The Keelback [Elite Dangerous] | The Pilot Reviews

Review of The Keelback from Elite Dangerous. The armored, ship launching, core mining, courier of Elite Dangerous. The Keelback is a surprising treat for new Commanders and Veterans. The Pilot Reviews The Keelback . #EliteDangerous #ThePilot #Keelback
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[@Pickle-oh]

"Contrary to what you might think, you don't have to go to the far flung reaches of some uninhabited system to go hunting for diamonds or opals. Sometimes they're right around the corner. " *checks the system he's in in the bottom left corner* "Colonia" Yeah, okay mate

[@christopherrussell3839]

I did my Diamond and Opal hunting in Guathiti that's literally two or three jumps from one of the Imperial Capital System of Kamadeenu.

[@dadquality]

Really around the corner huh "colon" -ia

[@paavobergmann4920]

I by accident stumbled over a huge source of low temperature diamonds close to the centre of the bubble. Just saying.

[@chasedean4032]

Lhs 3447 planet 2b

[@ericfisher1360]

Its hardly ugly. I love the look of this ship's like this. They look more "real". Industrial looking.

[@NightBeWheat]

I agree

[@mrexists5400]

love the sound design for the thrusters, if it was the recorded sound of the saturn rocket that got us to the moon in the first place, i wouldn't be surprised. such a powerful sound

[@Victor-056]

Actually, it's kinda cute... Like a Turtle.

[@ParoxyDM]

@@Victor-056 I flew a Type-9... briefly. It was slow in every way. Slow to pitch, slow to roll, slow to accelerate... I named it Space Turtle. It's only redeeming quality was the size of it's insane cargo hold.

[@Victor-056]

@@ParoxyDM Turtles are surprisingly fast swimmers. It's just that on land, they're incredibly slow. So if anything, The Keelback's the Space Turtle for it's surprising manuverability and speed, While the Type-9's a Space _Tortoise_ for it's lumbering slowness and terrible manuverability.

[@ethandowdy2892]

"'I'd argue that skipping the type 6 and coming to this ship after the cobra....." Dude that is LITERALLY the exact thing that I did.

[@diamondflaw]

And I'm on the other side of that as a newbie... I'm in a Cobra and eyeing the Keelback for my next ship to buy.

[@ethandowdy2892]

@@diamondflaw Do buy it! It served me really well...

[@joelhasson6268]

I went from the cobra strait to the aspX after 1 void opal mining run

[@prinzeszelda3650]

I went Sidewinder>hauler>t6>t7>t9

[@ragegamer9973]

Me to

[@ConfusedRaccoon]

Yes. I wish the flappy engines could do vertical thrust too. Coming in on a High g world all laid back and flat because you have two gert thrusters keeping you up. Coor yes.

[@ThePilot_]

Right? It couldn't have been a lot more engineering to get a full turn VTOL. Wish they had gone all the way with it.

[@benrussell-gough1201]

That seems to be Lakon's motto, doesn't it: "Our ships are as ugly as sin but they do their job basically better than any of the pretty boys and they can be FUN!"

[@MrMikado282]

True, except for the Type-8

[@benrussell-gough1201]

@@MrMikado282 No-one discusses that embarrassment. *No-one* !

[@Core395]

Excuse me, Lakons Ships, ugly? The Asp Explorer is a treat ( especialy in this white tone ) and the keelback almost looks even better with its rotating thrusters...

[@Joopyter724]

@@Core395 yeah I love the realistic industrial look

[@Sammie1053]

@@Joopyter724 Now that I think about it, why are all the other ships so streamlined? It's space. Aerodynamics mean nothing. Also, yes the "Type-[number]" ships tend to be bricks with thrusters bolted on, but the Alliance ships are *handsome*

[@timesthree5757]

The Keelback was my first real ship. I still have it since I bought it 2 yrs ago. She is my baby.

[@konghammer6061]

I hear ya. Saved up for one, took ages, but then the money started flowing and it was epic. Now I've decided to try my hand at passenger runs, gonna give the dolphin a shot.

