Elite: Dangerous - The Heat Is On

[@scarletlightning565]

I hate to be the "Um Actually, Jingles" person (no I don't :P), but Mercury isn't actually tidally locked to the sun. It's rotation and orbital periods are in a 2-3 resonance. The first probe sent to fly by Mercury did 2 passes at just the right interval that both times the same side was facing the Sun, leading to the false conclusion. Further study showed the error

[@logandarklighter]

And also lead to Larry Niven's "The Coldest Place" short story which described a visit to Mercury's supposed tidally locked dark side. He wrote the story after that first series of probes had given the false data. Sent the story in to John Campbell for publishing in the sci-fi- magazine he ran at the time. But just before the issue went to print, the CORRECT data was made known. And he actually sent a message to Campbell apologizing for the error and asking if Campbell still wanted the story and if he didn't, Niven would understand and take no offense. Campbell waved it off and published it anyway. It wasn't Niven's fault he reasoned that science marched on and made the story obsolete in it's depiction of Mercury. Besides, he told Niven, he didn't always pick stories for Scientific Accuracy, but whether they were GOOD STORIES. And he considered Niven's worth publishing by that criteria. :D

[@KingBanshee]

it's like a little over walking pace iirc

[@tomriley5790]

There was a Dan Dare story about mercury that had quite imaginative stuff relating to a civilsation on a tidally locked Mercury too

[@andreashorrneffer9768]

@@logandarklighter The "good stories" criteria is also the reason why I watch Jingles' videos. It's definitely not the scientific accuracy. :-)

[@57thorns]

@@andreashorrneffer9768 This is so true. A crap Jingles is an entertaining Jingles, just do not take his word for anything if you are going to play the game he showcases.

[@maciek19882]

When Jingles recalled his ship to the SRV I was hoping that the sun would cook it mid flight.

[@steffenrumpel2784]

Same here. I was somehow expecting for it to arrive as a dust of glowing bits and pieces. But ... nothing happened. So no cliff hanger about how he might manage to leave the planet without a ship.

[@CMDRunematti]

I think they're set to not take damage like that when you recall them

[@radu1611]

i was once on a planet and decided to recall my ship, whilst in a crater next to a crashed annie. was looking at my beautiful, blood red Clipper appear in sight, start gently to descend, clip a crater wall and explode. i was left dumb folded, and could only wait for the oxygen to run out. this really is a masterpiece of a game, honestly

[@CMDRunematti]

@@radu1611 WOW. I never had that happen. (come on it was the auto pilot, not the game! Realism FTW!) I really thought they were invincible, like 8G planet, the autopilot was landing, from 100m up it boosted down, impacted like a fucker... But no damage 🤷‍♂️ (on a serious note tho, shouldn't you get internal damage when colliding other ships even if the shield is up? That huge kinetic energy kick must go somewhere, I assume the force field is passing it to the generator... So all the structure around the generator must be stressed over the limit when my 2000ton cutter runs into an anaconda at over 500m/s speeds?)

[@bjornseine2342]

@@radu1611 Yeah, DO NOT trust the autopilot whenever there is ground at a higher level than you available to land :D Had issues with that twice; first time I was near the galactic core (luckily after selling my data at explorer's anchorage) in a wide canyon, autopilot decided to crash the ship into the cliff several kilometers away. Second time I had forgotten to deactivate/uninstall the docking computer in my racing iEagle, and it crashed me into the terrain next to the landing pads at Farseer Inc. I think I actually survived that one thanks to not-yet uninstalled shields.

[@exeuntomnes1653]

Suggested planetary landing : You could try "Strong G" which is a notorious high gravity planet with 9.76G at ground level. It's the 3rd planet in the HD 148937 system. Thanks for all the entertaining videos.

[@5ilent5hift]

Get in a fast ship, turn off Flight Assist and try to get it up to orbital speeds while falling towards your demise, it's pretty thrilling stuff and you can get some truly insane levels of speed! :D

[@Sylusssss]

The faster AND heavier the ship the better Mamba is the record holder afaik for speedbowling

[@5ilent5hift]

@@Sylusssss Very true! Something like 34km/s at this point with the Mamaba, right? Though I imagine he'll be much much happier with the rebuy on a Viper or iEagle, hahaha

[@Morhaxvith]

Or he can begin with Achenar 3, easy to get to and only 6,73G. In a type 7 or 9 ofcourse.

