Enhanced Performance Thrusters... Do you use them?
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They have a greater mass and power draw than normal thrusters.
If you're looking for max range, use D class thrusters and engineer them.
If you're looking for fun, use them and see just how fast you can fly through the slot!
If you're looking for max range, use D class thrusters and engineer them.
If you're looking for fun, use them and see just how fast you can fly through the slot!
I don't know if the Engineers update fixed them, but my racing iEagle used to cook itself when I used it down-well for canyon racing. YMMV.
Bloody quick, mind.
Bloody quick, mind.
Flying through fast isn't a problem. Stopping before you hit that pillar at the other end, that could be.
They’re great on eagle variants and the Imperial Courier. Viper III if you keep it light.
Engineer for Dirty Drives Grade 5, and use the Drag Drives experimental. You’ll break 900 m/s in the Imperial Eagle with enough lightening.
For combat builds with lots of armor, Drive Distributors are usually abetter choice for the experimental. They end up being faster than drag drives once your ship hits a certain weight.
Engineer for Dirty Drives Grade 5, and use the Drag Drives experimental. You’ll break 900 m/s in the Imperial Eagle with enough lightening.
For combat builds with lots of armor, Drive Distributors are usually abetter choice for the experimental. They end up being faster than drag drives once your ship hits a certain weight.
Yes, I have used them... 
On a couple of other ships too, but yes, the ship has to be nice and light to work with them.
On a couple of other ships too, but yes, the ship has to be nice and light to work with them.
I was actually thinking about this, my iCourier needs a refit and I just unlocked Pack Hounds, soooo.....Yes, I have used them...
On a couple of other ships too, but yes, the ship has to be nice and light to work with them.
I have them on my iCourier, which can boost to around 700m/s.
On the Courier and iEagle in heavy armor they preform very well, but on a heavy build Viper I believe regular A drives outperform them. Not sure why though.
They are pretty niche, because they only go up to class 3. I'd very much like them up to size 4, that way they'd see more use.
Enhanced thrusters for the CM3! <3
That would be sweet...
A Cobra3 with APT’s would be insane!
I’d probably try them on an Asp Scout first though, always feel that ship needs some love..
You could also do some interesting things with the Viper Mk4. Its military armor only weighs 8t...
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Because enhanced thrusters have lower optimal mass, so ships with lower total weight benefit from them more.
And why Driver Distributor experimental works on them much better than on stock thrusters.
I've got a Viper III that's mostly 1D HRPs and it still goes faster with the Enhanced Performance + Drive Distributor than it would with A-rated and Drag Drives.
Using full-size HRPs would have made it the other way round, though.
The enhanced drives have very stricht weight limits, the Viper III already has 50t base hull. Kit it out with anything, and you're pretty much guaranteed to exceed mass limits to a point where standard A thrusters become better.
Yeah, would be tempted to use my rares trading rum running Cobra again, which hasn't seen the light since 2015.