FSD SCO Question/Problem

[Segwin]

Hello All,

I have a T9 which I fitted with a 6A FSD with SCO. I get away from the Sun so the temp is nice and low and I'm heading to my destination. I engage SCO and then I start to get warnings about overcharging/heat the FSD, then the ship starts to spin, I'm taking hull damage and I disengage the FSD which then causes more damage. I have the 1A military grade hull, I'm no where near maxed out power (the two blue bars are about 1/2 way on the horizontal scale. I must say it is quite expensive to repair it as well. I'm not a big fan of the T9 but wanted to do some trading for a while to break up the grind.

Obviously I've got something amiss. Suggestions??

Thank you.

 

[Mako The Grey]

...and I disengage the FSD which then causes more damage.

If you are disengaging the FSD and not the SCO (different buttons), you drop into normal space and get hull damage if going to fast. Are you hitting the FSD button and not the SCO button (same as the thruster boost button in normal space) at the start?

 

[GroG79]

What is your heat doing?

 

[oblivionmanman 2476]

t9 isnt the best ship in game for heat level,type 8 is holding its own.use the ship for what it is a hauler, no need for sco or use in short burts only and make sure you have a heat sink fitted and the boost button turns off and on.

 

[Kira Goto]

If heat with SCO is (also) an issue, consider a C rated FSD instead which has the same range as an A rated Sirius FSD and out of the SCO drives provides the best thermal handling, albeit at the cost of some speed. But it makes up for it by not overheating your ship almost instantly/within a few seconds (or should, anyway).

 

[Segwin]

Thanks everyone for the replies.

I didn't know you disengaged it by hitting the same button that you used to engaged it - thanks for that.

Just took a test flight and it's heat that is causing all the ruckus. I mainly wanted the SCO to try and evade the constant interdiction's. Kira, are you saying to use a class C with SCO (if that is possible)? The existing drive is fine if I don't use SCO. I suppose I could remove the engineering. I'm going through money like a drunken sailor lol.

I've come back to the sim after a year or so off. I've got about 800 hours into the game and still seem to learn something new.

Thanks again.

 

[nemolomen]

Thanks everyone for the replies.

I didn't know you disengaged it by hitting the same button that you used to engaged it - thanks for that.

Just took a test flight and it's heat that is causing all the ruckus. I mainly wanted the SCO to try and evade the constant interdiction's. Kira, are you saying to use a class C with SCO (if that is possible)? The existing drive is fine if I don't use SCO. I suppose I could remove the engineering. I'm going through money like a drunken sailor lol.

I've come back to the sim after a year or so off. I've got about 800 hours into the game and still seem to learn something new.

Thanks again.

You'll be shopping for a 6C FSD (SCO). The heat will be lower when using SCO. Not sure how much lower as I've not upgraded my T-9s to SCO yet...

Sirius Heat Sinks would also go a long way here too...for obvious reasons...

Oh, and as an aside, regarding the NPCs, when my combat rank got high enough (Dangerous maybe?) and I could no longer beat the interdictions, fight off the aggressor or get away from the anacondas, it was at that point when I switched to hauling in a Python...because it can do all of those things.

Not sure if SCO will get you out of many interdictions, in my experience...have you had any success now that you understand what is going on?

 

[Kira Goto]

Kira, are you saying to use a class C with SCO (if that is possible)?

SCO drives exist in E-A rated variations/classes for each size. It goes as follows -

E rated - economy option with the worst thermal load, fuel economy(as I understand) and speed, only allows you to go to the 2,001c limit, not exceed it. Worse jump range.

D rated - Lightweight option, same thermal performance as B rated but has worse fuel economy

C rated - Best thermals, think this one offers average fuel consumption

B - Best fuel economy, second-worst thermals only beaten by the terrific E rated version

(D, C and B rated all offer the same acceleration rates, speed increase and handling/control interference)

A - Highest speed and acceleration, slightly less bad thermals than B rated, and reduces control interference by a little bit(not sure I noticed the effects on a 5A compared to 5C)

And I don’t think engineering has any effect on the overcharge, only heat load while charging to jump or enter supercruise.

 

[Segwin]

Thank you Kira for the detailed response. I'll play around with it some with your advice.

On a side note just made a run from LB 3303 to Segais and was interdicted again. I can't seem to make one run with out it happening. I managed to avoid it but the T9 handles like a lead sled. Thanks again - cheers!

 

[Segwin]

You'll be shopping for a 6C FSD (SCO). The heat will be lower when using SCO. Not sure how much lower as I've not upgraded my T-9s to SCO yet...

Sirius Heat Sinks would also go a long way here too...for obvious reasons...

Oh, and as an aside, regarding the NPCs, when my combat rank got high enough (Dangerous maybe?) and I could no longer beat the interdictions, fight off the aggressor or get away from the anacondas, it was at that point when I switched to hauling in a Python...because it can do all of those things.

Not sure if SCO will get you out of many interdictions, in my experience...have you had any success now that you understand what is going on?

Thanks for the reply. I have a much better grasp of the mechanics - thanks. I have a Python as well but wanted to try the T9. I've spent the vast majority of time in the ASP at first just wandering around then doing the scanning of Bios - made a lot of good money but after a while you need a change. Climbing out of the ASP and climbing into the T9 is culture shock. Like going from an F1 and into a school bus.

Thanks again!

 

[aRJay]

SCO drives use huge amounts of fuel and generate lots of heat to provide the speed so use intermittently and or play with the throttle setting.

