Upturned fish

[Upturned fish]

Hi everyone, sorry but I’ve never posted any thread, on any forum before, ( being an old elite spectrum guy! ) but the new elite is great and I had to share the fact that I’ve just managed to land on a planet over 35 times earth masses! ( BOEWNST RD-E5 129 A3 )
Has any one found larger than that to land on?

 

[Redfox]

Welcome! ...and you might need to re-calibrate the use of 'old' around here

Anyway, regarding your question:
- More massive? Yes: 108 EM (https://eddb.io/body/11413284)
- Larger? Probably, but you didn't provide the radius: 28k km (https://eddb.io/body/1991409)

 

[Major Klutz]

Congratz and welcome.

BOEWNST RD-E5 129 isn't listed in EDDN. What was the gravity like?

"The Mighty" or Kyloalks DL-Y g17 4 is only 96.6 EM but is currently the highest gravity (9.9G) landable due it's radius of only 19,925km
HD 148937 3 or "Strong G" is a close second at 9.8G and is much closer to the bubble if you like high gravity landings.

 

[Redfox]

BOEWNST RD-E5 129 isn't listed in EDDN.

There's a typo in the provided name

 

[Eahlstan]

It isn't listed without the typo either. BOEWNST RD-E b5 129

 

[Upturned fish]

BOEWNST RD-B e5129 A 3

Ok, it looks like it was only 4.05G, but I nearly stuffed it in to the ground anyway!

 

[Major Klutz]

Ok, it looks like it was only 4.05G, but I nearly stuffed it in to the ground anyway!

It's easy to do on high G planets. Depending on your ship and thrusters, over 2 or 3Gs, your side and bow thrusters can't hold you up and flight assist can lag significantly on your belly thrusters resulting in a hard landing or worse.
If you want to know more about ship behavior in high G, check my guide linked in my signature.

 

[Upturned fish]

High G guide

Very comprehensive guide indeed.
Looks like I learnt pretty quick, that it was forward thrusters and nose slightly up, gear down and after one near death smash, never put thrusters downwards! Ha.