[@SecularFelinist]

Would be a pretty epic Jingles Landing.

[@karleaves]

Re: heat sinks. You can also synthesize them Jingles if you are running out instead of restocking at a station.

[@mahejo]

Thank you.. Glad I'm not the only one

[@jcorbett9620]

Plus you have the advantage of NOT subjecting your ship to extreme heat to go and fetch them :-)

[@micheljavert5923]

So did Jingles go all the way to Colonia without the materials to synthesize heat sinks? Brave man.

[@markberghel275]

19:29 Jingles: "Ship?" *Akizuki says hello!*

[@cadetstar]

Jingles: "Type-7... flies like a brick" Type-9 with D- rated thrusters: "Am I a joke to you? "

[@andreashorrneffer9768]

Yes, after flying around in my T9 the T7 feels really snappy.

[@ldobehardcore]

The T7 has an alternate pointing system. Essentially rotated 90 degrees. So it yaws way better than anything else, except for the Saud Kruger ships. The T7 yaws better than a lot of ships pitch. It is bad at rolling.

[@macbeth2354]

NPC interdiction: "Let's see what you're carrying in that cargo hold of yours!" Player interdiction: "lmao u gon die trololo wygd"

[@mattevans4377]

If more players were true PvPers (pirates, duelists), people might actually want to play in open more.....

[@macbeth2354]

@@mattevans4377 well it seems ganking and griefing appeals to so many, how the world has changed.

[@youmaybebusy]

Skadi: Goddess of winter Skadee: definitely not that

[@glenmcgillivray4707]

Jingles: Don't come here in a type 7 Transporter. Community: Challenge Accepted. *Proceed to outfit with the maximum capacity of heat sinks and Engineering mod their type 7's for heat efficency*

[@andreashorrneffer9768]

O.K. O.K. I'll slab some heatsinks on Weeping Insomniac (my T7) and see what I can do. :-)

[@deelkar]

also don't jump to frameshift, jump to the next system, then come back when leaving this planet.

[@andreashorrneffer9768]

O.K. My recommendation: don't fly there in a type 7. That thing is so *bleep*ing big that it's hard to find a spot where you can set it down. But the heat isn't that bad. A T7 has four utility hardpoints, that gives you 12 heatsinks without engineering. So just fly there normally (well, don't dwadle) and pop a heatsink whenever you start to overheat. Once you are out of supercruise close to the planet you don't get heated by the star anymore (I guess that just isn't implemented). I made it there and back using three heatsinks each. ( imgur.com/a/2NSvNOQ )

[@DarthWall275]

Forget the Type-7, try it in a Mamba, Vulture or Viper MK III.

[@latch9781]

*racks shotgun*

[@greyed]

"Crappy Diamondback Explorer." Oy, those're fighting words for my favorite exploration ship!

[@dragonwithamonocle]

Finally started engineering mine... already up to a 45 ly jump range (and that's not even unladen!)

[@empress_alex]

"Actually Jingles" Mercury isn't totally locked and has actually been seen to rotate although it's rotation is slow because of the sun's gravity it does still rotate.

[@sterby1]

Mercury is tidally locked but in a 3/2 resonance. It is rotating but in a resonance as a result of tidal lock, rotating 3 times every 2 orbits.

[@telecleez]

I figured a landing pad (without a docking comp) was the most dangerous thing to you Jingles.

[@peterzerfass4609]

Some love for the Type 7. That's the ship that really makes you feel like a space trucker. I always enjoyed using the 'fyling brick'

[@quigster8319]

"False summit". Crest the ridge, see another ridge, crest that ridge, see another... You get the idea.

[@derptomistic]

First time I got an SRV I landed on a random rocky planet and took it for a joy ride. About three minutes later I thought "Right, let's head back... where's my ship?" At the time I didn't know about the recall ship feature, so after ten minutes of driving around in a mad panic I remembered that in a Jingles video his SRV exploded and he respawned back in his ship. I then proceeded to find a large rock and repeatedly rammed into it for several minutes until my SRV destroyed itself. Then I learned that I could have just driven in a straight line until I was far enough away from where I thought the ship was and recalled it... That's a few thousand credits I'm never getting back...

[@andreashorrneffer9768]

That's I few thousand credits that you invested into your education! Once you start meeting gankers you'll loose a few (ten-, hundred-)millions that you're not getting back...

