XR-5 Carrier

[Ark]

What do you guys use when you want to take one or two XR-5s with you on an interplanetary flight? Most of the usual suspects for interplanetary stuff don't have the power or the proper balance for the job. The James Cook and Deepstar 2.0 both have opposite docking ports for balance, but don't have the thrust. Has anyone else successfully taken an XR5 to Jupiter or Saturn?

 

[markl316]

I usually just fly it by itself, cause it's so huge. Can deepstar still not take an XR5 if you empty the payload bay and fuel tanks?

And IIRC, didn't deepstar 1.0 have a pretty high thrust? Like 5 g's when nearing empty?

 

[garyw]

I'm using the XR-5 as a giant cargo ship flying to the moon to resupply my brighton beach base which is the staging ground for my Arrow trip out to Venus, Mars and other places.

 

[jedidia]

You can nerf the Deepstar pretty easily by editing the ini-file to give it whatever thrust you'd like to have (I actually nerfed it DOWN, to the values of a moderately possible fusion engine, and pumped the mass up to 1000 tons empty mass... makes for interesting flying).

 

[Ark]

You can nerf the Deepstar pretty easily by editing the ini-file to give it whatever thrust you'd like to have (I actually nerfed it DOWN, to the values of a moderately possible fusion engine, and pumped the mass up to 1000 tons empty mass... makes for interesting flying).

That's what I was thinking as a solution, I was just curious if there was anything else out there with the thrust to tow those pigs.