You can/could beat interdictions in the T9 but it can take time and a lot of hard steering, throttle in the middle of the blue is the usual recommendation but an alternate that worked was to slow down to 5-10%. Past tense because I haven’t been interdicted in a T9 for ages.

 

[aRJay]

Thanks for the reply. I have a much better grasp of the mechanics - thanks. I have a Python as well but wanted to try the T9. I've spent the vast majority of time in the ASP at first just wandering around then doing the scanning of Bios - made a lot of good money but after a while you need a change. Climbing out of the ASP and climbing into the T9 is culture shock. Like going from an F1 and into a school bus.

Thanks again!

The T7 is amazing at dealing with interdictions and the upcoming T8 might well be as good, the Orca is also pretty good at it and if you thought the T9 was a school bus and the Asp an F1 car I am not sure where to place the Orca maybe a land speed record breaker.

Of course non of them have the hauling ability of the T9.

 

[Willyum-71]

SCO drives exist in E-A rated variations/classes for each size. It goes as follows -

E rated - economy option with the worst thermal load, fuel economy(as I understand) and speed, only allows you to go to the 2,001c limit, not exceed it. Worse jump range.

D rated - Lightweight option, same thermal performance as B rated but has worse fuel economy

C rated - Best thermals, think this one offers average fuel consumption

B - Best fuel economy, second-worst thermals only beaten by the terrific E rated version

(D, C and B rated all offer the same acceleration rates, speed increase and handling/control interference)

A - Highest speed and acceleration, slightly less bad thermals than B rated, and reduces control interference by a little bit(not sure I noticed the effects on a 5A compared to 5C)

And I don’t think engineering has any effect on the overcharge, only heat load while charging to jump or enter supercruise.

Thank you for this, I've just started swapping out all my previous drives for SCO drives and was noticing things seemed different in the ship builder tools.

 

[Segwin]

SCO drives use huge amounts of fuel and generate lots of heat to provide the speed so use intermittently and or play with the throttle setting.

You can/could beat interdictions in the T9 but it can take time and a lot of hard steering, throttle in the middle of the blue is the usual recommendation but an alternate that worked was to slow down to 5-10%. Past tense because I haven’t been interdicted in a T9 for ages.

I went down to a 6C and although it still get hot I can stay in SC for about 10 seconds or so - didn't want to push. I was floored when I saw how much fuel is gobbled up - wow.

 

[aRJay]

I went down to a 6C and although it still get hot I can stay in SC for about 10 seconds or so - didn't want to push. I was floored when I saw how much fuel is gobbled up - wow.

Reading other threads suggest that some existing ships handle SCO drives better than others.
The new designed for SCO ships like the in the shipyards Python mk2, a fighter, and the early access for now T8, a high capacity medium hauler, handle the heat wobble and fuel burn much more nicely.

For the older ships the SCO drives should come with a call the Fuel Rats button.

 

[Segwin]

For the older ships the SCO drives should come with a call the Fuel Rats button.

Yeah - no kidding -

 

[Factabulous]

Someone should have done his research into how boost buttons work

 

[promyth3us]

Hello All,

I have a T9 which I fitted with a 6A FSD with SCO. I get away from the Sun so the temp is nice and low and I'm heading to my destination. I engage SCO and then I start to get warnings about overcharging/heat the FSD, then the ship starts to spin, I'm taking hull damage and I disengage the FSD which then causes more damage. I have the 1A military grade hull, I'm no where near maxed out power (the two blue bars are about 1/2 way on the horizontal scale. I must say it is quite expensive to repair it as well. I'm not a big fan of the T9 but wanted to do some trading for a while to break up the grind.

Obviously I've got something amiss. Suggestions??

Thank you.

I wanted to emphasize this issue further. This isn’t about boost or a specific type of drive—I’m experiencing the same overheating problems. It seems that the frame rate to FSD drive overheating issue hasn’t been fully resolved. My Anaconda and T9 builds are both overheating under normal flight conditions, without any boost usage.

I’ve already lost my Anaconda and had to pay over 15 million credits to get it back because of this SCO drive problem. It’s incredibly frustrating, especially since I’m not even using the boost. The overheating occurs during regular flight, which shouldn’t be happening.

This issue needs immediate attention.

Both class A fsd drives.

 

[Segwin]

I wanted to emphasize this issue further. This isn’t about boost or a specific type of drive—I’m experiencing the same overheating problems. It seems that the frame rate to FSD drive overheating issue hasn’t been fully resolved. My Anaconda and T9 builds are both overheating under normal flight conditions, without any boost usage.

I’ve already lost my Anaconda and had to pay over 15 million credits to get it back because of this SCO drive problem. It’s incredibly frustrating, especially since I’m not even using the boost. The overheating occurs during regular flight, which shouldn’t be happening.

This issue needs immediate attention.

Both class A fsd drives.

I'm not a pro at ED but I do have 800+ hours in. I think the biggest problem is having an undersized power plant which was a cause of my overheating problems (before the SCO). Looking at the graph while outfitting I try to get the power bars to be about 50% - this way it's not maxed the minute you go to use something. If I'm wrong I'm sure someone will come along to correct.

GL!

 

[Spaceman-FXL5]

I tried it in T9 when it came out and was great fun doing Cargo deliveries in SCO!!!!

I tried it in my Sidewinder and Dolphin which is also mad fun.