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Old 07-03-2020, 11:03 PM   #27
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Originally Posted by Krovikan View Post
I'd like to build a full solar ship, with a large bank of batteries and a backup engine that I turn off.

Do you do the ship or base start, I've done the ship mostly, but I think I'm going to try the base next.

The first few times I just started with the ship. I did start one with the base, and once I got the shape I liked, I started disemboweling components from the base and moved it to the ship til I left an empty base.


Solar is great, I saw a design that a guy did a complete solar ship, with massive amounts of panels, the only problem is that you need to make sure you drop close to the sun or you'll brown out.


I've done a hybrid, my monstrous ship has 4 generators of the mid sized variety, and then solar cells to provide a power boost when they get sun.
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