Laser mining in a Large ship?

[Inscydeus]

Type 8 ?
Haven't tried mining with it i use my coolerminerconda.
But I only deep core or surface/sub surface. I do laser mine em 1st before blowing em up though.
Type 8 has huge cargo (320t) 5 size 1 and 1 size 2 hardpoint.
Yes it's medium but it's nimble and in my view a future candidate for mining.
Haven't built one but if l did it'd be perhaps like this..

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I used it for mining once, it's definitely not the best in terms of speed of stripping rocks (a "disadvantage" that can be offset somewhat by keeping the cargo hold to a conservative size), but if you're not trying to maximise credits per hour and just want to enjoy a relaxing mining trip, it ticks most of the other boxes.

 

[K Olley]

As for a dedicated mining ship I haven't found one that you'd be able to call a true mining vessel.

There are multiple types of mining and it is also highly dependent on where you want to mine so no one ship is going to meet all the requirements all the time.

 

[Urbansparx]

Quick bit of background...

I flew my 30Ly T10 to Beagle Point and had some sentimental attachment so, afterwards, I decided to repurpose it as a laser-mining ship.
It always had an issue with Prospectors failing after hitting part of the hull upon launch but, y'know, sentimental attachment.
2 years away, no more sentimental attachment and FDev haven't gotten around to fixing the issue with launching limpets so the T10 has got to go.

I used to laser-mine in a T9 and, honestly, it was almost the perfect ship (for me).
256t capacity, 14 Collectors and all the modules fit with almost no wasted capacity.
The only real problem was that it had no defensive weapons although, in the ED universe (where pirates show up as soon as you drop out of SC and then vanish forever), that wasn't a big deal.

Had a bit of a think about an alternative large laser-ming ship.
Beluga is a non-starter since it's largest slot is a C6, which means half it's slots are taken with cargo racks to get 256t.
Anaconda is better but it still doesn't seem to turn out especially well and, with the bridge at the back, it isn't great for getting nose-to-nose with 'roids.
Corvette isn't bad. It's agile, can be configured almost as well as a T9 but it's got the same issue as the Annie', with the bridge at the back.
Cutter has C8 slots and the bridge is at the front but it can't support as many collectors as the T9 and it isn't exactly agile.

Anyway, if anybody's got any suggestions for an efficient large laser-mining ship, I'd be happy to see them... before I start rebuilding my old T9.


Also, while I'm at it, I did a search on Youtube for "Elite dangerous laser mining" and a whole bunch of the results seem to feature T7s.
I get that the T7 is pretty agile (for a flying brick) but it doesn't really have the internal slots or the hardpoints for a decent laser-mining ship.
Anybody know why people seem to choose the T7 to go laser-mining?

I fly with the miners corporation (MICO) squadron. Why not join us and see the ships and outfitting we use. T10 Cutters and T8's. See us on discord and you tube.

 

[Pville_Piper]

I used it for mining once, it's definitely not the best in terms of speed of stripping rocks (a "disadvantage" that can be offset somewhat by keeping the cargo hold to a conservative size), but if you're not trying to maximise credits per hour and just want to enjoy a relaxing mining trip, it ticks most of the other boxes.

That's pretty much me, I also Deep Core mine in a Keelie, I can make 20 million in an hour or so... I don't like to spend hours mining.

I not one of those who worries about maximum payouts per hour and prefer activities that are enjoyable.