Anaconda Boosting problem

TimmyAleman

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Hello all.

Question about boosting.
I have an anaconda, and trying to build it to jump further. Right now in the core systems I have 1C light weight alloys, 3A power plant engineered 3 overcharged, 5D thrusters engineered 1 with clean drive tuning, 6A frame drive max with mass manager, 5D life support engineered 3 lightweight, and a 4 D power distributor. I have been going off of builds on you tube, and here also. However I cannot get the ship to boost. My power plant is running 14.93 mw, and with the ship with all my modules is maxing out at 14.38 MW. Still no boost in the capacitor.
Does anyone known what I’m doin wrong?
 

Pigletslastand

Pigletslastand
your drives are using up more power from the capacitor than the capacitor has to give.. try engine focused distro if it's a jumapaconda.. also from memory clean drives are quite heavy and not that useful so you may as well go for dirty as the heat penalty is not as bad as you think and it comes with no weight penalty but yeah... the main prob is your drives are pulling too much power for your capacitor as was said.
 

TimmyAleman

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Pigletslastand said:
your drives are using up more power from the capacitor than the capacitor has to give.. try engine focused distro if it's a jumapaconda.. also from memory clean drives are quite heavy and not that useful so you may as well go for dirty as the heat penalty is not as bad as you think and it comes with no weight penalty but yeah... the main prob is your drives are pulling too much power for your capacitor as was said.
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I forgot to add that I am running engine focused on my distributor class 4
 

TimmyAleman

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St0rmFury said:
Found the problem, your PD is too small. Unless you get it to G5 engine focused, you won't be able to boost.

I suggest you get a 5D PD and engineer it to G2 engine focused.
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Ok, that makes sense. I ran out of materials while engineering it and thought a grade 4 would still do the trick

thanks!
 

Pigletslastand

Pigletslastand
Also the ability to boost doesn't come from the power plants MJ capacity it comes from the power distributors capacity.. just in case you were focusing on the wrong numbers in your calculations. I can't remember off hand but I believe if you look at your engine stats in outfitting it gives you the power draw for a boost..really not sure off the top of my head, I should know after doin it so many times but head a little fuzzy tonight lol
 

Riverside

Riverside
TimmyAleman said:
I forgot to add that I am running engine focused on my distributor class 4
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You need a bigger one :) (more eng distro capacity).

If you are prepared to accept not being able to boost you can just fit the smallest, lightest distro (1D I think?) & save a bit of mass. Personally having done this on a trip around the core it was okay during the trip but really stressful getting back into the bubble, and with carriers far out-reaching even the most lightweight conda's jumprange for me the compromise just isn't worth it any more.

You can try it both ways, see which suits you best :)
 

[VR] Orodruin

[VR] Orodruin
TimmyAleman said:
I’m running a PlayStation Elite dangerous version and not PC version
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The version of Elite you play is irrelevant for creating a build on EDSY or Coriolis. The easiest way is to just get an Inara account, sync it with your frontier account, and export the build of any of your ships to EDSY.
 

Kzak

Kzak
For 5D thrusters, a 3A G5 engine-focused power distributor should be enough to be able to boost. I have this very setup in my Exploraconda.

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Imo

Imo
When you build the ship to be very power saving with a limited power distributor it can not charge enough power for a boost. The same with my exploration Anaconda, stripped down to the max with 83 ly can not boost.
 

Stealthie

Stealthie
Riverside said:
You need a bigger one :) (more eng distro capacity).

If you are prepared to accept not being able to boost you can just fit the smallest, lightest distro (1D I think?) & save a bit of mass. Personally having done this on a trip around the core it was okay during the trip but really stressful getting back into the bubble, and with carriers far out-reaching even the most lightweight conda's jumprange for me the compromise just isn't worth it any more.

You can try it both ways, see which suits you best :)
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This.

You need to consider how often you want to boost as well as simply being able to boost.

My Exploraconda is fitted with a G5 engine-focused 4D PDist and it boosts but you only get one boost before the PDist is emptied and you need to wait for it to recharge before you can boost again.
That's created some squeaky-bum moments when I've been heading toward the ground at high speed and I've had to turn FA off, point the nose at the sky, boost and hope it's enough to arrest my descent and prevent me from cratering.

Unless you enjoy living dangerously, it might be smart to fit a 5D PDist and engineer that for engine-focused to give yourself at least two consecutive boosts before the PDist is empty and you have to wait for it to recharge.
 
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