Really well done - welcome to the wonderful world of Elite KZbinrs! Great to see some love given to my all time favorite ship, the wonderful Sidewinder!
@ThePilot_5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! It's an honor to have such good company.
@Exigeous5 жыл бұрын
@@ThePilot_ Well not sure how "good" it is but you certainly have company ;-)
@ThePilot_5 жыл бұрын
Dude, your tutorials have saved my ass on a number of occasions. You're solid in the "good" category.
@Exigeous5 жыл бұрын
@@ThePilot_ Well I wish I had your skills with these tools, I'm a total hack there. Fortunately a good friend isn't, CMDR Metsys created my logo and intro video. I've taught various things my whole life (was a music major, corporate IT training and have been a racing instructor for 10 years) so I both enjoy and understand teaching. I'm lucky that my voice is decent enough that with a good mic and Audition I don't sound like a total douche. Do keep up the good work - if you ever wanna chat just ping me on my Discord, Level 11 (don't wanna paste a link here) - you can find it in any of my livestream videos.
@BuckNaste884 жыл бұрын
@@Exigeous Now kiss
@Violaman09105 жыл бұрын
Take a moment to appreciate the fact that if you had a real life stock sidewinder right now, you would be more capable than any space agency currently active, and more powerful than any aircraft currently in the skies.
@Kurogumo4 жыл бұрын
David Heise Not really, a sidewinder can be downed with simple missile fire, and is slower than most aircraft flying today. We wouldn’t have a huge problem killing one. A Federal Corvette on the other hand...
@dannybecker75134 жыл бұрын
@@Kurogumo just imagine a brick like the corvette or the sidewinder in the atmosphere. They would fall like.... bricks. Something like the eagle would be better off
@APFSDS-DU4 жыл бұрын
@@dannybecker7513 wouldnt matter. they all have thrusters on the bottom.
@dannybecker75134 жыл бұрын
@@APFSDS-DU Of course. But if you glide in the eagle could use its wings to create some sort of lift to assist the thrusters. While the anaconda for example is straight as an arrow and doesnt have any wings and needs to rely on its thrusters only. It could be possible. If the thrusters were strong enough to brake the fall and enable those ships to hover. But i guess we're born 1000 years to soon to find out...
@APFSDS-DU4 жыл бұрын
@@dannybecker7513 idk, the anaconda seems to do well on planets already.
@tparker5 жыл бұрын
"You never have to feel bad about being blown-up in a Sidewinder." These are words to live by. We need a t-shirt!
@balazsdusek4 жыл бұрын
I'm a noob at this game, and I saw like a "hack the emplacement datalink" type mission. I accepted it, bought a hauler, put an rover in it and went in yolo Fail, but it was fun nonetheless.
@SonnyBb0y5 жыл бұрын
I crashed my sidewinder (Todd) for fun, but it never gave me a new one, instead I woke up in a horse carriage with my hands tied apparently I'd been trying to cross the border. Also I'd love to see a video on the Imperial Cutter/Clipper
@ThePilot_5 жыл бұрын
And where are you from, horse thief?
@ElecManEXE5 жыл бұрын
Todd strikes again! Does his tyranny know no bounds!
@Tottleminerftw5 жыл бұрын
Sound like you walked right into an imperial ambush.
@HyperMuffin125 жыл бұрын
"Ah, I see you're awake"
@brandonswanson64464 жыл бұрын
A nords last thoughts should be of home after all...
@ICKY4275 жыл бұрын
its like a honda civic. its not spectacular at anything, but its good enough at everything for not much money
@ryebread0954 жыл бұрын
I called mine the Space Corolla
@vanteal3 жыл бұрын
And will fly forever with regular oil changes. Or no oil at all!
@khoshekhthecat9 ай бұрын
Mine's called 2007 Honda Civic for that exact reason
@truckerallikatuk5 жыл бұрын
Someone took a Sidewinder to Beagle Point... you truly can do anything in a sidewinder. IF you have the time and dedication to do it.