[@mastex5575]

I know the feeling of Not finding your ship. I went a different route though i asked my trustfull duck to search for a solution to my Problem and found that there was a Button and a menu to dismiss and recall my ship....

[@Roytulin]

I think you can do it even if you are close to the ship, by first ‘dismiss’ing the ship, and then ‘recall’ it.

[@jcorbett9620]

@@Roytulin Yes, you can. Just make sure you are far enough away from your ships thrusters to not be affected by their blast - especially on a low grav planet/moon, because if FDev have modelled physics correctly, you might find your SRV going sideways or rolling over the ground! :-)

[@jamesmbutler]

I didn't know, at first, my ship could be sent away & recalled - or that I had buttons assigned for it. The second or third time I was on the surface, in my SRV, I inadvertently hit the wrong button and I watched my ship take off without me. I yelled uselessly at my monitor - NO! Don't leave me!! - but I was stranded. Pirates, ship thieves, I had no idea what happened. A bit of frantic research and I learned about the Recall function. The relief of seeing my ship again, descending for a landing was great. Very great. BTW - Thank-you, JIngles! This is another Great Game you've got me into!! (seriously - thank-you!)

[@Chino56751]

When Jingles announces that he's going to land somewhere, that's cause to panic if you're onboard

[@ideki]

Skardee's Sun Cooking show: Today on the menu: 'Grilled Jingles' It is a simple recipe, Just put a very interesting planet within you gravitational pull, Turn the heat all the way up, And wait for the Jingles to miss is landing on the planet. In his attempt to escape the oven, he will turn over and make sure to be cooked on all side.

[@Arclite02]

You... You DO remember that you can synthesize new heatsinks on the fly, right Jingles??

[@Garryck-1]

NPC to player ship with no cargo:- "You have what I want." Me to NPC:- "What.. a functioning brain? Sorry, I'm already using this one.. and you wouldn't know what to do with it anyway."

[@giroromek8423]

The heat is on, old Beverly hills cop vibe.

[@zaqsdk]

Next on Elite: Dangerous with The mighty Jingles. 30 minutes of Jingles looking up the suggestions for where to go next, only to find 80% of them are 2 days worth of jumps away :p

[@Oene22]

Hey Jingles, I just wanted to tell all of the new buyers that you dont have to wait for the 27th of october. If you get the game now, you can just pick up the expansion for free on that date.

[@Truex007]

cheers mate! I thought I had been shafted by that...

[@MrShadowfax42]

@@Truex007 You get an exclusive free "Azure" paint job for every ship model in the game if you already own Horizons when they make it free. You're quids in.

[@saintmace9183]

Can confirm. I hadn’t played for like two years(never got into it) then watching this I thought I should try again. I was really surprised to see horizons had already downloaded on my Xbox

[@nanomage]

Suggested landing: Mitterand Hollow in the Epsilon Indi system. It is the moon of the 3rd planet (named New Africa, 260 ls from arrival point) of the primary star. It has an astounding rotational speed, completing one revolution in just under 1.5 minutes. Makes for quite a view.

[@new2melbtango]

Thanks for sharing this!! Can't wait to explore some more!

[@Maty83.]

Jingles, load a Type 9 up with beer, all B-rated components to max out weight and attempt to land on Achenar 3. EDIT: If you're feeling really bold, go for the lowest-grade A thrusters you can fit

[@Muck006]

Didnt he "lose" 4 tons of whiskey(?) last week? He drank the stuff is my explanation and later on he pleads innocence in the video.

[@Maty83.]

@@Muck006 Well, I mostly want to see him take off. The ship weighs 1980t fully laden (Minus 12t for SRV bay if he decides to take one). Now add to it Achenar 3's quirk

[@mrb692]

To put 2.6 light-seconds into perspective, that’s only twice the distance from the earth to the moon. And that’s to a star roughly equivalent to our sun

[@Depipro]

I liked this moment: Q: Ship? A: Mreow!

[@Maty83.]

At one point the Type 6 would cook you every time you tried engaging FSD unless you had an A-grade powerplant. So trading in a Type 6 needed to account for the repair bills.

[@Triplez43]

the second i saw this title Beverly hills cop started playing in my head. thanks for helping me rediscover this song jingles!

