Why does fuel run out so fast?
- Thread starter rupok
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Yep, you can put fuel tanks in place of cargo slots now - have a look at the outfitters.
The better the FSD the less fuel it uses for the same jump. Eg an A5 FSD will use less fuel to jump 5LY than a D3. Assuming the same ship of course.
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I have a max rating max class fsd on my clipper
I wanted to kit out for trading on the side also.
Is a class 2 rank a fuel scoop good for a clipper?
Man, you are on the wrong forums. Try here: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=75
class 7 fuel scoop: 12 sec
class 6 fuel scoop: 18 sec
class 5 fuel scoop: 27 sec
class 4 fuel scoop: 46sec
class 3 fuel scoop: 1min 30sec
class 2 fuel scoop: 3min 33sec to fill stock fuel tank
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It's true then You can buy some extra fuel.
No, unless you don't mind waiting three and a half minutes to fill up the tank. Even a class 4 will take 45 seconds, though little and often is the way to do it.
But if you're trading on long routes, why not just dial the route plotting slider back a little? It might take you an extra jump or two, but the shorter jumps are much more economical. It's a square law: if you drop your average jump distance by 30%, you'll use 50% less fuel.
PSA: This can easily happen if you're mining in a large ship. It's not "many hours", just a couple
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A tank is a tank...what does a better rating on a tank even mean?
"This 20 gallon fuel tank has a higher rating, therefore it now can fit 40 gallons."
An A-rated tank shoots back.A tank is a tank...what does a better rating on a tank even mean?
"This 20 gallon fuel tank has a higher rating, therefore it now can fit 40 gallons."
A tank is a tank...what does a better rating on a tank even mean?
"This 20 gallon fuel tank has a higher rating, therefore it now can fit 40 gallons."
Maybe higher grade fuel or something? Lol
Woah! I didnt know about this! Could have saved myself a lot of fuel scooping if I had! Haha!
Brilliant stuff! Gonna respec my ship....
Yeah...but that would mean that the fuel itself had a higher rating...not the actual fuel tank.
We can of course start talking about how a different type of fuel would maybe require a different form of fuel tank for storage and maybe a different type of power plant to process it, but that's something different...
Perhaps the higher-rated fuel tank has fewer holes for the fuel to leak out of...
If you are thinking of adding extra tanks keep in mind that the fuel cost for a jump scales in proportion to the total mass of the ship hull plus components plus cargo plus fuel so you will use more fuel to carry the extra fuel along with you. Insert your own Xzibit image here. Since each FSD has a cap on per-jump fuel usage your jump range will also be reduced and you will need to make more jumps to reach your destination.
That doesn't mean that fuel tanks are useless, though. They do save time scooping or docking to refuel, and sometime there are areas of space - even in civilised space - where scooping isn't possible.
Plus with fuel tanks and a fuel transferrer limpet controller you could be a Fuel Rat. Or fuel cat.
If you are thinking of adding extra tanks keep in mind that the fuel cost for a jump scales in proportion to the total mass of the ship hull plus components plus cargo plus fuel so you will use more fuel to carry the extra fuel along with you. Insert your own Xzibit image here. Since each FSD has a cap on per-jump fuel usage your jump range will also be reduced and you will need to make more jumps to reach your destination.
That doesn't mean that fuel tanks are useless, though. They do save time scooping or docking to refuel, and sometime there are areas of space - even in civilised space - where scooping isn't possible.
Plus with fuel tanks and a fuel transferrer limpet controller you could be a Fuel Rat. Or fuel cat.