@RadioactiveGoatoid2 жыл бұрын
This. I outfitted a sidewinder to go to Sag A* with a jump range of slightly over 34 ly. Saw some damn fine stuff out in the black with it, and made a good bit of money too. I could absolutely take it out to Beagle Point with its capabilities. Never underestimate what a Sidey can do, y'all
@bobofwar5 жыл бұрын
Did you just reasonably priced car the sidewinder??? ...subscribed...
@fatesrequiem5 жыл бұрын
Elias Gonzalez I’m glad I wasn’t the only one that noticed!
@Corium14 жыл бұрын
Uh, my test only had the question: “Is pineapple good on pizza?” And the answers only included: “A: Yes B: No C: It truly comes down to the individual and their personal taste and their mood.” I didn’t answer and I only had to pay a fee. I was so confused.
@ThePilot_4 жыл бұрын
Correct. The only winning move is to not play.
@CluelessGuyAXI5 жыл бұрын
You forgot a small detail: BENNY CAN MOVE AT 600+ M/S WHEN FULLY ENGINEERED
@bobmartin99184 жыл бұрын
Good lord, I shall have to do that for the memes should I ever play Elite. Or maybe I shall compromise on speed a tad for some railguns...
@diceman1993 жыл бұрын
I've not engineered mine much....other than FSD range of course....but i may have over equipped it....it's worth about 1.3 million :-)
@filipbitala26243 жыл бұрын
So can a cutter, doesnt change anything
@AustinEsmond2 жыл бұрын
745m/s to be precise.
@tiberium82 жыл бұрын
@@diceman199 when a guy would buy your fucking sidewinder for 1.3 mil you know you are doing something right
@mercurylamp40095 жыл бұрын
My sidewinder earned me every last credit required to go straight from it to my Cobra MkIII, and in honour of that, my Cobra is named after the trusty little workhorse that made it happen. Never selling that little guy, and I'm just waiting until I end up on the far reaches of the galaxy as part of some community colonisation effort or something, so I can bring the little veteran out to the frontier and give it the tribute it deserves.
@ThePilot_5 жыл бұрын
Good man.
@eliaspanayi34652 жыл бұрын
I did the same with my little sidewinder, Vincent. Just as my first ship it was an amazing experience
@wstavis31359 ай бұрын
Ditto. Then from Cobra to Asp to Python to Krait MKII and on...
@equalsjim5 жыл бұрын
Wish I could fit my Winder in the back of my Type 9 💥
@trajan_x01284 жыл бұрын
I mean ship launched fighters
@olliewray11974 жыл бұрын
You can do that sorta thing in star citizen
@bobmartin99184 жыл бұрын
@@olliewray1197 thing is, Star Citizen will never get released.
@samfarnon42264 жыл бұрын
I hope it's a feature that gets added, but fdev have a bit of a reputation for making odd decisions
@melissaharway45474 жыл бұрын
@@trajan_x0128 they don't have srv bays and hyperdrives
@Fleance_Snowflower5 жыл бұрын
I love my little sidewinder, never gets used but I unwittingly did the Hutton run in it and it got me there just fine, many fond memories of learning the ropes in this ship
@TheSaoMagnifico5 жыл бұрын
Who among us has, as an inexperienced commander, not accidentally made the 0.22 ly trek out to Hutton Orbital?
@riomio78524 жыл бұрын
@@TheSaoMagnifico the 700k courier mission should of been a dead giveaway something was up
@riomio78524 жыл бұрын
@I'll taketh thy cheese by force now i spend my days pirating that space with a frag de lance
@-_-Baguette-_-4 жыл бұрын
The journey from the star to hutton orbital is longer than the jump from ehecatl to its next door neighbour yet the ehecatl jump gets hyperspace but Hutton doesnt
@Chaoticmass5 жыл бұрын
"we'll just take out the srv and.... *sigh*"
@Galerak15 жыл бұрын
Been there... Done that xD
@Denis-rf8yb5 жыл бұрын
Same thing when I go mining or bounty hunting, it’s either the limpets or forgetting to set my co-pilot as active
@Radovanslav5 жыл бұрын
I sold the planetary landing suite to *save weight* and then couldn't figure out why I couldn't land on planets. XD
@CanadianFabe4 жыл бұрын
Player today: LOL, he forget to get a SRV New Players post odyssey:Why didn't he just get out and walk?