[@timesthree5757]

@TurkeyKing I converted mine into a mining ship Cat-550

[@neowilliams]

The Keelback remains my go to for Light Trading missions

[@colemanwalsh7477]

Mine was the diamondback E but damn that was pretty long ago hehe I have one

[@ScoutSarge]

I love mine.

[@T34RG45]

I came The Keelback was my first choice as an analogue to the Millennium Faclon

[@Reddotzebra]

I named mine the Lucky Seven and I still have it to this day, it was the first ship I had that could mount a fighter bay.

[@VTX00128]

Lol you too but yah it true it fits.

[@Tottleminerftw]

I think it's more like the ghost due to that fighter hanger

[@Monody512]

More like Serenity, with those swiveling drive pods. The Krait Phantom is a much better YT-1300 analogue. (Split nose, strip of rear thrusters, preferred by smugglers…)

[@Quicksilver_Cookie]

@@Monody512 While Phantom is certainly closest in terms of visual features, and has a sexy name...it's a little bit too big I think. I always though Cobra Mk III was the Millennium Falcon of ED.

[@ThePingedOne]

These videos are ridiculously good and it's honestly surprising that you don't have more subscribers. Keep up the great work! o7 (Imp Cutter pls)

[@x...CrankyOldMan...x]

Only so many people play or know about ED...

[@ThePingedOne]

X CrankyOldMan then we must spread our religion far and wide.

[@Lensith]

First thing in my mind..

[@DCV-gt9hu]

These videos make you feel!

[@harznerradio]

Agreed, commander!

[@greenthunder1000]

“You don’t have to go to the far flung reaches of a system to find diamonds” mines diamonds in colonia.

[@olegchernyak1741]

Although I skipped this ship and went straight for the Python I now consider trying it.

[@kubel83]

This was actually one of my favorite ships for a long time. I love the design of the engines. Great review for a great little ship.

[@Nemisis370]

Omg, I'm in love with your videos! The quality, the voiceover, the EVERYTHING Simply amazing. I didn't even know the Keelback was anywhere near being that useful. Always thought it was this weird thing nobody needs. Thanks for education me on my ignorance. You probably already know what ship you're going to do next but if you need a suggestion: The AspX, such an iconic ship. Probably everyone had one in their carrier! (Especially in the earlier days of elite)

[@ENCHANTMEN_]

good ol ass exploder

[@edt1201]

As a member of the Fatherhood and a fan of your channel, you picked the correct ship to cover this week. Excellent work, sir!

[@capkom7]

o7 cmdr

[@georgebowyer5170]

Great video as always, and perfect timing aswell for #keelbackawarenessweek

[@pokeyrusher]

Another beautiful and well put together video. Keep up the amazing work!

[@samfelic1920]

Fantastic.... Another out the Parker... Great Job... Keep em coming...👍👍👍

[@jackleary6246]

You deserve so many more subs for your content! You can feel the love for this game in your voice as well as how much it shows with the quality of these videos. Keep it up!

[@LandoCalrissiano]

Your videos are very well made. You deserve a far bigger sub count than what you have right now.

[@CJ_Sheppard]

Another great video. Thank you for your time and effort. Your always surprisingly fresh, and right on point.

[@mattrobinson2791]

Great video as always, I love your narration style - keep up the great work. I love the Keelback too and use it as a deep core miner and used to use it with the fighter for surface skimmer missions until they got nerfed.

[@SteveWhipp]

Excellent. I really like the calm, objective review. Kind of reminds me of this of Ahoy, the game weapon guy, in style. I've watched all your reviews now, really good work, sir.

[@ericredmond5008]

Your ship reviews are well done! They lean toward pointing out the positive features for each ship, but not afraid to acknowledge deficiencies. Your reviews make me want to buy each ship. With the exception of the Asp Scout... ;) Great work. Keep it up!

[@KennethOlney]

Another damn good video! This is really makes me want to go and pick one up since I looked over it in my playthrough. Keep it up CMDR!

