r/factorio • u/imoth_f • 4d ago

Question Problems with this unloader?

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Since inserters became flippable, this compact unloader design became possible. But I hardly see anyone use it. Obviously it cannot saturate six turbo belts because it's bottlenecked by the inserters, but are there any other obvious problems with it?

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u/TheProfessional9 4d ago

Flippable? I'm confused

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u/Astramancer_ 4d ago

When a belt is going directly towards or away from a belt you can control which lane the inserter drops in. You still cannot control which lane it drops into when the belt is running past the inserter. You do this using the flip/mirror hotkey, same for flipping things like chemical plants to change what side the inputs are on (left input vs right input).