Horizons Beta test; Canyon Racing.

[Gaffa]

Gday all,
I was just wondering if someone who is beta testing for the new update could see if the ship can land on a planet and deploy the fighter as a canyon racer.
Will the ship deploy the fighter when its landed?
Or can one deploy the fighter while airborne and allow thee NPC pilot to continue flying the ship?

The advantages would be great to all canyon racers as it would,
enable you to travel to a race track with your racer onboard
and enable several new classes of races.

In addition I would like to pose the question can onboard fighters be modded.

If you have the time I would be very interested in your findings.
yours aye
D38

 

[Sysmon]

The ships can't launch fighters when landed, and there is a maximum distance the fighters can be from the ship. That being said, races could be fun still, but require a bit of planning.

S

 

[Gaffa]

Thankyou Sysmon.
Yours Aye D38

 

[777Driver]

Seems to be 500m minimum altitude for deployment, tether range is 30km. Plenty of 2.2 Fighter canyon racing vids out there.

 

[Gaffa]

77Driver, all.
thank you, I found a vid, didn't think that they would be posted all ready.
So Canyon racing would be possible, gotta find a round canyon circuit with a landing/hovering position in the middle, one that is less than 30km from the hovering position.
That should work.
Keep an eye out Cmdrs as you fly around please.
Yours Aye
D38

 

[furrycat]

What I've been doing is launching the fighter then putting the ship on the ground and disabling the thrusters. You can't deploy landing gear with a fighter launched and even if you command the NPC pilot to hold position the ship may still wobble around a bit. With thrusters disabled it isn't going anywhere.

The major downside at the moment is that fighters are somewhat slow. I'd like a loadout with no weapons and a 1000m/s boost speed.