[@PayrollTips]

It's not often I tick notifications on a channel, but your videos are breathtaking!

[@ThePilot_]

Thank you!

[@MarkGill42]

Fantastic video again, thanks for putting it together, and it's a joy to hear some love for one of my favourite ships! It's a mini-Anaconda to my eye - you can do anything in it, and its quirkiness and unfashionable nature only adds to its charm (and those big quad-engine nozzles on the back look epic). It always seems to be one optional slot short for core mining, so I'm presuming the fuel scoop is the module I should leave out? Again thanks for another great vid.

[@mikee9464]

Dude thank you so much. These videos and the way you stay in the "lore" is so good. Im addicted.

[@micometer]

Goddamn... your videos are criminally under-viewed! Your voice alone is enough to make me started watching more of this series. Good job and keep up the good work!

[@alexbarnes6877]

Brilliant videos, really enjoy them; informative and fun at the same time. Brought the keelback last night, couldn't decided between this and the type-6, feeling like I've made the right decision now, thanks

[@greendango3375]

Keelback laid my foundations in this game :D Great videos! idk why i cant stop watching your videos esp the one for Keelback, Corvette and type 10 :D

[@zayl07]

Really enjoyable Video as always, CMDR! o7 I hope to see a video about the Krait Mk.2 in the near future~ *fingers crossed*

[@zachtheblake]

It's not a dedicated video, but he talks about the Krait in the Python video a bit

[@squirrely_wrath]

if he keeps suiciding to cut on traveling costs this may take a little longer

[@Elong_Musket]

Just got into ED a few days ago and stumbled upon your channel trying to find more info on the ships and man you make every ship sound like something everyone should buy atleast so far, definitely thinking about picking this guy up on my way to make enough money for a krait. And yes your reviews on both of them are the reason behind that. So glad I gave this game a chance.

[@GoEvenHarder]

Finally! I legit search on your channel for it yesterday!! Finally my baby is here.

[@Hal-el7cy]

I have used the keelback from mining to bounty hunting. I actually gathered more cash bounty hunting with this ship. The fighter bay made it too easy.

[@austinm5630]

^ This. It's still a great miner and decent trader, but it's much better at bounty hunting than it has any reason to be, especially early in the game. I'd argue it's the first ship a new commander could safely spend over an hour in a HighRes or HasRes with. Throw a 1A collector limpet in and set your turrets to fire at will and just start killing in the SLF. The Keelback will happily follow along, collecting manufactured materials and providing extra fire support. Plus, if you lose your SLF, you're in a sturdy enough ship to escape, and if you lose the Keelback, it won't break the bank. All-in-all an excellent Baby's First Bounty Hunter.

[@camboose3726]

Great review! I was thinking of this being my next ship after my cobra mk3

[@dimitrisflp6966]

dude your videos are just AMAZING!!!

[@torquaymouse2236]

That worked out well, on your last video I left a message requesting you to do the Keelback and what do you know the very next video is a Keelback, great minds think alike. I love this ship for all the reasons you described and because its beautiful, not ugly. Great video as usual, keep um coming.

[@cbrew5082]

Your music is always spot on

[@davidtryon6157]

Another great review! Slowly going through the medium class ships and this one will definitely be bumped up on my list to fly. Would love a review on either the Fed Dropship or the DBX.

[@allroundthefields1096]

Ahh the Keelback. ❤️😍 the Millennium Falcon of the Elite world. Another great video 👍👍👍

[@Quicksilver_Cookie]

It would be Millennium Falcon of Elite if it wasn't Cobra Mk.III. Krait comes second. Only then Keelback :)

[@KevinJones-xh5yk]

Another great review. The class and style of your expression. The articulation. You describe these ships in ways others could only dream. I actually always recommend the keelback. To new players

[@Maurilustrador]

I finished this playlist faster than a Netflix series! Man I loved all your videos, I hope ED keeps making more ships so you can make more of this beautiful videos. You could in the meantime make a video dedicated to every way of making money in the game, like a video for mining, another for bounty hunting. In your same style of course! Then you could do some lore videos, etc.