@Solnoric4 жыл бұрын
@@Radovanslav ...it doesn't have any weight
@Ivellios235 жыл бұрын
"Now that we've landed, we'll take out the SRV, and uh..." _pause_ /sigh I knew it. lol. Yup, me too.
@NeoRipshaft3 жыл бұрын
I'll never forget the feeling to taking down my first Coriolis station in my sidewinder.
@Zanithos5 жыл бұрын
I love the subliminal Raxxla imagery in the beginning lol! Keep up the good work man!
@deluxegir4 жыл бұрын
what the fuck my ears
@arthurmorgan24184 жыл бұрын
@@deluxegir i was about to say, what is the meaning of it?
@lenaistalar80325 жыл бұрын
I broke into laughter as it blew up at the guardian site. Very well done!
@MadMac52 жыл бұрын
I absolutely LOST IT at 3:12 with the Top Gear-esque "What If I [SITUATION]" text! Brilliantly executed!
@kristofevarsson69033 жыл бұрын
I've always liked how these things looked like the Snowspeeder from Hoth. Really brought me back to STAR WARS: Shadow of the Empire on N64.
@drsnova73135 жыл бұрын
Still got my original first Sidewinder - it never exploded once. And i'm still using it a lot, even in combat. Quality little ship.
@NilesBlackX3 жыл бұрын
Same, and if anyone fires on it I go back to base and come back with in a _very_ angry Type 10
@aitoluxd2 жыл бұрын
@@NilesBlackX 🤣🤣🤣👍🏾
@ENCHANTMEN_3 жыл бұрын
One thing I'd absolutely love is if they added a module that stores one single sidewinder that has a FSD but no hyperdrive, so that you can explore and land in a system.
@CptFugu5 жыл бұрын
Nice vid. I've always regretted selling my starter Sidewinder.
@UNSCPILOT5 жыл бұрын
Still have "Sure, Not" and only regret that I haven't flown it in a while
@fluffernaut99055 жыл бұрын
I mean you can probably just by a new one for a few pennies out of pocket.
@ArtyI4 жыл бұрын
@@fluffernaut9905 but it's not the same
@kalebsmith47464 жыл бұрын
@@UNSCPILOT best. Name. Ever.
@WingManFang13 жыл бұрын
Lucky for us it’s easy to buy back and mod
@JewelFinistiar5 жыл бұрын
It's true, you never forget your first. Ashwing has been scratched, gouged, and battered but still on the original frame and safely parked in and amongst my larger ships that a number of which had a at least one insurance claim on. I'm really digging your videos and the fresh perspective on ship reviews.
@therandomfish22982 ай бұрын
0:50 I name my ships after Greek gods, titans and lesser gods, with the exception of my eagles which are named after two eagles associated with Zeus. My Sidwinder is called Janus. Janus being the Greek God of Beginnings.
@periodicoblivion19 күн бұрын
He’s Roman, not Greek but he’s a cool god
@therandomfish229815 күн бұрын
@@periodicoblivion thanks for letting me know about that. I just looked up Greek god of beginnings when naming the ship and Janus was the only result. He doesn’t have a Greek god counterpart so I’m not changing it, it’ll just be an exception.
@periodicoblivion15 күн бұрын
@@therandomfish2298 im fairly sure the greeks believed in that god as well anyway. edit: nvm im actually really dumb dont listen to me
@larkshadow53175 жыл бұрын
I feel like I'm watching Top Gear for Elite. I love these videos so much.
@Jordan-yb7zp4 жыл бұрын
Ill always keep Kleenex 1776, my sidewinder, almost had a small heart attack bc I thought I was running out of fuel, I just didnt understand how the fuel gauge worked. Grabbed a cobra mk iii and named it wish-bone. I love this game and its community so much! Excellent video as well!!
@johnnewman11975 жыл бұрын
I'm legit surprised at the amount of people who say they sold their first sidewinder. I still have mine just cuz it seemed wrong to sell it. especially since selling it only gets you what like 2 early deliveries makes.
