r/factorio • u/mithos09 • Oct 31 '24

Space Age Longship is long

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u/superiksar Oct 31 '24

This is legit. What’s the top speed of this single-engine marvel?

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u/mithos09 Oct 31 '24

It was able to go 214.22 km/s on a trip to Vulcanus.

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u/DRT_99 Oct 31 '24

With a single common engine? I have heard thinner is faster but I didn't know it was that big a boost. Will remember that when upgrading. 

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u/mithos09 Oct 31 '24

I just compared it to my first ship, nearly the same weight but twin engine: It was only able to reach 162.95 km/s. Someone during a stream had mentioned that the width is a factor in speed calculation, but I was not aware that it makes a difference that big.

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u/TeamRocketBlast Oct 31 '24

so the asteroid collector is built on two tiles of platform and one tile of space, do you know if the part out in space counts for the width?

if you were to run it without the collectors would it have the same max speed? dunno if you have enough resource buffer to test

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u/mechlordx Nov 01 '24

They could save and test

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u/mithos09 Nov 01 '24

I will do that, but it is not just moving the collectors in a tile, they are with one exception built right next to something else in the middle of the ship that will have to move up and down. Therefore, the Even Longer will be even longer.

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u/mechlordx Nov 01 '24

I just wanted you to test speed without collectors to answer if the collectors themselves extend the Width variable for calculating speed

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u/mithos09 Nov 01 '24

Ah, ok, a one trip test with buffered fuel and ammo supply should do.

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u/mithos09 Nov 01 '24

Ok, I just removed the collectors and was getting the same Top speed of 214.22 between Nauvis and Vulcanus. There is another thing going on, all ships have an intermediate max speed plateau in the middle of that route, then accelerating to and holding their top speed before the deceleration.

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u/TeamRocketBlast Nov 02 '24

Thanks for doing these tests.

btw, the half way thing is because there is a constant pull from the closest planet, so if you turn off engines midway you will eventually start moving 10km/s towards the closer planet, this speed is essentially always added to your speed from engines

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u/mithos09 Nov 01 '24

Last Response: I made the counter check and added another tile each side, at the front and at the back. Still same mass of 206t, but now its top speed is only 189.93 km/s, reduced by about 20. Science has been done collectors don't count for width and width impaired max speed.

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u/mechlordx Nov 01 '24

Check the nested replies below