Exploration questions and suggestions

[ahiredgun]

First of all I am a complete noob who only does trading pirate hunting and smuggling. Unfortunately my income from these lines of work is dropping so I'm looking at adding exploration to my trade routes and as such I have a few questions.
How much is the pay for an average already discovered system.
How safe is it as I'm probably carrying expensive cargo.
Can it be done in any ship?
Do I have to go to every planet and scan again ?
Can I fuel scoop without being in super cruise (heat sinks)
My current and far from optimized set up.
[Imperial Clipper]
L: 2F/G Multi-cannon
L: 2F/G Multi-cannon
M: 2F/G Multi-cannon
M: 2F/G Multi-cannon
U: 0I Heat Sink Launcher
U: 0I Point Defence
U: 0B Shield Booster
U: 0B Shield Booster

BH: 1I Lightweight Alloy
RB: 6B Power Plant
TM: 6C Thrusters
FH: 5A Frame Shift Drive
EC: 5A Life Support
PC: 6A Power Distributor
SS: 5A Sensors
FS: 4C Fuel Tank (Capacity: 16)

7: 7E Cargo Rack (Capacity: 128)
6: 6C Shield Generator
4: 4C Fuel Tank (Capacity: 16)
4: 4C Fuel Tank (Capacity: 16)
3: 3C Fuel Tank (Capacity: 8)
3: 3A Shield Cell Bank
2: 2B Auto Field-Maintenance Unit
2: 1E Standard Docking Computer
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Shield: 299.20 MJ
Power : 19.01 MW retracted (82%)
21.57 MW deployed (93%)
23.10 MW available
Cargo : 128 T
Fuel : 56 T
Mass : 640.8 T empty
824.8 T full
Range : 17.68 LY unladen
14.93 LY laden
Price : 43,531,250 CR
As you can see a tad overweight
What do you suggest for in between jump scanning

 

[AnnuverScotinExile]

Exploration is not a way to get rich quick.

You can 'explore' in any ship with a fuel scoop (and, yes, you have to be in supercruise). The bigger the jump range the better, but that may be unimportant depending on where you choose to go - it only really matters where the stars thin out.

 

[Mikalus]

First of all I am a complete noob who only does trading pirate hunting and smuggling. Unfortunately my income from these lines of work is dropping so I'm looking at adding exploration to my trade routes and as such I have a few questions.
How much is the pay for an average already discovered system.
How safe is it as I'm probably carrying expensive cargo.
Can it be done in any ship?
Do I have to go to every planet and scan again ?
Can I fuel scoop without being in super cruise (heat sinks)
My current and far from optimized set up.
[Imperial Clipper]
L: 2F/G Multi-cannon
L: 2F/G Multi-cannon
M: 2F/G Multi-cannon
M: 2F/G Multi-cannon
U: 0I Heat Sink Launcher
U: 0I Point Defence
U: 0B Shield Booster
U: 0B Shield Booster

BH: 1I Lightweight Alloy
RB: 6B Power Plant
TM: 6C Thrusters
FH: 5A Frame Shift Drive
EC: 5A Life Support
PC: 6A Power Distributor
SS: 5A Sensors
FS: 4C Fuel Tank (Capacity: 16)

7: 7E Cargo Rack (Capacity: 128)
6: 6C Shield Generator
4: 4C Fuel Tank (Capacity: 16)
4: 4C Fuel Tank (Capacity: 16)
3: 3C Fuel Tank (Capacity: 8)
3: 3A Shield Cell Bank
2: 2B Auto Field-Maintenance Unit
2: 1E Standard Docking Computer
---
Shield: 299.20 MJ
Power : 19.01 MW retracted (82%)
21.57 MW deployed (93%)
23.10 MW available
Cargo : 128 T
Fuel : 56 T
Mass : 640.8 T empty
824.8 T full
Range : 17.68 LY unladen
14.93 LY laden
Price : 43,531,250 CR
As you can see a tad overweight
What do you suggest for in between jump scanning

You want to ourfit a ship specifically for exploring. It's not going to make you rich, particularly if you are only exploring already explored systems. It's not something to 'add in' it takes quite a bit of time really. You can make it more profitable by aiming for specific systems and stars, but as part of an existing trade route I don't think it's worth investing in. Your normal scanner will give you a little bit of income, but not alot.