Well, aside from the Type 9's somewhat lower rebuy and generally more sedate speed relative to its handling. See a lot of folks not really respecting how fast and heavy the Cutter is and trying to boost directly at/into the station or just repeatedly boffo'ing their approaches in general. Not so much the Type 9.
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Well, aside from the Type 9's somewhat lower rebuy and generally more sedate speed relative to its handling. See a lot of folks not really respecting how fast and heavy the Cutter is and trying to boost directly at/into the station or just repeatedly boffo'ing their approaches in general. Not so much the Type 9.
Heh, I find the Type 9/10 much easier to maneuver with. When it comes to the Cutter, I let the docking computer do it's thing
Heh, I find the Type 9/10 much easier to maneuver with. When it comes to the Cutter, I let the docking computer do it's thing
Same, like, they're just much more forgiving around the station. Their handling makes intuitive sense (big, heavy, slow) where the Cutter is big, heavy, and fast. I fly all my approaches with it under manual with usually 1 boost to around 480~ before decelerating and hooking into the slot at 160~ then 0 the throttle as I enter the slot in case the landing pad is close, if it's towards the back then you just put a little extra power on and cruise on to where you're gonna land. That is IF, and only if, there's no other players around. Heavy player traffic tends to make such an approach too risky unless someone's doing traffic control, not to mention the troll or three that might be lurking around.
Love my space cow
Only lost one interdiction and that didn't end well but apart from that it's made me a ton of money and I really like the way it flys - yes, it does take a while to get used to SC slowness and you do feel your going to hit every star for a while but it makes me smile to fly it.
Space trucking - whats not to like?
Only lost one interdiction and that didn't end well but apart from that it's made me a ton of money and I really like the way it flys - yes, it does take a while to get used to SC slowness and you do feel your going to hit every star for a while but it makes me smile to fly it.
Space trucking - whats not to like?
I went down a different design philosophy with my space cow; built for survivability in open.
Instead of long range fsd I went with fast reboot to help mitigate those Grom missiles.
I fitted 2 class 8 cargo racks and that's it. Still 512 tons which is still a lot.
The rest of the modules are a 6A shield and the rest are guardian shield boosters.
Here's a link to what in aiming at engineering wise (not quite there yet but close).https://s.orbis.zone/sE1Lqjoh
Instead of long range fsd I went with fast reboot to help mitigate those Grom missiles.
I fitted 2 class 8 cargo racks and that's it. Still 512 tons which is still a lot.
The rest of the modules are a 6A shield and the rest are guardian shield boosters.
Here's a link to what in aiming at engineering wise (not quite there yet but close).https://s.orbis.zone/sE1Lqjoh
I use my old Cutter for this: https://s.orbis.zone/MY4L85g7
Bit more expensive, but more survivability in my eyes...
A T7 can have triple the cargo capacity of the AspX. Just remember to A rate the power plant (even if it’s just a 3A) it’s prone to overheating. I really do love the T7, it’s also one of the games best bulk passenger ships (easily competes with the Orca/Beluga) so if you do get bored of cargo you can switch to passenger missions.
The T9 is awesome, I wouldn’t let the reviews put you off trying it.
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I keep a trade-equipped T9 around the hangar. I find doing trade runs in solo mode very relaxing in the T9. It's also fun to stack up a bunch of source-and-return missions and track down all the cargo and bring it all in at once for a nice pay day.
To be honest, I think the folks who like the T9 aren't online talking about it because they're busy bulk trading. It's one of the two intended uses for this ship and the other is mining. While the T9 isn't very maneuverable between the rocks, you can spend hours in the ring laser mining painite. That's where the real money in mining is anyway (at least before the recent update...) I love the style of the T9 and how much cargo I can haul in one run. Finding a suitable rout on eddb is easy enough, you can even put your jump range into the search to find a single hop rout. Using the lower optional internals for some autodocking and supercruise assist makes the game something that can run almost in the background. Interdictions will still be a problem.
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