[@Golden_Spike]

Newer player here (120 hours). I'm an Imperial Duke and thought I'd try grinding the Federal ranks in Canopus/Exphiay running cargo and courier missions. I had enough cash on hand to pick up an Anaconda and outfit it. Holy cow! What a nightmare. There are two stations about 1 LS apart in Exphiay you have to visit. I was being interdicted 3 or 4 times every time I tried to travel between them. Plus a couple times from where you drop in to either station. They're NPCs, so even in an Anaconda I can usually evade, but just having to go through all that every time. Back to Kremata to switch ships for me and I'll switch over to Ceos/Sothis to see if it's not locked down right now.

[@potterendergaming5335]

I have problems with coming in to fast as well jingles don't worry it happens to the best of us.

[@IceTeaF00t]

Any Carrier has the ability to repair your entire ship. I love you Jingles, you are so crap I look at me in the mirror :D

[@topsecret1837]

Ah yes that one planet where you’ll burn up trying to land onto it, but not because it has an atmosphere.

[@joaopedrosantana3248]

Hey Jingles you can actually manufacture heatsinks with the raw material you have, it´s on the same tab as the ships inventory, and it means you dont need to turn the ship into a barbecue once you run out of heatsinks

[@artkarounos816]

This game looks like it would completely destroy my social life😂

[@cartho1103]

Coming from experience, it will

[@edmartin875]

THAT'S the plan !

[@MattB613]

I think this is the earliest I've ever been to a Jingles video, being on the West Coast I consider this quite an achievement.

[@derekmcmanus8615]

Congratulations

[@natheur3260]

This game looks beautiful. I'm really considering getting into it now

[@102728]

Jingles, if you haven't been to hutton orbital, you haven't played the game yet. I went there by accident when I started playing because I took a mission there, and since I've returned another time to pick up 3 tons of Hutton Mugs to release as tribute at Sag A*, Beagle point and Colonia. Maybe Evelyn's light instead in light of a recent loss of a cmdr's daughter. Either way, it's a while to fly to hutton, but it is in my opinion the perfect rite of passage for elite dangerous. flying for 1.5 hours in real time there for no real reward (yes yes except for the anaconda ofc) is exactly what ED is about. In the sandbox that this game is, where wherever you look everything is just sand in the end, you'll need to build your own sandcastle.The ability to fly there for that long for no apparent reason shows that you'll be able to forge your own story, or build your own sandcastle. Free condas, people, come and get 'em!

[@mattevans4377]

They actually improved the Type 7s heat capacity at one point. Still not great, but better than it was. It also has the best yaw rate in the game, which is great for avoiding interdictions.

[@57thorns]

One thing to check for those who are interested in buying the game: Check if the offer includes adding Horizons to all existing accounts, in which case go get the game _now_, but skip Horizons. There is enough to do in game for a month without planetary landings (which is the part you miss out on). Of course, no engineering during that month, but you might be able to get some of the engineering materials and prepare for unlocking by doing that 5 kly trip. Beta Site is a good spot for that as it is just outside the 5000 ly distance and a habited port to visit.

[@andreashorrneffer9768]

Yes, FDev said that Horizon will be added to all existing accounts. Those who already paid for Horizon will get a special paintjob for all their ships. (In addition to the fun of of playing Horizons already now.)

[@57thorns]

@@andreashorrneffer9768 Nice bonus for those of us who bought Horizons earlier this year.

[@garvindreis]

My recommendation (and personal mission) is to visit the Pillars of Creation located in Eagle Nebula. I figure in my Diamondback Scout. It will take me a day or 2 to get to. Its my 1st exploration trek out of the bubble and should be interesting/nerve racking.

[@PNurmi]

Good morning from the East Coast of the USA! Can't sleep so time to see what troubles our Salt Mine Lord can get into!

[@Nephilus1]

15:44 Unfortunately Jingles, there is no way to get rid of the space snow outside of using mods. The one I use is the 'Amazingly Realistic Immersion Mod'. I've set it to remove the space snow both in Super Cruise as well as in Normal Space.

[@tomriley5790]

Glad that they're including horizons in the base game - otherwise you'd have basically 3 different versions of the game floating around. If you drive more than 5km your ship self dismisses anyway - flies up into orbit, returns when recalled.

[@SqueakyBe]

"There's another ridge syndrome" == False summit. 😊 Good ode Jingles, never change sir

[@AshenVictor]

Now it's time to try at Spoihaae XE-X d2-9. Much like this one it's very close to its primary. Unlike this one the primary is a White Dwarf, the planet passes through the jet cones about once every half an hour and spends part of its time in the star's exclusion zone.

