Question Deepstar 2.0 Mass

[n72.75]

The boat my father works on is only 30m long but weighs 175,000Kg

So 300,000Kg for a spacecraft of 348m is grossly out of proportion.

 

[Epsilon]

If I may make a suggestion - there's a vessel out there called the Donovan Class Interplanetary Vehicle (DCIV) - under my addons page. I gave a pretty realistic weight for the thing (2000t), plus a similar amount of fuel mass (2200t). There's a lot of stuff in the addon page, but the big thing that makes it a realistic possibility is that it runs on water (It's a steam engine, sort of - read the readme.) What you can do, of course, is refill it anywhere that's got water.
That being said, I think I got the handling and weight ratios right - I actually somewhat used the same values that Dig Gil mentioned in his post way above to figure out the mass. A bonus to this is that it's nowhere near as horrible if you want to dock a ship to it that isn't one of those specific landers - you can actually perform an autoburn without flailing wildly because you've got something the same weight as the entire ship hanging off to one side.

Note: Eventually, it -will- be UMMU compatible, but it isn't yet. Put your ships into safe mode of some description. ^_^

Other Note: Yes, I'm pimping my addon. I don't care - it's better than the deepstar.

 

[Brycesv1]

i cant wait for the DCIV to have electronics and UMMU. it will be my dreamship... that and the blackdart

 

[n72.75]

i cant wait for the DCIV to have electronics and UMMU. it will be my dreamship... that and the blackdart

DCIV???

 

[Xyon]

If I may make a suggestion - there's a vessel out there called the Donovan Class Interplanetary Vehicle (DCIV) - under my addons page. I gave a pretty realistic weight for the thing (2000t), plus a similar amount of fuel mass (2200t). There's a lot of stuff in the addon page, but the big thing that makes it a realistic possibility is that it runs on water (It's a steam engine, sort of - read the readme.) What you can do, of course, is refill it anywhere that's got water.
That being said, I think I got the handling and weight ratios right - I actually somewhat used the same values that Dig Gil mentioned in his post way above to figure out the mass. A bonus to this is that it's nowhere near as horrible if you want to dock a ship to it that isn't one of those specific landers - you can actually perform an autoburn without flailing wildly because you've got something the same weight as the entire ship hanging off to one side.

Note: Eventually, it -will- be UMMU compatible, but it isn't yet. Put your ships into safe mode of some description. ^_^

Other Note: Yes, I'm pimping my addon. I don't care - it's better than the deepstar.

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