@Ichinin4 жыл бұрын
Sidewinder can be a fun experiment, i remember modding the hell out of mine and took it from 7 LY to 26 LY jump range 🙂
@SquirrelNutMafia3 жыл бұрын
Not bad. My Sidewinder is my favorite ship. Have her nicely decked out and am almost at a 36 light year jump range. Even more impressive when it has everything needed for extreme long range/time exploration.
@viktorbane955 жыл бұрын
Had headphones on. Thanks for making me shit myself int he first few seconds lol
@dr.redstone79805 жыл бұрын
0:27
@cmdrcorkythegreat73455 жыл бұрын
Great video! One thing to note... a G5 sidewinder with enhanced performance thrusters is FAR from slow, and a total blast to fly. The most useable of the speedy boys in my experience.
@switch1584 жыл бұрын
This series is great. I've been tentativly getting back into elite dangerous recently, and these are highly educational and scratch the Itch to play while I'm in my headphones at work : )
@simon-ricardokuhn17135 жыл бұрын
I still keep my Sidewinder "Flying Sofa", as a memory when I started this game as a new pilot.
@lvl10cooking4 жыл бұрын
I tow mine around too. Named it the Danube.
@HalNordmann4 жыл бұрын
Mine is named Wedge (after the distinct shape), and I still have it.
@camboose37264 жыл бұрын
I named mine "the toasters bane"
@blakeirvin30114 жыл бұрын
Mine is Fang, after the first drink the Main Character in the SP of Freelancer asks for, the Sidewinder Fang!
@CptJistuce2 ай бұрын
My little Rustbucket Mk 1 is still kicking around too.
@MrSpruce4 жыл бұрын
6:56 Oh god I could never imagine doing that... Still have my starter ship in Eve and Elite. Both are called Oklarth.
@Tonatsi5 жыл бұрын
"Can I explore the ruins of an ancient civilisation with it?" That's oddly specific but ok
@ThePilot_5 жыл бұрын
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@MrTimjm0094 жыл бұрын
One thing you can say for it . You will be mostly safe from interdictions If you unlock the high performance thrusters from Prof. Palin , you can engineer them to get 345 ms speed and 480 ms of boost Way fast enough !
@TheCommaA4 жыл бұрын
It reminds me of the Skyhawk 172 in real life. Relatively cheap, they are everywhere, and chances are it's what you learned to fly in. It does not seem like much at first glance but when all you want to do is simply fly, it is exactly what you need!
@wilsonv71173 жыл бұрын
Weirdly turned me off from the video with the initial loud static out of nowhere but this was an amazing experience. I (foolishly) ran to mining once someone told me about it and tossed out the sidewinder far too quickly. Now, the doom beetle and I are slowly but surely learning to love the benefits of guardian and engineering parts (and the beautiful canopy view)
@jakefromstatefarm95452 жыл бұрын
KZbin randomly recommended this just as i was passing out, nearly fired a full send code brown straight through the earth's core when that static hit. Great Video.
@borisvdb4 жыл бұрын
I always liked to think of the Sidewinder as the type of ship you could go on a family vacation in, National Lampoon style.
@junagu5575 жыл бұрын
I'll second the Python as next ship. This is all adding some good backstory and ambience to the ships ED has still yet to mature properly and this kind of shizzle is helping.
@McLoven-vm1ck4 жыл бұрын
I have used the sidewinder on occasion because it's available everywhere, it's dirt-cheap to purchase and fit-out and is often a more efficient option as a commuter than shipping a module or ship to your location. Outside of using it as a cheap commuter car I don't touch it.
@MarkGill425 жыл бұрын
That's a really lovely video, really enjoyed it - thanks for putting it together. I admit I was expecting a complete takedown of the poor old Sidewinder and instead you created a delightful love letter to it! I have an affinity for my Sidey (Juno) after taking on the Colonia Outlander Challenge with it on my Xbox account (22,000 LY in the unengineered starter ship - and yes the space madness got to me quite a few times). It gave me a real appreciation for this doughty little craft, and what a character it is. Mine is still sitting proudly at Colonia Dream, and though, unlike the Cobra, I'm highly unlikely to be using it again, it'll always have my respect, and a little place in my heart! Keep up the great work, looking forward to the next one. Would love to see the T9 and Python featured, two more ships with bags of character.
