height limits for vehicles on that road is 13' 6" (4.11m) due to the overpasses that run along its several hundreds of miles. In the decades I've lived here, the number of trucks that hit the bridges on that road is ridiculous. Seeing three in a week was only mildly unusual. And it happens every year, despite it being a known law, making headlines and people hearing about it, because people take vehicles they KNOW are taller than that maximum height, but think oh, it'll be fine...
That's a great example---and a well known one at that.
The reason it's great is because it is NOT intended for large truck traffic. None of the exceptionally low clearance areas in New York are(the LOWER level of the George Washington bridge nor the Lincoln Tunnel, nor the Holland Tunnel). However, that notwithstanding, it's perfect to mention 13'6" as the maximum allowed height because......
That's the average height of a tractor trailer setup(for real!). It perfectly displays a known low clearance situation and how manufacturers have intentionally created their products to function with it. Real world semi trucks literally conform, to the inch, to the expected norm of low clearances they may expect to see.
Those trucks that hit it? They're not of standard size for some reason or other, be it oversized loads, or aftermarket suspension/aerodynamic packages, etc. The factory doesn't simply mass produce a truck that doesn't fit that criteria.
How does that add up in game? Lakon made what is essentially a tractor trailer rig that's 1.5 meters too tall to land on a medium pad, while its competitors, whether it be Core Dynamics or Faulcon Delacy, specifically hit that number(the ship size estimate poster really helps tell this story).
Incidentally, these areas are not actually intended for truck traffic, though I realize you'll probably see them on there anyway quite regularly. There are resources available to warn your average semi truck driver about them because they are unexpected--here is the one for that area:https://www.panynj.gov/truckers-resources/.
Here's the source that disputes your example:
"There is no Federal vehicle height requirement for CMVs. Thus, States may set their own height restrictions. Most height limits range from 13 feet, 6 inches (4.11 meters) to 14 feet (4.27 meters), with exceptions granted for lower clearance on particular roads."
Boy this thread. To answer the original question, I strongly believe they intended it to be a medium ship because I bet FDev modeled the ship just large enough to fit the medium landing pad. Then they forgot they had landing gear. Instead of taking the time and effort to slightly remodel the ship, they said "eh screw it, to the large it goes!" I think this is about 90% of the reason why the game balance is Elite is so messed up.
And now it's this ship with no place in the game because of this. If it could land on mediums, it would actually contend with the Python. But because it can't, it's literally just a waste of time and effort for anybody who invests into it.
Boy this thread. To answer the original question, I strongly believe they intended it to be a medium ship because I bet FDev modeled the ship just large enough to fit the medium landing pad. Then they forgot they had landing gear. Instead of taking the time and effort to slightly remodel the ship, they said "eh screw it, to the large it goes!" I think this is about 90% of the reason why the game balance is Elite is so messed up.
And now it's this ship with no place in the game because of this. If it could land on mediums, it would actually contend with the Python. But because it can't, it's literally just a waste of time and effort for anybody who invests into it.
And now it's this ship with no place in the game because of this. If it could land on mediums, it would actually contend with the Python. But because it can't, it's literally just a waste of time and effort for anybody who invests into it.
I agree, I currently have the T-7 as my top ship as well - simply because that's all I can afford.I don't agree with that, we all like different things. I fly a T-7 as my main ship. I find plenty of missions on offer, and I like that I can get a wide range of outfitting everywhere I fly, and lucrative passenger missions. It's like only being offered missions which require a large pad filter out the more limited stations for me. And that suits how I play the game.