Video and quick Analysis
Here's the video of my first 3:55 run (the second one was generally a bit better but had a worse final SC approach):
Having compared both my 3:55 runs aswell as Aken's and Alot's runs I come to the conclusion that there isn't that big of a difference. (Except those important 1 or 2 seconds...)
Takeoff: Seems I was one or two seconds faster than Alot and 3-5s faster than Aken B. (the Cobra seems to be the best ship here, starting pad is also pretty important.
Jumping: Alot seemed to be a tiny bit faster than Aken and me here, but as expected this wasn't the most important part of the race.
Initial SC (getting away from the star, avoiding asteroids and planets): Different intensities of planetary evasion, but the difference is difficult to measure. Also some differences in layout, there were more planets in the way yesterday than before.
Final SC (starting with 0:06 on the ETA): Double planetary braking. One of the most important parts of the race. I lost some time here, need more practice
Drop out location was also pretty important (to have a straight path into the docking bay), which I didn't completely figure out.
Docking: The pads in the middle of the station (13, 28, 43) seemed to be the best option as you loose more time with the pads in the back and the ones more in the front require more of a change in direction (which is really bad in the Cobra). I still found 12 and 36 to be ok.
While the Viper isn't as fast as the Cobra, it really needs much less distance to slow down than the Cobra and handles much better aswell.
I measured 28s for Aken's docking (actual dropout to docking lock) and 33-35s for Alot's and my landing(s) with the quickest Cobra I could find being 32s and my only good Viper docking so far being 29s.
So the Viper is definetely the better ship to dock (until it gets beaten by these tiny fast things in 2.1...)
Here's the video of my first 3:55 run (the second one was generally a bit better but had a worse final SC approach):
[video=youtube_share;nRevEnajP2g]https://youtu.be/nRevEnajP2g[/video]
Having compared both my 3:55 runs aswell as Aken's and Alot's runs I come to the conclusion that there isn't that big of a difference. (Except those important 1 or 2 seconds...)
Takeoff: Seems I was one or two seconds faster than Alot and 3-5s faster than Aken B. (the Cobra seems to be the best ship here, starting pad is also pretty important.
Jumping: Alot seemed to be a tiny bit faster than Aken and me here, but as expected this wasn't the most important part of the race.
Initial SC (getting away from the star, avoiding asteroids and planets): Different intensities of planetary evasion, but the difference is difficult to measure. Also some differences in layout, there were more planets in the way yesterday than before.
Final SC (starting with 0:06 on the ETA): Double planetary braking. One of the most important parts of the race. I lost some time here, need more practice
Drop out location was also pretty important (to have a straight path into the docking bay), which I didn't completely figure out.Docking: The pads in the middle of the station (13, 28, 43) seemed to be the best option as you loose more time with the pads in the back and the ones more in the front require more of a change in direction (which is really bad in the Cobra). I still found 12 and 36 to be ok.
While the Viper isn't as fast as the Cobra, it really needs much less distance to slow down than the Cobra and handles much better aswell.
I measured 28s for Aken's docking (actual dropout to docking lock) and 33-35s for Alot's and my landing(s) with the quickest Cobra I could find being 32s and my only good Viper docking so far being 29s.
So the Viper is definetely the better ship to dock (until it gets beaten by these tiny fast things in 2.1...)
