Surface installations sometime have mats I can use for my new ship that I'm engineering. Driving around with an SRV takes ages though. Can i fly over with with a collector limpet and not use an SRV? I'm not sure how collector limpets work and whether they're one time use for grabbing stuff off planetary surfaces.
Can i collect surface materials with a ship, and collector limpet?
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No, you have to use SRV.
I've scooped things using a Dolphin, so it is possible. It's a bit of a pain, but possible. Limpets though, no, they're stupid and smash into the ground.
FWIW, you can "scoop" stuff from the surface using limpets... sometimes.
If you turn your ship perpendicular to the surface a limpet will sometimes collect stuff without just cratering into the surface.
Doesn't happen often enough to make it worth trying though.
Back when Palin's "Thargoid tat" missions were a big deal, I spent quite a bit of time trying to optimise my system for gathering the required items and part of that was trying to find a way to get limpets to work.
The only real alternative to using an SRV is to just cargo-scoop stuff off the surface.
The "cheese-wedge" ships (Sidey, Cobra, Viper) are best for this cos their short length means it's easier to pitch without the ship's nose or tail dragging on the ground.
It's possible in other ships but the "cheese-wedges" are best at it.
Even if you plan to do that, though, it's probably smart to also fit an SRV cos there's always going to be times when items are stuck in places where you simply can't get a ship in close enough to scoop.
If you turn your ship perpendicular to the surface a limpet will sometimes collect stuff without just cratering into the surface.
Doesn't happen often enough to make it worth trying though.
Back when Palin's "Thargoid tat" missions were a big deal, I spent quite a bit of time trying to optimise my system for gathering the required items and part of that was trying to find a way to get limpets to work.
The only real alternative to using an SRV is to just cargo-scoop stuff off the surface.
The "cheese-wedge" ships (Sidey, Cobra, Viper) are best for this cos their short length means it's easier to pitch without the ship's nose or tail dragging on the ground.
It's possible in other ships but the "cheese-wedges" are best at it.
Even if you plan to do that, though, it's probably smart to also fit an SRV cos there's always going to be times when items are stuck in places where you simply can't get a ship in close enough to scoop.
As you say, it’s unreliable. Sometimes the limpet will lift the cargo pod up 200m to make cargo scooping easier in uneven terrain.
Sometimes the cargo pod being collected drops through the surface of the world. You can watch it falling at an apparent terminal velocity of about 10m/s. I’ve jumped out and back to see whether it respawns on the surface or in the molten core - exo-tectonics assumed.
As you say, not reliable enough to use in practice.
I've had success with scooping directly from the surface using a DBX - Limpets no.
Sweet necro, new guy.