Anyone tried it?
Mining in a vulture ?
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Yep. It's surprisingly good. Agile, good distributor, doesn't fit many limpets though.
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And you can mine tonnes and tonnes. Like 3. 
I'd only use it for missions. But I'll be using one I came up with earlier for mining materials over the weekend.
That's 38 tons Lizard. Never forget about the bins.
And yeah, it's a pretty good selective miner. (every combat ship is)
And yeah, it's a pretty good selective miner. (every combat ship is)
FD please...throw new content at us.
Players are getting bored!
Some people just got to create their own.
Mining in a Vulture??? Are you out of your mind? It's like using a tank to go shopping!
Well, finding a park isn't a problem.
I've just been doing a little mining for the CG using the Vulture I described above. It is definitely frustratingly slow with only one collector limpet.
Swapped the shields, as you suggest, for a 3A for another run, much better with 3 collectors. Fortunately the Vulture's brakes are pretty good, as I still managed to faceplant a couple of times - not so great without shields.
I've engineered the powerplant (g5 overcharged) and the distributor (g5 charge enhanced - really good roll). On 4 pips to weapons, the capacitor doesn't budge when firing both mining lasers.
This is actually quite a good mining ship. I'm going to keep it fitted for materials mining. It's fairly cheap to transfer, so it will be handy to have available when I need some mats.
Shia gives great advice when it comes to mining in a Vulture.
[video=youtube;VAVLOHbqWd4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAVLOHbqWd4[/video]
Mining in a vulture would be crazy to me. Why not use an Asp Explorer, far FAR more suited to mining.
With an Asp E you can have 5 collector limpets on the go at once. I think you'd be limited to 2 with a Vulture.
Can a Vulture even equip a refinery, prospector module, collector modules AND leave room for ore?
With an Asp E you can have 5 collector limpets on the go at once. I think you'd be limited to 2 with a Vulture.
Can a Vulture even equip a refinery, prospector module, collector modules AND leave room for ore?
A Vulture has a superior distributor and will thus create fragments faster than an Asp. It also moves faster between asteroids due to little drift.
Yes, up to 3 collectors and 38 tons capacity with bins. See the posted builds above.
FD please...throw new content at us.
Players are getting bored!
Or at least some new ships!
Mining and Vulture are not two names I put together.