[@oddball76Gaming]

Great video. Liked and shared for yo on twitter. Found your two days ago and loving the content. Very well made! See you next time. o7.

[@Torrigwynt101]

Great video, I like the way you tell a story of the ship you're reviewing and not just quote facts and figures. The keelie is my ship of choice for almost everything, notwithstanding that is quite bad at everything. It just clicks with me and that to me is more important than being the best at something.

[@FeralKobold]

The keelback was my first big ship purchase :) It's my space truck. I throw on my VR headset, let my boyfriend know it's gonna be a bit before he sees me again, and then I crack open a beer and go blast some rocks while listening to music. When I've made enough money from my rocks to pay for some gas and supplies I point my space truck in a direction and hit go, looking for the next pretty location to blow up rocks in, no matter how far away it is. On my way I also look for good planets, because it's my first ship with a fighter bay and when I get bored of blasting rocks I like to scout out planets for some more adrenaline pumping canyon runs with FA off going as fast as I can. I love my keelback. It's ugly and crude but she's mine

[@KirstenBayes]

The Keelback was my go-to mission ship for about a year. Loved it. I now have a Crusader and a Krait II doing the same job, but this was the first in that line for me.

[@SUPERDUCK145]

Step 1; Open video. Step 2; Bring your finger down upon the like button with the might of the moon crashing into the earth (just don’t take 3 days to do it). Step 3; watch and love this art in all it’s glory. Finally, damn you are blowing up now 2.6k! Keep it up :D

[@ssjsjb]

Glad to see some love for the Keelback many hours of black box salvaging at Sothis and Ceos. Almost used it for DW2 on my alt account until I got Krait Phantom.

[@mpeppelman]

I just love everything about your videos. Your voice, your perspective, your narative structure. absolutely sublime. Any chance that the gunship is in the cards soon?

[@ThePilot_]

The whole list eventually. But I'll get to the Fed ships, sooner or later. :-)

[@TheMrnikkoli]

Just randomly found your videos today and I watched all of them! These are great. Would love to see your take on the Clipper and an early game fighter like the Eagle or one of the Vipers.

[@tommyleisy863]

Though I don't actually own one of these ships, this video has one of the best opening scenes with almost emotional music. I grew up a "band nerd" so, I can appreciate the brassy instrumentation.

[@davidcoggins6012]

Another of 'those' ships that you buy early, and just keep! Brilliant review, thanks.

[@vGnome]

Such quality much excellence. You sold me on this ship man.

[@Sir_Fray]

I am loving these videos. Just Smashed that subscribe button. Your presentation style is amazing. Keep it up! O7

[@ThePilot_]

Thank you!

[@rileyhayes2497]

Diggity damn! Such a cool video with some really great visuals! + I love the keelback Edit: Just checked out your patreon. If you keep these videos up I’m going to have to support you! You seem like you have a brilliant sense of humor.

[@sigurdrr1015]

Good to rewatch the video on my good old rust bucket. This thing was my first deep core miner

[@julbot1]

Good stuff man. Hoping for a video on the Hauler. It was my first step in being a Trader. It's basically a space U-haul truck. It hits like a wet noodle with one small hardpoint, but I like it and still have it in storage even though I've moved up to the Type 6.

[@Llyd_ApDicta]

Great vid as always.

[@velocitycat]

Lovely review! Damn, I may need to get one now..

[@commissarciaphascain7256]

First ship I bought after my sidewinder, Still my go to mining ship even now. Plus that boost noise makes me think of the mass effect reapers

[@badblackdaddy]

Dude I love your videos...period. I wish there was an infinite number of ships to watch your videos.

[@ThePilot_]

I wish there were more for me to make. :-)

[@Lensith]

Amo tus videos! Son GENIALES. Realmente los disfruto muchisimo. Ojala tuvieran subtitulos en español. Keep this awesome work!

[@ThePilot_]

¡Gracias! Dejo las contribuciones de subtítulos abiertas a través de KZbin si eres voluntario.