[@atigerclaw]

*Watches Jingles **_Crawl_** away from the planet and get baked the entire way out.* Me: Target the nearest star above you, and high wake from 2 km above the surface.

[@slateslavens]

yup

[@benbaselet2026]

And you would have synthesized more heatsinks. You clearly have no idea how to make entertaining videos do you? :-)

[@atigerclaw]

@@benbaselet2026 Entertainment: Noun. "The action of providing or being provided amusement or enjoyment." Sadly, I did not laugh at Jingles getting his ship fried on his escape attempt. So I was not provided amusement... And I did not enjoy the fact that he overlooked (deliberately or not) a far simpler, and less risky escape option. Rather, I was frustrated, which is more or less the opposite of enjoyment. At most, I would say this video 'occupied' me. But saying it is 'entertaining' is pushing the suspension of disbelief. Now, when Jingles verbally dissects a player's replay in WoWships, that's comedy gold.

[@benbaselet2026]

@@atigerclaw Yeah, well he's doing OK judging by the number of subs etc.

[@burcakb1]

The way recall ship works is, as soon as your SRV is a fair distance away from your ship, your ship takes off immediately. So the ONLY way you can return to your ship is to recall it. If you're attentive as you drive away, you'll even see your ship taking off. I guess they learned from Aliens the dangers of sitting on an alien planet with your cargo hatch open :D Also, that planet should've been named Crematoria

[@docOld55]

Coupla things Jingles - 1) you can make new heatsinks in flight. 2) I'm pretty sure your FSD won't fail unless it's below 80%, and then it's only a small chance depending on how far under 80% it is. You said your Docking Computer was 14%, but I've landed at a coriolis with my docking computer working perfectly at ~ 15%. Once.

[@armholeeio]

@Jingles a tip to lower heat especially in a exploration set up is turn off modules you don’t need. First thing is the shield when your off the planet surface, docking computer (ha Crow!) and anything else surplus to basic flight, it will cut the heat generation of your ship right down.

[@unfluffydave8798]

I hear that if you go silent running it cuts out those noisy heat generating bits :D

[@AnIllinoisan]

You can synthesize new heat sinks from materials, Jingles!

[@ChankkSaotome]

Mercury is actually tidally locked in 3:2 resonance, not 1:1 like most things we see or expect, so it rotates 3x every 2x around the sun. Very unique, but all faces do eventually face the sun.

[@marktownsend2384]

Hey Jingles! If you want another fun place to visit, how about the "Planet of Death"? It's planet that's orbiting a Neutron Star and actually passes through the star's jet cone. If you're landed with the planet between you and the star then you can survive the ride. It's SPOIHAAE XE-X D2-9 IIHC. Also, FYI, if you find yourself short on heat-sinks in future, you can synthesise new ones onboard ship using engineering materials.

[@UNSCrearadmiral]

Would love to see you take a look at the planet that trapped in an eliptical orbit with a Pulsar.... I think that takes the name for most dangerous planet

[@michael_aagaard]

Would it not be safer to jump to another system when trying to get away from skardee 1, rather than trying to get away from it in supercruise?

[@davidmoore1253]

Possibly, although the heat build-up from the FSD is much greater with a jump than with supercruise.

[@ChainedBeastTraining]

Jingles, next time you could consider locking onto a star within jump range that is a direct line from the dark side of the planet. When you jumped, you would jump out of the system altogether and not have a whit of heat problem.

[@Philipasu]

I might be wrong, but I think that if you get far away from the ship with the SRV, your ship will fly away and despawn. Not sure about the numbers though. For anyone who got stuck in an SRV and for some reason can't get back on ship (maybe due to a bug), just exit the game, and start it over without the horizon expansion - instant ship in orbit and SRV docked.

[@Sir.Craze-]

*Some Like it Hot and Some* *Sweat When the Heat is On* 🎩👌

[@clandebouyekid]

Next Elite Dangerous vid from Jingles with a Joan Armatrading song title, "Drop the Pilot!"

[@fishua5564]

Jingles... if you are near the edge enjoying the sunrise and you hit the hyper drive 90 degrees from the surface... you are no longer using the planet to block most of the heat! Cheers mate! I really enjoy how you make mistakes and show them... the regular shmo... the Klaus Kellerman of space.

