Engineers Dirty Drive Experimental Effects

Witcher 7

Witcher 7
What does the Drive Distributors effect do? Inara describes it as "Enhanced fuel and thrust balancing across the drives to improve mass curve efficiency". Better maneuverability?


Also, how much mass does the Stripped Down effect reduce thruster's mass?


Btw, which effect did you choose?
 

Bob Lighthouse

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Bob Lighthouse

Jastebro

Jastebro
The only effect stripped down provides is a 10% reduction of the module mass. That is, the weight of the actual thruster component.
 

Bob Lighthouse

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Bob Lighthouse
Witcher7 said:
Thanks Bob, so Drive Distributors improves on Optimal Mass whilst Stripped Down improves on Optimal Multiplier which I believe is better per thread below?

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/352252-What-is-Optimal-Multiplier-and-Optimal-Mass
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Uh, not quite.
Basically dirty drives are fastest with drag drives, except for with enhanced thrusters in a certain ship mass/thruster class range.
Stripped down only makes the thruster module lighter, as noted above.
 

Witcher 7

Witcher 7
Bob Lighthouse said:
Uh, not quite.
Basically dirty drives are fastest with drag drives, except for with enhanced thrusters in a certain ship mass/thruster class range.
Stripped down only makes the thruster module lighter, as noted above.
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I know but am happy with the Op Multiplier and speed on my Orca and Cutter got with G5 DD - without experimental effects. Now I wanna improve on their maneuverability and jump range hence reckon 10% mass reduction on their respective C6 & C8 thrusters will help with this?

Edit: Btw, what is Enhanced Thruster? Can't find it as an experimental effect or an engineering for thrusters.
 
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Jastebro

Jastebro
Witcher7 said:
Edit: Btw, what is Enhanced Thruster? Can't find it as an experimental effect or an engineering for thrusters.
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Enhanced thrusters are special modules availible at certain (drive & thruster? All?) engineers. THey go very fast, but requires your ship to be very light, and small. Max size is 3, I think.
 

Witcher 7

Witcher 7
Jastebro said:
Enhanced thrusters are special modules availible at certain (drive & thruster? All?) engineers. THey go very fast, but requires your ship to be very light, and small. Max size is 3, I think.
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I see and thanks. Curious, how does a normal 4A compare with 3A enhanced perf. thrusters?
 

Bob Lighthouse

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Bob Lighthouse
Witcher7 said:
I know but am happy with the Op Multiplier and speed on my Orca and Cutter got with G5 DD - without experimental effects. Now I wanna improve on their maneuverability and jump range hence reckon 10% mass reduction on their respective C6 & C8 thrusters will help with this?

Edit: Btw, what is Enhanced Thruster? Can't find it as an experimental effect or an engineering for thrusters.
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You would be better off using the drag drives as maneuverability follows the max/boost speeds, despite the mass penalty.
The module mass won't do much, esp for the Cutter.



EPTs are special thrusters only available at engineers Palin, Martuuk and Farseer.
They are very mass sensitive so will be slower if your build is too heavy.
http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Enhanced_Performance_Thrusters
 
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