[@GuillermoDefilippo]

i love this flying Potato! (great videos by the way) +1 sub

[@mikereyes2488]

Ah my 1st expensive ship! mind you I just got this game few months ago, I had the adder and exchanged it for this, been using it since lol currently have this as my cargo "space truck" but with some defense thrown on there 😉 excellent content 👍

[@eughenes95]

Nice video man, i really enjoy your reviews :) Vulture review when? ;)

[@ThePilot_]

Soon. Ish. I swear.

[@ParoxyDM]

I recently started playing ED and also followed the path of Cobra then Keelback. Something about this ship really connected with me, it was definitely my first love. I never got that feeling again until I got to the Python which is my "mini-Corvette" until I can grind out the Fed ranks and credits I need.

[@Pewpro]

Rad video as always commander!

[@respiii]

Your Videos brought me Back to Elite. To experience the different ships again. I flown the Keelback back when I had around 10 million in my bank account and used ist for Rank missions. Maybe I should go back and try the new mining stuff.

[@DblDg1252]

absolutely do that. i first tried the new mining in a T9 and getting that space cow to do anything is a chore

[@hermaeusmora345]

Amazing Work CMDR o7 More Basking Perhaps? Clipper and Cutter? Pretty Please.

[@ericdempsey6097]

Thank you for paint the respect needed to this fine vessel. Support vessel is right !! Best in its class. Peace all...til Thatgoids show. And Subscribed.

[@ThePilot_]

Thank you, for the kind words.

[@paulm.7967]

Been getting back into Elite now that I have a Reverb G2 and a machine to run it + a HOTAS setup. I've spent the majority of my time in the Diamondback Explorer for bounty hunting / assassination contracts, and the Keelback for mining. I love the Keelback. In VR, the canopy in which you sit is incredible. I only just learned about core mining and walking around the cockpit and watching the ice shatter with the massive view has been an exceptional experience. Then there's the boost sound. Best in the game, no doubt. I love my keelback. I didn't expect that at all. But I do.

[@DblDg1252]

I cant wait for the vulture video, I love that little ship

[@ThePilot_]

I swear it's coming...

[@vanguardgaming704]

I have always loved this little ship. As you said it's fairly cheap and you can have multiples running different setups..Good vid..

[@daveyjoneslocker4703]

Couldn’t find a type 6 near me so this was my first big boy trading ship and I had a great time with it.

[@Chaoticmass]

The Keelback is beautiful! Still my favorite ship even though I mostly fly my Anaconda these days.

[@madcyberkiter]

One of my first ship, a good wee work horse!

[@geminiangels5653]

I never stopped loving my keelback. I love going to res zones and deploy the fight and just sit and watch as it makes me money

[@IIIJG52]

I was bounty hunting in my Fer-De-lance... and was tired with how much time i spend for the money i got more or less. So. I biought myself a keelback, traded a bit, then went core mining. And woops i got myself the money for a python in a day. Took that out for 2 days, now i own an anaconda.

[@thefearhawk8805]

The narration always reminds me of Top Gear.

[@Superhaza2001]

DarthWall275 I’m pretty sure everyone means old top gear when they say top gear

[@thefearhawk8805]

Of course I mean "old" top gear.

[@Zacolian]

You deserve way more subs man

[@imnotgivingmynametoamachine683]

This was my first ship after the cobra! You've convinced me to go back and configure it for some specific role, maybe core mining. I've got a python and a type 9 and a chieftain etc so I don't NEED it for anything, but I like the idea of having all my ships have a purpose even if I have better general purpose ships that I could reconfigure, the idea of having my whole fleet ready to go for something at a moments notice is sweet.

[@rickvankempen24]

Great job generating emotional value to the space opera in this game. Subbed.

[@ThePilot_]

Thanks. It's mostly just the editing, and music, and timbre of my voice, and things I say. :-D

[@notacontentprovider]

That boost noise at 3:18 is exactly the same as Starbug's from RedDwaft!

