Ships All new ships ranked by SCO fuel efficiency

[DjVortex]

I took all the new ships for a run and mesaured how far you can fly with them in SCO using 30 tons of fuel, to get a picture of their fuel efficiency.

Note 1: The numbers are not exact. There's perhaps about 5% of error margin.

Note 2: The stock fuel tank for the Python Mk II and the Cobra Mk V is only 16t, so I installed another one. However, this shouldn't affect SCO speed and efficiency. (But if you are flying with the stock fuel tank, note that the distance you'll be able to cover is half of the distance in the table below.)

             | Distance |          |  Max  | Efficiency
Ship         |  (30t)   |   Time   | speed |   ls/ton
-------------+----------+----------+-------+------------
Cobra Mk V   | 2079 kls | 5min 10s | 7016c |    69k
Mandalay     | 1519 kls | 6min 10s | 4204c |    51k
Type-8       |  698 kls | 2min 40s | 4580c |    23k
Corsair      |  547 kls | 2min  8s | 4584c |    18k
Python Mk II |  507 kls | 1min 44s | 5509c |    16k

 

[Tifu]

Incredible numbers for the Cobra Mk5 - now we know what it's superpower is

Thank you too for the T-8 numbers, I was considering colonizing a system but was worried on how to get to the second sun's planets

 

[SergMx]

Incredible numbers for the Cobra Mk5 - now we know what it's superpower is

Thank you too for the T-8 numbers, I was considering colonizing a system but was worried on how to get to the second sun's planets

You could try putting class 4 FSDs on the other ships too.

 

[DjVortex]

Thank you too for the T-8 numbers, I was considering colonizing a system but was worried on how to get to the second sun's planets

Note that the Type-8 overheats in SCO mode, so better equip some heatsinks.

You could try putting class 4 FSDs on the other ships too.

Unfortunately SCO FSDs can't be undersized.

 

[Oberost]

Note that the Type-8 overheats in SCO mode, so better equip some heatsinks.

And how about the other ships? I know that the Mandalay can stay in SCO forever, but not sure about the others..

 

[BelExandor]

And how about the other ships? I know that the Mandalay can stay in SCO forever, but not sure about the others..

The V barely even gets warm in SCO

 

[GroG79]

Cobra just does not care for SCO. Slap on some extra fuel tanks and off you go

 

[DjVortex]

And how about the other ships? I know that the Mandalay can stay in SCO forever, but not sure about the others..

The Type-8 and Python Mk II overheat, the others don't.

 

[Nowski]

The Type-8 and Python Mk II overheat, the others don't.

I seem to recall Type-8 can avoid overheating by using a C rated SCO, but can't test this right now. Might be worth a try though if you run into heat issues. (@Tifu )