On the Horizon: the Hull C !!!

[Shadow Reaper]

For comparison, the Hull C has a Large Q drive, same as the Cat, but hauls about 8X as much.

I was very surprised to find the spine down the center of the extended frame is traversable. Nice ship that some say is the largest Hull that can be handled by one person. Same max crew size as the Cat--4 persons.

View: https://youtu.be/ZfM1_1VsgRE

 

[Bambooza]

For comparison, the Hull C has a Large Q drive, same as the Cat, but hauls about 8X as much.

I was very surprised to find the spine down the center of the extended frame is traversable. Nice ship that some say is the largest Hull that can be handled by one person. Same max crew size as the Cat--4 persons.

View: https://youtu.be/ZfM1_1VsgRE

That traversable spine is why it's not in-game yet. Its been waiting on engine coders to allow for physic grids to morph at run time.

 

[Michael]

That traversable spine is why it's not in-game yet. Its been waiting on engine coders to allow for physic grids to morph at run time.

This and also docking and some other minor features are needed (for example larger cargo boxes (8, 16, 32, 64, 128 SCU (?)), as 3600 boxes with 1 SCU will kill every server performance)

 

[CosmicTrader]

This video excited me as I have a Hull-B (for CityBoppin & BarHoppin) and was impressived with the interior.
I believe my Hull-B will be a very useful ship in game.
--- and FUN!

 

[Lorddarthvik]

For comparison, the Hull C has a Large Q drive, same as the Cat, but hauls about 8X as much.

I was very surprised to find the spine down the center of the extended frame is traversable. Nice ship that some say is the largest Hull that can be handled by one person. Same max crew size as the Cat--4 persons.

View: https://youtu.be/ZfM1_1VsgRE

Seems like it will be something I'll be aiming to get for my space truckin needs. Very cool!

Quiet a while back I remember someone stating that the physics grid issues that comes with changing shape have been solved and so they can get this thing in game soon!

 

[maynard]

I'm still waiting to learn which of the Hull series will fit in the small and medium wormholes

the Hull A has significantly less cargo capacity than the Freelancer Max, which is able to traverse small wormholes and has great tank

so the Hull A is useless IMO

but what about the Hull B, which has significantly more capacity? What's the smallest wormhole it will fit through?

I think mining and manufacturing bases in systems where you can't get attacked by big ships would be really attractive

and make exploring for small and medium wormholes worthwhile

as long as you can get your goods in and out efficiently

 

[Bambooza]

I'm still waiting to learn which of the Hull series will fit in the small and medium wormholes

the Hull A has significantly less cargo capacity than the Freelancer Max, which is able to traverse small wormholes and has great tank

so the Hull A is useless IMO

but what about the Hull B, which has significantly more capacity? What's the smallest wormhole it will fit through?

I think mining and manufacturing bases in systems where you can't get attacked by big ships would be really attractive

and make exploring for small and medium wormholes worthwhile

as long as you can get your goods in and out efficiently

Leave it to @maynard to worry about which hole his ship will fit in.


I also would be concerned about the new flight coding and how the Hull series would act.

 

[Shadow Reaper]

This vid is very old. I think we're a long way from seeing Hulls other than the C.

 

[Richard Bong]

I'm still waiting to learn which of the Hull series will fit in the small and medium wormholes

the Hull A has significantly less cargo capacity than the Freelancer Max, which is able to traverse small wormholes and has great tank

so the Hull A is useless IMO

but what about the Hull B, which has significantly more capacity? What's the smallest wormhole it will fit through?

I think mining and manufacturing bases in systems where you can't get attacked by big ships would be really attractive

and make exploring for small and medium wormholes worthwhile

as long as you can get your goods in and out efficiently

They actually stated they are rethinking the entire "wormhole size" thing. I am seriously considering putting a Hull-B in my fleet.

 

[BUTUZ]

so the Hull A is useless IMO

No you are missing two facts.
1. The Hull A is a similar price to a starter ship - ship prices do really matter to many people out there.
2. Corporate efficiency - the Hull A is supposed to be super efficient with regard to fuel economy. Whilst fuel economy doesn't exist now as the fuel price is so absurdly low, it will in the future.
3. I recon when the build it the Hull A will carry a bit more cargo than was originally advertised!

I melted all my hulls when CIG gave up on it a couple of years ago but I do want an A and a C back.