These ships have too small powerplants for that. On my Beluga I'm running OC5 thermal spread. The ship really needs a size 7 powerplant, which would also help with the FSD heat.
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These ships have too small powerplants for that. On my Beluga I'm running OC5 thermal spread. The ship really needs a size 7 powerplant, which would also help with the FSD heat.
I can now verify it. As of last night, I now have a mass managed 6A FSD on my Vette. Thanks and have a nice day.
Humnn. Cool dodge. I bet this also discourages interdiction. But, how hot do you get??.
Generally speaking, DBX's main drawback is the 4A fuel scoop. For a 32t fuel capacity is painfully slow. For such a ship, 5A would be the minimum if you want to refuel while just positioning for the next jump.
That's why I now use my DBX only for Guardian stuff or mats collection in the bubble.
That's why I now use my DBX only for Guardian stuff or mats collection in the bubble.
Put a 16t tank in it.[up]
Generally this, but...
...in case of DBX this trumps (not the Donald, though)
The rule would still apply as the DBX has a class 5 FSD.
Some will say Deep Charge, some will say Mass Manager but, people in the know have said Mass Manager and that is what I use in my DBX.
Coupled with a size 5 FSD Booster and a neutron star boost, my DBX gets ludicrous jump-range.
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Too risky for my play style. I may end up out of fuel and this happened to me only in my start Sidewinder in my first days (late 3301). It was when looking for the station entry, so close to safety... Never again! :O
I went for FSD5 with mass manager and manged to get near enough 64lyr range from it with a 16t tank (he did a round trip of 140k ish lyr) on that as well. I have swapped it over for a phantom though now. Bob was a great ship.
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And you can jump for a total of... 2 jumps. [big grin] I have over 65ly laden with 2 SRVs, 2 weapons, 4 PDs and 473 m/s boost. With the 32t fuel tank. And I can jump about 8 times without scooping.
In a practical build, you don't have to strip everything just to have the maximum theoretical jump.
Sounds cool! Do you maybe have a coriolis build handy?
https://coriolis.io/outfit/diamondb...UAQAA.EweloBhAOEoUwIYHMA28QgIwV3fEQA==&bn=DBX
I think this is it... I don't have coriolis synced with orbis and I'm at work, but I have a few builds copied here, too.
It was mainly a Guardian stuff collector, that's why I have 4 PDs and the weapons are strictly for the sentinels and the Guardian orbital station.
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Nice, almost identical to mine except I chose a class 4 fsd booster over a spare srv. I scoop every jump so don't need 24t of surplus fuel and one pd is sufficient for sentinel missiles.
No room for redundant mass if you want to stay one jump ahead.
Well, the PDs are lightweight and having 4 you can land in any orientation you want in reference to the Guardian site. At least 2 of them will be in the correct spot to intercept the missiles. Also, 2 SRVs are better than one. To have the single one destroyed at 900ly from the bubble while collecting over and over it's not fun.
I have 100% the Guardian stuff, so it worked.