@ThePilot_5 жыл бұрын
Thank you. And I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Not sure if I ever could go to Colonia with Benny...but I'm with you in spirit.
@MarkGill425 жыл бұрын
The Pilot I'll be honest, I'm not sure I'd recommend it if you value your sanity, but it seemed like a good idea at the time! :-)
@X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X5 жыл бұрын
I never had as much in Elite Dangerous as I had early on with my Sidewinder!
@GuyWithAHat3 жыл бұрын
0:24 I really needed that boost of energy, thanks The Pilot
@c0baltl1ghtn1ng3 жыл бұрын
I may be late, but I got hooked on the game in a Sidewinder. When I was but a fledgling Pilot, a friend of mine was out mining, and I figured 'hey, I might as well join in with a pulse scanner and help her find some rocks.' At the time, I didn't know that doing so could spawn a pirate. Seeing as how it was my fault, I shot at that pirate in my Sidewinder to get his attention, expecting full well to get blown up. I decided to have fun with it. I dodged, ducked, dipped, dived, and dodged all through the asteroid field, long enough for my friend to sell her Vopals and bring her combat ship to come save me, with 12% hull to spare. That is what got me hooked, and I had the perfect name for my Sidewinder: Little Acorn. Even now, she's a slippery little nut.
@andrewbailey79993 жыл бұрын
Nice to see Top Gear still exists in the 3300s. And I'm so glad to see so much love for the Sidewinder. I still have my Space Wasp, and it's probably the most fun of all my ships to fly
@SithFTW407211 ай бұрын
I sold mine to ensure I had the rebuy for my Cobra
@icytux34845 жыл бұрын
Everyone out here asking for thr crowd favorites, when clearly we need the Diamond back scout : )
@kovanova94093 жыл бұрын
I have my taxi named "pizza box" which is my first sidewinder, and exploring one named "krait mini", and my combat/troll the ganker or troll sidewinder named "meta slave" with the ID tag "POOOG"
@papads-chan5119 Жыл бұрын
I can be proud to say, i still have my 2 starting ships, my og sidewinder and my Cobra mk III (the first ship i bought), and i gotta say, i love both of them.
@andycardenas29324 жыл бұрын
Getting some strong Top Gear vibes here especially with the Q&A bits haha, nice job!
@Grizz1yAdams4 жыл бұрын
That's awesome! My Sidewinder's named Ben the Bear (my CMDR is Grizzly Adams, and Ben was his bear friend). I'll never sell it lol
@FreemanicParacusia4 жыл бұрын
Named mine the Spaceman Spiff :) Took a bit of doing, but it has two plasma chargers.
@SpunKyUniCORN4 жыл бұрын
0:26 my ears!! 💀💀
@kchalu3 жыл бұрын
My favorite ship in the game. I have visited Explorers Anchorage and back more than once with it.
@Novaaest3 жыл бұрын
Yessss, I love the reference to the top gear episode where they tested the ford fiesta
@TuanTran-kk5vg5 жыл бұрын
Not everyone can talk about the Sidewinder for almost 8 minute like you did. Nice vid!
@JohnnyCocas003 жыл бұрын
I have bought and sold some ships already, but the Sidewinder is still sitting in my home station, for the memories!
@GarryDeWitt4 жыл бұрын
the focus and corvette shopping mall chase reference was appreciated.
