Help with an Asp Explorer loadout

777Driver

777Driver
Am about to buy an Asp, have a love hate relationship with it. Bought one in Beta and wasn't impressed, had one in Gamma and loved it. Unfortunately I had to ditch it when scraping cash for a T9.

So I want to properly revisit the ship, purely for having fun and visiting Nebulae. I cant get the jump range I keep hearing about. This is the basic loadout I have come up with. My Anaconda can jump the same distance. Is 40LY possible with good equipment onboard?

http://www.edshipyard.com/#/L=30g,,2-7_8S7_6u6u7_8I,50U7TC05U0KU05U2UI2jw
 

carazvan

C
Most of those threads talk about max jump capacity without including the weight of a detailed surface scanner for example.
Now there are a few suggestions I can make to further improve the loadout:

Sensors 5A->5D (again weight saving)
Power Plant 5A->4A (gives you enough power + weight saving)
Fuel Scoop 5A->6C/6B (both are better for less CR)
 

mono

mono
Shame it's something of a sound nerf victim. I actually like the little detail sounds/whooshes etc they've added and now I'm used to it, they were needed, but it needs more of that growl back as it doesn't sound as dirty as before.

When I visited the Orion Nebula mine was doing 28.8Ly jumps and I retained the two med hardpoint weapons and pretty much everything was A rated (except sensors, they were D). Never had a problem on that trip but if I was going further I'd swap everything out for a D except FSD for around 33Ly.

777Driver said:
Am about to buy an Asp, have a love hate relationship with it. Bought one in Beta and wasn't impressed, had one in Gamma and loved it. Unfortunately I had to ditch it when scraping cash for a T9.

So I want to properly revisit the ship, purely for having fun and visiting Nebulae. I cant get the jump range I keep hearing about. This is the basic loadout I have come up with. My Anaconda can jump the same distance. Is 40LY possible with good equipment onboard?

http://www.edshipyard.com/#/L=30g,,2-7_8S7_6u6u7_8I,50U7TC05U0KU05U2UI2jw
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lolanon

L
Search elite asp explorer nutter on YouTube. But he doesn't have any repair units which I'll get next time.

Edit: lol good timing. Why no repair units?
 
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Nutter

Nutter
This is my setup, just over 37ly - The Conda still has the biggest range though, but you need to be rich to explore in that as you would make a loss.

[video=youtube_share;YPnG3x1yviY]http://youtu.be/YPnG3x1yviY?list=PLjuIkJ3u6up0vhe2qNQUYtPYKIu3r3aa X[/video]
 

777Driver

777Driver
Zieman said:
AFAIK no. A little over 37Ly is possible, but then you have to RUN if ever interdicted.
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Ok thanks, I tried this config and managed 37LY http://www.edshipyard.com/#/L=40g,,2-6u6u7_6u5K8S8I,50U7Q405U0KU05U2UI2jw

Am not too worried about interdicts or cmdr's, insurance is cheap, the ship will be based on the edge of inhabited space away from all the drama.

@Nutter, my Conda was actually not that expensive to explore in,less than a mill in W&T. Am not looking to make money, just something to blast off into the unknown with

Cheers
 
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