i would like to know if this a good trade route

[notorious]

Hi I have stared to do some trading and I keep hearing people do an average of 2k per tone. so far I nave never found anything over 2k, so far with my python of 212T, transporting consumer technology from 2 station at 16LY, I get a 271k on a one way trip. is it any good ?

even with the Slopey tools I can't seem to find anything higher than that. our could it be I use the tool wrong ? Also befor anyone post that I do trade some rares sometime.


thanks in adavance

 

[Bokugo]

the 2k "per ton" is usually combining both trips. Ex. 1200 one way and 800 the other.

Yeah your route seems fine. It's just about half of my cargo and profit in my T9 so I would say you got a keeper.

 

[Spike K]

212? I would ditch the shields and whatever elce. 292 is the Python way. If yur not able to take a few bumps and lumps and pay off the MEAGER damage costs, why bother? 80 tons per direction adds up!

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[notorious]

the 2k "per ton" is usually combining both trips. Ex. 1200 one way and 800 the other.

Yeah your route seems fine. It's just about half of my cargo and profit in my T9 so I would say you got a keeper.

ahh ok thanks everyone for the quick replies

 

[CMDR Holycow]

212? I would ditch the shields and whatever elce. 292 is the Python way. If yur not able to take a few bumps and lumps and pay off the MEAGER damage costs, why bother? 80 tons per direction adds up!

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292? is that sheildless? I am running class 3 sheilds now, and get 284... seems like a safer way to go.

 

[Valethar]

Depending on how you like to play, you can alter your loadout a little and have 240T of cargo, combat rated shields, and still carry both scanners and a fuel scoop. Yes, you lose some cargo capacity over pure trade builds, but if you like to do a bit of everything, you can kit out that Python as a fairly well rounded multi-purpose ship.

 

[Spike K]

292? is that sheildless? I am running class 3 sheilds now, and get 284... seems like a safer way to go.

Safety is for the world you charge your phone in. We are the CHARGE in Elite Dangerous!
True story:
6 insurance claims since launch day..
When I only had 5 claims, Total Claim Costs was about 1.8 mil
Now it sits at 9.598 mil -- because I lost ONE Python!
Never AGAIN!


This is how she sits right now:
[Python]


BH: 1I Lightweight Alloy
RB: 5A Power Plant
TM: 6A Thrusters
FH: 5A Frame Shift Drive
EC: 4D Life Support
PC: 7A Power Distributor
SS: 6C Sensors
FS: 4C Fuel Tank (Capacity: 16)


6: 6E Cargo Rack (Capacity: 64)
6: 6E Cargo Rack (Capacity: 64)
6: 6E Cargo Rack (Capacity: 64)
5: 5E Cargo Rack (Capacity: 32)
5: 5E Cargo Rack (Capacity: 32)
4: 4E Cargo Rack (Capacity: 16)
3: 3E Cargo Rack (Capacity: 8)
3: 3E Cargo Rack (Capacity: 8)
2: 2E Cargo Rack (Capacity: 4)


So that hauls 292t, 14.46 Ly in a single squirt.
Perfect for my fully ALLIED route, where I never get interdicted.
Buying and re buying the guns and armor-- for doing other things than
trading --is half the fun for me.
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[Myrogia]

It's not cr/ton you should be focusing on, it's cr/ton/hour. Most decent trade routes should average around 14000-15000 cr/ton/hour, which means an income of just over 4 million an hour in a 284 ton python with smallest possible shields.
Another important thing is the amount of supply/demand for your traded commodities. If those numbers are low, then you'll find your route starting to dry up after a few hours of trading or less.

 

[Valethar]

This is my loadout so far. All I have left to upgrade at this point is the armor, power plant and thrusters. I'll lose about 1.5 LY jump distance, but I can live with that.

Makes for a pretty solid all purpose ship. If you're better at fighting than I am, you could swap out the gimbals for fixed weapons for more damage output. Runs fairly cool with those weapons, beams might heat you up a bit faster, but they hit harder. If you're not into exploration, you could dump the scanners for something else (armor boosters, Interdiction module, etc..) more to your liking.

[Python]

L: 3E/G Burst Laser
L: 3E/G Burst Laser
L: 3E/G Burst Laser
M: 2F/G Pulse Laser
M: 2F/G Pulse Laser

U: 0I Chaff Launcher
U: 0I Point Defence
U: 0A Kill Warrant Scanner
U: 0A Shield Booster

BH: 1I Lightweight Alloy
RB: 6A Power Plant
TM: 6D Thrusters
FH: 5A Frame Shift Drive
EC: 4A Life Support
PC: 7A Power Distributor
SS: 6A Sensors
FS: 5C Fuel Tank (Capacity: 32)

6: 6E Cargo Rack (Capacity: 64)
6: 6E Cargo Rack (Capacity: 64)
6: 6E Cargo Rack (Capacity: 64)
5: 5A Shield Generator
5: 5E Cargo Rack (Capacity: 32)
4: 4E Cargo Rack (Capacity: 16)
3: 3A Fuel Scoop
3: 1C Advanced Discovery Scanner
2: 1C Detailed Surface Scanner

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Shield: 416.88 MJ
Power : 15.72 MW retracted (62%) 25.07 MW deployed (99%) 25.20 MW available
Cargo : 240 T
Fuel : 32 T
Mass : 597.9 T empty 869.9 T full
Range : 19.55 LY unladen 14.16 LY laden