Sanderling is correct.
The top three ships in game for max speed (not gravity assisted) are:
Viper III at 932m/s
iEagle also at 932m/s
Courier at 885m/s
However the huge boost modifier for the viper and the general boost profile make it so more responsive then the iEagle and just leaves it in it's wake.
For me however the Viper III is a great little ship but I find it a tad to limiting in what it can fit for a more multirole setting etc which is why I fly the courier as my 'fast' ship
OP the viper III is indeed a great little ship and I'm glad you've finally gotten to see it many hours of fun coming to you in that cockpit I think. \o/
What is currently the fastiest ship? I think it is a little one but any searching reveals old posts. So I thought I would ask here directly and currently . I guess it is a ship and engineering combo but which ship and what engineering?
how do you get enhanced performance thrusters?
The viper 3. It's boost modifiers simply make it better than the iEagle and iCourier. It accelerates much faster, and the boost lasts longer, which means much better at changing direction.
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It would depend on the distance!What is currently the fastiest ship? I think it is a little one but any searching reveals old posts. So I thought I would ask here directly and currently . I guess it is a ship and engineering combo but which ship and what engineering?
Let me just start by saying, I think you are right, that is probably the best Viper build, so if we build a similar courier https://s.orbis.zone/9jJ9 and comparehttps://s.orbis.zone/9igm - best build imo, boost is 896 (dirty distros), jump range just shy of 20ly, 3a PD gives perma boost
If we assume (yeah I know) that acceleration and deceleration during boosting is relatively equal
Shouldn’t it be the Mamba? I’m not saying it is the Mamba but I thought that was the whole point of the Mamba and why, despite its size, it has basically no space for anything useful and why, despite being essentially a remodelled FDL, it handles like a dog?
yeh ... I really want to love the Mamba but every time I fly it I just get annoying by how amazing it isn’t quite ...
Let me just start by saying, I think you are right, that is probably the best Viper build, so if we build a similar courier https://s.orbis.zone/9jJ9 and compare
In a straight line, I can definitely see it pulling away from the courier. If we assume (yeah I know) that acceleration and deceleration during boosting is relatively equal, we can also assume that the speeds will average out between the max normal and max boost. So an average of 806.5 for the Viper and 768.5 for the courier. Or the length of a Viper every second. (29.8M according to https://elite-dangerous.fandom.com/wiki/File:Bp-viper-mk-3.png) It would be really interesting to see this if this holds up in practice.
Also you can have have a very fast courier and you have about 9T left for Shields and Guns![]()
Damn, now I might have to try one out as well!I love the courier, spent many months in one as a 'fast' multirole and I will defend the ship, however Sanderling is 100% fully correct in this. in those 'similar' builds the number just don't give any indication of how it flies in game.
I spend many hours flying with sanderling pushing my courier past it limits and while a lot of it has to do with his insane skill the ship itself just can't compete with a similarly fit viper at all...
Damn, now I might have to try one out as well!
Any chance FD could give us an Imperial Viper too? I'm just can't get comfortable in those generic federal seats, it needs a proper Imperial cabin
(Only somewhat joking, looking up and back in VR and the square seats get in the way much worse in my Mamba than in the Courier)