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Post by feld on Sept 19, 2019 16:36:21 GMT
Has anyone beat Homecoming with the stock MPD driven micro-gee acceleration belt trawlers? I know that the low acceleration is why it's hard...possibly impossible due to the desired transit time. I'm just wondering if the mission was designed as a test of my precision flying skills or to give the player a better intuition about high thrust/low Isp vs. low thrust/high Isp trajectories. I've only messed with it for a little while but my gut tells me that I should be able to close that trajectory with the stock fleet.
EDIT: Of note, I haven't tried using the second trawler as a drop tank or stage yet. |
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Post by airc777 on Sept 19, 2019 17:05:19 GMT
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Post by AtomHeartDragon on Sept 19, 2019 17:11:05 GMT
EDIT: Of note, I haven't tried using the second trawler as a drop tank or stage yet. That won't be of any help - time limit on this mission is 2Y whereas trawler needs >3Y to expend all its propellant. My guess is that this mission is meant to teach player the importance of acceleration in addition to just delta-v and of picking the right fleet for the job. Those are all custom ships with custom reactors and MPDTs. |
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Post by feld on Sept 19, 2019 17:28:32 GMT
This does not answer my question. I mean beating it with the vanilla missions two mpd belt-trawlers (what fish are they catching i wonder). The trawlers are far from the optimum characteristic velocity for the mission. I'm wondering if the trajectory closes with those. @atomdragon - thanks ... That's what I needed to hear. |
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Post by airc777 on Sept 19, 2019 17:38:07 GMT
I feel like I have done it, but I don't have picture evidence of having done it. It doesn't take that much delta V to actually do it, I originally did it with a NTR. It should be possible with just more of the stock mpdts on a non stock craft?
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Post by airc777 on Sept 19, 2019 17:44:01 GMT
What you want to do is roughly this.
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Post by AtomHeartDragon on Sept 19, 2019 18:01:30 GMT
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Post by feld on Sept 19, 2019 18:20:16 GMT
Folks, all great stuff but please dont waste any more time on my account. I can do it with one of the stock tankers but was only curious about the possibility of doing it with the mission as qswitched vanilla configured it.
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Post by AtomHeartDragon on Sept 19, 2019 20:03:15 GMT
Folks, all great stuff but please dont waste any more time on my account. You know that most of us are here because of fun, right? |
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Post by feld on Sept 19, 2019 20:21:34 GMT
Good point. I forget sometimes. A side-effect of a hobby becoming your day job.
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