[@Kar4ever3]

There's a planet in the Sol system that usually is very dangerous to land on. Think it's the 3'rd one from the star.

[@orciencor6001]

Suggestion for places to visit next: "Strong G". It's a bit of a trip, 1387 ly away from Sol, but an amusing place to land. As its name implies, it's a high gravity world. 9.77g infact (which is NOT the record highest for landables, by the way). Landing there is a fairly interesting task (as is all high g worlds) compared to normal. Even more difficult then Achenar 3 (which, if you haven't been too, is a good practice planet at 6.73g). Obviously, I'd suggest doing some minor research on ways to approach high-g landings if you do choose to go. It does have a fairly nice view, and of course, worth it for bragging rights. And if you can safely land and take off from high-g worlds, you can pretty much land anywhere. I've also been to Skardee 1 before. Been ages, but landed my conda there. If I remember right, I nearly fried her to death on take off, I completely forgot to bring heat sinks with me when I chose to go, and by the time I realized it, I was too far in to turn around. Did actually land near the terminator line, however. Fun view from there. It's always nice seeing a star take up almost the entire sky.

[@paulbradley589]

I have a suicide T7 transporter. Basically bugger the shields and weapons, they only take up cargo space, power and jump range. Upside however is 306 tonnes of cargo capacity.

[@andybrown4284]

The game loves to land mine in trespass zones rather than the flat ground beside me when I recall so was waiting for it to land in the hot zone. Horizons as a freebie is good news, makes sense as odyssey is expanding on planet landing which requires horizons. The "single" paint job is one for each ship so better than the uppity folk on steam are making it out to be, I've some ships missing the midnight black from the lifetime pass thing so a nice alternative. My first excursion in an SRV was me trying to drive the damn thing with a hotas, constantly bouncing in and out of the options to tweak things and after a few hours hating it enough to avoid driving for a month or so. These days I use a 360 controlled for the buggy and it works a charm with only downside being that the speed of the buggy means no VR due to motion sickness (trackIR is fine)

[@scribblescrabble3185]

btw. Mercury isn't tidally locked to the sun. It is in a 3:2 spin-orbit resonance with the sun, because of the high eccentricity this resonace is stable. Also, fun fact: the average Venus night is hotter than a Mercury day at the equator.

[@lanteanboy]

Jingles said he's not going to Hutton Orbital.... k, how bout Beagle Point :P

[@omega7628]

He'd probably cheat and hitch a ride on a carrier

[@coloradodrives7784]

You have inspired me to reinstall the game and continue my career as a master trader in my T9 transporter.

[@andrewchapman2039]

The Planet In Hell might be fun, and you'd see a sight that puts the little orange crescent today to shame. If you survive, of course.

[@zeazevedo]

I would like to see you trying a landing on a high gravity planet with, at least, 9 times the earth’s gravity... that would be memorable !

[@johanseinen8245]

You could also have jumped to an other system directly after take off as long as you have a clear view to the gate point.

[@EMBer3000]

"Fly in the shadow of the planet to avoid most of the heat". Then goes on to ignore this for most of the video.

[@CardScientist]

You think that's a hard landing Jingles, try landing at SPOIHAAE XE-X D2-9 planet A1, it orbits 2 Ls away from a white dwarf star and wanders into its exclusion zone and jet cone. Only problem is that it's out near Colonia

[@defiant9809]

Poor Jingels ! Whats that your asking for? Did you say you want the sun screen or the sun block? Just a minute . * Looks around for a minute then grabs a bottle and tosses it at Jingles * Watches as Jingles franticily starts applying the contents of said bottle vigerously too his skin. * Suddenly gets the over whelming urge for Honey BBQ. * Then accknowlages his mistake. Sorry Jingles that was a bottle of BBQ sauce.

[@jordanreeseyre]

Interestingly, Mercury is not tidally locked in a 1:1 synchrony. But we thought it was for decades. It rotates 3 times for every 2 orbits. It just so happens that every time we sent a probe, we caught Mercury in the same point of its rotation.

[@TallulahSoie]

Goodness gracious great balls of fire!

[@justanotherviewer52]

Thanks Jingles.

[@Rarius]

Actually Jingles...!!!! Mercury was once thought to be tidally locked, but radar observations in the 1960s proved otherwise. Its orbit is 87.97 days but it rotates on its axis in 115.88 days... giving it a local "day" longer than its "year"!

