Ship Builds & Load Outs Performance enhanced thruster query

StiTch

StiTch
Hi folks of the forum

<self-indulgent background> So I've been out and about battering enemies with my iClipper, FDL and Python of late. The excitement is still there for them, but I said a short while back that I would return to my iCourier, which I adore as a ship. And now my heart yearns for it again. </self-indulgent background>

I want to try the performance enhanced thrusters, but I'm a bit of a optimisation nerd. Is anyone able to let me know what mass you have to get below on the performance enhanced C3 thrusters to actually start seeing a gain over the standard ones?

Ta muchly!
 
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SYN_Mars

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3A enhanced thrusters have optimum mass of 90t so the courier will still need to go on a diet! I'm using this at the moment (put Scoop, interdictor, afmu and cargo hatch in priority 4-5). Boost 488 with full tank. Just noticed that the fuel tank is 8t - replace with a 4t tank to get below 90. With th3a scoop you get 2 jumps per tank of fuel

In exploration build with no weapons it does 600!
 
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goemon

goemon
compared to 3A thrusters you'll gain speed at 105T and manouverability at 90T.

after 70T it caps out (no gain).

i have a pair of L2 lightweight multicannons on it, and a L1 lightweight beam.... less then 80T now...
 

Ceekay

Ceekay
Both ED shipyard or Coriolis have issues with the new thrusters being unable to estimate speed/boost and Coriolis has the power demand for the class 3 as 3 MW instead of 5 MW, from my own experience with a Viper in Beta going 10 - 15 % over the optimal mass will lose all the performance gains from the new thrusters.

However it's easier to get a decent build with a iCourier as it's a light ship as bought (25 T less hull than a Viper!) so there's a lot more loadout options than a Viper can support, here's a starter build I reckon the enhanced thrusters are the equivalent of a level 5 Engineer mod (approx 25%) so at optimal mass (90 t) max cruise around 340 m/s and boost around 520 m/s, I'd do a search on the forum or Google as someone's bound to have made a video of it.

http://www.edshipyard.com/#/L=707,4yH7u57u50mI01Q01Q0mI,2-6Q4t5K2C4s3m5A,7Pc
 

Tettric

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I barely did any weight optimisation on my courier during beta but the PE thrusters took the boost speed to just below 500mps. With clean drive tuning that was raised to about 530mps.

Also modify your weapons with the 'light weight mount' mod. It reduces weight and integrity but with the courier's shields integrity doesn't matter all that much because they rarely go down at all!
 

Alex Brentnall

Alex Brentnall
I fully advise taking a fully stripped courier into a RES sometime if you can get enhanced with a good Dirty Drive mod on. No shields, no weapons, just blazing speed playing dodge the asteroids in assistance off mode. I had great fun on a recent beta livestream buzzing players and Ed Lewis at 780m/s :D
 
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