Ships T9 manoeuvrability

RadiKyle · Nov 15, 2016

So I finally bought a T9. O - M - G I had no idea just how slowwww this thing manoeuvres! :O

I mean I expected it to be sluggish, but it feels like max control deflection just to match the mailslot, lol! [hotas] (I leaned it's better to rotate opposite the station to sync up with the mail slot, because will never catch it in time rotating in the same direction, lol).

Almost died so many times! Already had one station crash on a 1.3G planet.

This thing doesn't turn so much as it just orbits and waits for the planets to align with it! [squeeeee]

Here it is, altering the gravitational constant of a small star... Adjust your time clocks accordingly!

zimms · Nov 16, 2016

Yes, it's really sluggish. But it's sooo beautiful - in its own way.

Jimbodiah · Nov 19, 2016

T9 Maneuvarability: "If it's not straight in front of us, we can't go there."

Bomba Luigi · Nov 19, 2016

Hehe, its part of what makes the T9. He not just looks heavy and has heavy in the Name, he also feels heavy. And its great!

RadiKyle · Nov 20, 2016

Jimbodiah said:
T9 Maneuvarability: "If it's not straight in front of us, we can't go there."

LOL! It's probably the real reason why the landing pads rotate [big grin]

SplashX2 · Nov 20, 2016

Just moments ago I thought about buying one ... :-D but now I am quite unsure ... is the manovering with A-rated thrusters a bit more ... "comfy".

RadiKyle · Nov 20, 2016

SplashX2 said:
Just moments ago I thought about buying one ... :-D but now I am quite unsure ... is the manovering with A-rated thrusters a bit more ... "comfy".

I just have 7D thrusters on mine. It's another 50 million(!) to buy 7A!

According to ED Shipyard (with stock loadout):

7D (deg/s)	Pitch	Roll	Yaw
Unladen	21	21	9
Laden	20	20	8

7A (deg/s)	Pitch	Roll	Yaw
Unladen	22	22	9
Laden	21	21	9

Boost doesn't change much either.

On my own loadout with the light D-class components (and no engineering), I can hit 23/23/9 unladen. Oooo

SplashX2 · Nov 20, 2016

RadiKyle said:
I just have 7D thrusters on mine. It's another 50 million(!) to buy 7A!

According to ED Shipyard (with stock loadout):

7D (deg/s) Pitch Roll Yaw
Unladen 21 21 9
Laden 20 20 8

7A (deg/s) Pitch Roll Yaw
Unladen 22 22 9
Laden 21 21 9

Boost doesn't change much either.

On my own loadout with the light D-class components (and no engineering), I can hit 23/23/9 unladen. Oooo

Oh ... :-D Well, I don't think engineering can do much better either. ;-) So how is the T9 after those few days?

RadiKyle · Nov 20, 2016

SplashX2 said:
Oh ... :-D Well, I don't think engineering can do much better either. ;-) So how is the T9 after those few days?

It does what I bought it for, which is max cargo. I haul 500 tons, which is double what I could get in my iClipper (240). I could have bought a T7 but I already had the money so decided I'd try the T9.

The main downside is the very short jump range. Most systems are too far apart so it has to do crazy circular jump routes, 6 hops where a regular ship would be 1-2 hops. I have no idea how people move these things all around the bubble to run CGs. Maybe they just take a regular ship and then pay the money to fedex the T9. Must be expensive tho!

Eng'g a better 6A FSD is probably the biggest improvement that can be done for this thing. I'm just not looking forward to the trip there! I think I'll wait for engineer storage before doing that.

SplashX2 · Nov 20, 2016

Mhh I'd recommend the FSD upgrade ... with a grade 5 mod the T9 should do fine. In theory my build is as follows: https://coriolis.edcd.io/outfit/type_9_heavy/0pftsFklndssif6-----040002040706054a0303020224.Iw18eQ==.Aw18eQ==.H4sIAAAAAAAAA2MWmSLIwPD-PwDPmG0dCAAAAA==?bn=Tradonkey but I don't think one can run out any pirates without packing a fighter or better shields and currenty I am keeping interdicted quite often!

So until then (or an anaconda) I am sticking to my Python (280t) https://coriolis.edcd.io/outfit/pyt...YGP7-BwB7YTgpHAAAAA==?bn=Marauder - Freighter

RadiKyle · Nov 21, 2016

SplashX2 said:
Mhh I'd recommend the FSD upgrade ... with a grade 5 mod the T9 should do fine. In theory my build is as follows: https://coriolis.edcd.io/outfit/type_9_heavy/0pftsFklndssif6-----040002040706054a0303020224.Iw18eQ==.Aw18eQ==.H4sIAAAAAAAAA2MWmSLIwPD-PwDPmG0dCAAAAA==?bn=Tradonkey but I don't think one can run out any pirates without packing a fighter or better shields and currenty I am keeping interdicted quite often!

So until then (or an anaconda) I am sticking to my Python (280t) https://coriolis.edcd.io/outfit/pyt...YGP7-BwB7YTgpHAAAAA==?bn=Marauder - Freighter

So far I've only had 2 NPC interdict me, and I simply waked away from both. The game generally matches thestrength of the npc with your own ship. Since the T9 combat rating is rubbish, it was only an eagle and I think a cobra that tried to get me. The T9 is a tank compared to those ships and can't be mass locked so I just wake away before they could do much damage.

I agree it definitely needs the FSD engg upgrade, I'm just not looking forward to the long trip to get there.