[@blue2sco]

Just bought the Elite Dangerous pack for PS4 after watching your clips. To infinity and beyond.......................once I've got past the training module that is.

[@danburrill8716]

Actually Jingles... What about synthesising more heatsinks (if you have the materials)? Also, don't you have an AFMU on your Diamondback Explorer that could repair the docking computer?

[@wwtoonlinkfan]

Next time you're near Colonia, visit SPOIHAAE XE-X D2-9 - the World of Death. It's a planet with an extremely eccentric orbit around a white dwarf star, and its lowest point takes it very close to the white dwarf, deep within its exclusion zone. You can actually see the disk of the white dwarf and some gravitational lensing there.

[@mabrick]

Interesting fact: if you put all the planets of the Sol system side by side, including Pluto, they wouldn't quite reach from the Earth to the moon (True! Look it up.) Two Earth-Moon distances is just a beach party without sun screen.

[@Sublight-MiniEV0]

Hey Jingles, you should definitely go check out the planet HD 148937 3 (third planet in the HD 148937 system). It is quite the tricky one to land on to say the least, not hot nor cold nor particularly interesting when you get to the surface, but let's just say it's not hard to get down to the surface, it's just very to to actually land on ;) Good luck if you decide to go there, I had a couple of bumps trying to land there mysef... o7

[@powerline4564]

Frameshift Drive malfunctions start at under 80% and you can synth heatsinks, also there is reboot and repair

[@XMan-mi6gs]

Jingles. I heard Kronos is lovely in autumn ... 😉

[@Ratty_Rex]

Jingles....... in space!..... again. ;) Can't beat it.

[@iKvetch558]

We already knew, but this is great confirmation that The Mighty Jingles is not at all into getting baked. He must have had a bad time in Amsterdam, at some point. LOL

[@Null24]

I thought it would be funny to land a cutter on the sunny side. I was promptly blown up from heat damage after landing and trying to leave. Quick tip for anyone landing on the sunny side. Dont supercruise off the planet. Make a hyperspace jump. You want take heat damage from trying to escape the star, only heat from spooling the frameshift drive.

[@PhilipKerry]

You can map a button to ship recall , saves looking at the srv panel :)

[@xxoddball17xx29]

Mercury isn't actually tidally locked. It is spinning. A day on Mercury last 58 days on Earth, and a Mercury year last 88, meaning that that you can see a double sunrise on Mercury as the planet rotates around the sun, before the planet's rotation brings it back into view.

[@lanteanboy]

Jingles, in the future, if you wish to slow down your FSD to minimum speed ASAP, just press your Throttle 0 key (X by default) once the Engage TImer is going as FSD can no longer be stopped during that timer

[@torurmidjord9909]

Luv ur ED vids man👍

[@prisonerofthehighway1059]

Isn’t there a planet that orbits through the jet cone of a white dwarf? That would provide us with the quality of entertainment we expect from our Gnome overlord lol.

[@charliebob8391]

I only just bought horizons a week ago if I’d known I would have held off

[@Philipasu]

I bought it about 3 months ago (it was half price, if I remember correctly), but still feel sad for not waiting :D

[@SeraphinoII]

Apparently you can still reedem the expansion on the 27th

[@Sylusssss]

There is a planet that has orbit super close to and inside of the cone, of a neuron star. there is a few minute window to land and get in your srv and dismiss your ship and the sam to leave

[@csdn4483]

Actually Jingles, Mercury is not tidally locked. It rotates once every 59 days. It orbits the sun once every 88 days. Thus, Mercury is not tidally locked (the rotation and the orbit needs to be the same for tidal locking).

[@HikaruKatayamma]

I wonder if Jingles knows he can synth extra heat sinks on the fly?

[@jonathanwilliams306]

Any idea what the POI which flashed across your scanner on the way in? Did you surface scan on the way in?

[@mastex5575]

My dear evil mighty gnome overlord, in your vast knowledge of the universe you must have found a reason not to mention that if you fit a refinery to your ship that you can produce heat sinks in flight.

[@Tin047]

ahh, Jingles.. the only person to recommend you staring at the sun

[@thetiredtechnician5845]

You should go to a High Gravity world, and see if you can land on it without plunging into the surface of the planet and dying instantly.