WILL! IT! HOLD!?

tavelpenguin · Dec 18, 2019

I am taking my Cobra MK III and smashing it into a planet and it's at 501 speed units. You have about 10 minutes. Will my shields hold? Right now it's 0.35 G. 200 KM left! If you want me to try this with another planet just tell me the planet. Result:

Rick6549 · Dec 18, 2019

Probably not

tavelpenguin · Dec 18, 2019

Rick6549 said:
Probably not

Why not? Will my ship's hull hold?

Rick6549 · Dec 18, 2019

tavelpenguin said:
Why not? Will my ship's hull hold?

You'll be going far too fast for a nornal cobras shield to hold, the hull might

Rick6549 · Dec 18, 2019

CMDR Maylor Rom said:
Why?

I know the forums dont usually have any fun but i think this is a nice change

tavelpenguin · Dec 18, 2019

I have a bit better shields and I put full pips.

tavelpenguin · Dec 18, 2019

Wish me luck. Less than 50 KM

tavelpenguin · Dec 18, 2019

We have our result.

NorthernDevo · Dec 18, 2019

NOW the big question is does the brand new crater stay on the planet?

tavelpenguin · Dec 18, 2019

NorthernDevo said:
NOW the big question is does the brand new crater stay on the planet?

I should have checked

Madrax573 · Dec 18, 2019

501m/s speed?

You need to switch off that assist computer, get into a speedbowl situation and get that speed up into the km/s!

I got my Keelback upto 12km/s on a 3g planet once and it survived the collision with a lip of a crater

It would be fun to see how a cobra III withstands it!

tavelpenguin · Dec 19, 2019

Madrax573 said:
501m/s speed?

You need to switch off that assist computer, get into a speedbowl situation and get that speed up into the km/s!

I got my Keelback upto 12km/s on a 3g planet once and it survived the collision with a lip of a crater
It would be fun to see how a cobra III withstands it!

You had a 3 G planet and I had 0.35 G planet.

Madrax573 · Dec 19, 2019

tavelpenguin said:
You had a 3 G planet and I had 0.35 G planet.

You can speedbowl even on low g planets, can easily get over 1km/s in the cobra on that planet