Horizons Cobra MK IV fighter hanger?

[TheRFSpark]

Hey, guys I'm here to ask your opinion on something. I was curious if you guys think that the Cobra MK IV will have a deployable fighter? It is a pretty big for a small ship and it does look like the F63 Condore is small enough to fight in it maybe. I wanted your guys opinion so please let me hear

 

[Gaarp Kobayashi]

I'm sorry but no. There is somewhere here the list of ships suited for deployable fighters. Think the smallest one will be Keelback.

 

[TheRFSpark]

Why do you say no?

 

[goemon]

Why do you say no?

because

So 7 ships will Support Fighter launching

They just showed it in the livestream.

Beluga
Anaconda,
Corvette,
Cutter,
Gunship,
Keelback,
Type-9.

--- cobra mkIV will not be able to launch a fighter.

 

[TheRFSpark]

Aw

 

[Beavis Tingleball]

what, no ASP?

 

[Alex Brentnall]

Yup, they are the only ships. It's been known for quite a while as the fighter launch hatch has been visible on the ships since they were introduced, the Anaconda had one as early as 1.1 I believe if not sooner...

In any case there may be future ships to add to those 7 like the Panther Clipper.

Short answer is tonnage and size, sure the Cobra IV or Asp is big enough to hold a fighter but that assumes a pretty much emtpy ship inside and with internals there's no way they can fit a fighter bay...

 

[Lightspeed]

What no Eagle or Sidewinder ? [sulk]

 

[avow555]

Crap, need to buy a ship I don't like.

 

[TheRFSpark]

I guess I'll wait to be a new ship that can have a fighter bay

 

[SUPRARZ]

What no Eagle or Sidewinder ? [sulk]

Ha ha have some rep

 

[Mephane]

Also I have a hunch that the smallest fighter bay will be class 5. Class 4 (= 16 tons cargo rack) seems to little for a fighter, parts for spare fighters, and assembly unit.

 

[foebits]

Besides, the fighters are almost as big as the cobra anyway.

 

[CTCParadox]

Besides, the fighters are almost as big as the cobra anyway.

Nah Cobra is a lot bigger, but with the hanger and all that the fighter does take a lot of room.

F63 Condor: 13.5L - 10.5W - 2.5H
Cobra Mk III: 27.1L - 44.0W - 7.9H

CMDR CTCParadox

 

[foebits]

Nah Cobra is a lot bigger, but with the hanger and all that the fighter does take a lot of room.

F63 Condor: 13.5L - 10.5W - 2.5H
Cobra Mk III: 27.1L - 44.0W - 7.9H

CMDR CTCParadox

Well what do yah know? I based my assumption just on the scaling of the visual objects but there you've got the specs.

 

[CTCParadox]

Well what do yah know? I based my assumption just on the scaling of the visual objects but there you've got the specs.

I find scaling is pretty hard to get a handle on in Elite. The huge cockpits throw off one of the main cues that people use to judge aircraft like vehicles. The Eagle for example, dwarfs modern fighter aircraft but you probably wouldn't know at a glance.

CMDR CTCParadox

 

[BigDuke6ixx]

Crap, need to buy a ship I don't like.

Yep, so you can have a ship you don't like in the hangar bay.

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I find scaling is pretty hard to get a handle on in Elite. The huge cockpits throw off one of the main cues that people use to judge aircraft like vehicles. The Eagle for example, dwarfs modern fighter aircraft but you probably wouldn't know at a glance.

CMDR CTCParadox

[video=youtube;W4bEQlVvUvI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4bEQlVvUvI[/video]

 

[CTCParadox]

Ship Scale video

Yeah I've seen it. It really hammers home how massive the cockpits are.

CMDR CTCParadox

 

[Chris Simon]

Pardon my Photoshop skills, but here's my take on why cobra can't fit a hangar:

Plus I guess (from the glimpse on the inside of the hangar) the hangar is actually taller than two cobras stacked on top of each other.

 

[Ralph Vargr]

because



--- cobra mkIV will not be able to launch a fighter.

Thank you.