[@XShaneX19]

I wish they would use those wiggly arm thrusters on more ships. It's so fun to wiggle them around!

[@Yeebok]

Nicely done dude. Nothing but positives. Please do the FGS some time soon ;)

[@Monificent]

These videos are somewhat therapeutic. I wish actually played this game. Keep em coming👌

[@JamesW81]

I'm getting one of these on your reccomendation!

[@TroyBrophy]

Yep. Most of my time has been spent in a Keelback, and as others mention, I imagine it as the Millennium Falcon. I've never mined in it. I've never fought in it, but I've made tons of credits transporting with it.

[@roqeyt3566]

Ah the keelback I remember selling all my smaller ships, dbx and only keeping the type 6 I outfitted it for multicrew so I could play with my mate when he had just gotten the game It honestly feels like home to me, flying a keelback. You got everything you need in your litte space camper, flying off into the dark, ready for everything the universe can throw at you.

[@VincentVegas]

#KeelbackAwarenessWeek Amazing video again, keep them coming!

[@Caelum_NLD]

I went for the regular T6, because of the thought focussing on one thing makes things better han being an allrounder. Don't know if technically I made the wrong choice, but I don't care anyways, as having fun and laidback enjoying every moment is the most important thing, which the T6 provides in ample amounts. It is great to hear your reviews either way as to understand ships better and know what they can or can't :) Love these vids!

[@JiiiBiii815]

I had one as a shieldless stealth torpedo boat, with cascade torp. It's a delight to pilote this ship in FA Off, plus as a lakoon ship it's a very good ship for heat management. Once fully modded it can have a decent armor and the fighter will distract most of your prey enough for you to destroy them. I loved that ship so much.

[@ThePilot_]

That does sound like fun.... :-)

[@Fransens]

By the gods is that a gorgeous shot at 0:31.

[@Knightwolf1875]

Awesome video. It seems I was wrong about this little ship. Could you do the type 10 Defender next, please.

[@evenios2831]

might have to get this one thanks!

[@TheKarmaOne]

I went from a cobra mk3 to the keelback. I really like the SLF when I'm deep core mining. You will buy yourself out of this ship probably on your 1st run but I'm keeping this workhorse, love it!

[@LeonardoDaVinci01]

Great vid, but what’s your setup? Just got into the game, and I’m wondering if I should kit-out my setup before I start (also I quite like the color gamut on your monitor)...

[@jexiagalleta4712]

Wow, never been this early... Maybe a look at the Eagle Mk. II? Or Viper Mk. IV?

[@garethcourts3958]

The Keelback was the first ship that I flew just because I liked it. It clicked with me even though I knew there were ships within my budget with a better reputation for each job I wanted to do. This was, of course, way before deep core mining was a thing. I used it for all sorts of missions around the bubble. I've since sold it, but I still fondly remember my days of learning the ropes in that ship. Great times!

[@SHOCKSTRUT]

Dude I just ran across this video on another website and I have to tell you that when I get off work I'm definitely going to purchase. Keelback, pimp it out with a fighter hangar and try my hand at mining. I'm new to the whole mining mechanic and have no idea what I need. If you could point a brotha' in the direction of a good mining/defense load out I would appreciate it. Great job man!

[@ThePilot_]

Good luck, man! Exigeous is always a good route to go for gameplay tutorials; kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5bWlWCaq7uYfM0

[@SynchronizorVideos]

First ship I bought after my Sidewinder. I'm enjoying the space trucker life, and the tougher hide and extra teeth really help out with pirates. When running real high-value cargo, the fighter bay is a major benefit, and worth the trade-off in raw haulage. That said, my pilot's having a bit of a tough time ranking herself up because this ship with some basic upgrades is surprisingly adept at avoiding interdiction. I've started willingly letting us drop out of supercruise when I know it's a gimme like just one dude in an Eagle, and we're not on the clock. Folks gripe about limited power, but it's not difficult to work around if you take the time to set up some half-decent power management. And that's not even getting into all the other roles this ship can fill. The Keelback really deserves more love than it gets.