@s.b.andm.g.40455 жыл бұрын
Created a 2nd account last year to go to Colonia on a Sidewinder. It did the job :)
@ThePilot_5 жыл бұрын
Not sure I could have done that. Nice work 👍
@s.b.andm.g.40455 жыл бұрын
@@ThePilot_ yeah... started that account and fitted the Sidey for max jump range after getting enough credits for the jump drive.. Think I got between 20 to 30 Ly in the end, it was fun :)
@AniGaAG4 жыл бұрын
THE _Faulcon DeLacy_ SIDEWINDER --- _"It CAN indeed fly."_
@yuthura78715 жыл бұрын
i love the sidewinder,so much fun to fly.great video, o7
@Theta972 жыл бұрын
7:05 on words pretty much sums up how I feel about the sidewinder and the part about taking on thargoids in one been there done that in AX CZs usually scouts as I get wrecked by thargon swarms when interceptors come in to fight but yeah the death wish part made me smile went to an AX CZ in my sidewinder the other day cmdr their sees me drop in and hails me with dude you need differt weapons than your default pulse lasers and I replied I've done this before with advanced multicannon and I would be fine he sounded unsure but pulled back and watched me work after a half an hour or so he wanted to join me and my teammate as we could all coordinate with each other and be more effective best AX CZ I've ever done.
@Storyteller5434 жыл бұрын
His Jeremy clarkson really came out
@quantomic11062 жыл бұрын
Got every ship in Elite except the Cutter but I still fly around with my Noobwinder in High Res and Conflict Zones. It's a fun carefree little ship.
@OuijTube3 жыл бұрын
This is a great callback to the classic Top Gear Ford Fiesta review
@highlanderjeff27205 жыл бұрын
Sidewinder is a great little beat when you remove the shields and bulk up on the hull protein and slap two heat sinks onto it
@weisserth3 жыл бұрын
When I recently unlocked (almost) all of the bubble engineers, I fully outfitted and engineered a Sidewinder. I took down an NPC wing of 2 with a Python and a Cobra (dangerous) with it. It's insane how unbalanced the game becomes with engineering.
@BlankPicketSign4 жыл бұрын
My Sidewinder is named "New Beginnings" ... man I love that ship
@stubbymcnubby72205 жыл бұрын
I recently bought a sidewinder so i could play along with the FA-off tutorials who told me to get one. I thought i'd spend a few minutes in it to get used to this new method of flying and never touch it again. I never thought i'd start unironically enjoying flying it, and I certainly never thought i'd be able to kill an interceptor in one, less than a week after I picked it up. faulcon delacy had no right to make it as good as it is, but i'm certainly glad they did.
@thaddeushamlet4 жыл бұрын
I just recently realised I could mail my sidey (Outrageous Fortune) half way accross the bubble for pennies, and since I engineered the hell out of it on a whim one day it's fast af on thrusters and jump range. So now I can leave my type 9 exactly where the powerplay is, order delivery, and be back in Cubeo in minutes instead of fighting the will of god not to crash big bessie into a star.
@intothelean29303 жыл бұрын
I use mine as a 1 way surface miner / data scanner - currently for example a sidey is parked at ray gateway in diaguandri. its a few jumps away from jamesons crash site and has an encoded data trader in the station. I fly out to the site and scan till i am full then self destruct my way back onto rays. takes half the time to top off on scanned mats. so far i havent found anyway thats faster. the same can be done at other mat traders near raw material sites and hard to get resources as well. eliminating the trip back adds a lot of efficency to the process. plus sidey has a super small footprint and is very easy to land on planets.
@jasonramsey9770 Жыл бұрын
My original Sidewinder is called "Real Siddy". It is only slightly engineered, but it is totally A rated. I have a second one as well that is totally stock that I fly explicitly for it's cheap rebuy. In hindsight I should have bought a new sidewinder right away and upgraded that, keeping the original as a "free" rebuy.
@beencomfy4 жыл бұрын
I left my sidewinder yesterday in the dark sector very very far away, used my DBX to get there then had it delivered ;)
@nolgroth5 жыл бұрын
I totally sold mine when upgrading to a Cobra Mk III. Turned out that I actually didn't like the Cobra all that much so I switched back for a little while. I actually really love the Sidewinder. It's a ship I can fly in Open Play with no worries. :)
@aspexpl3 жыл бұрын
Once I was away from my home dock and wanted a sidewinder so I bought a new one and A'ed it because I was not willing to wait 40mn for my old ride to arrive and now I have two of them.
@foxsteady27385 жыл бұрын
Great Video! Would like to see the Python next. Keep up the good work!
@subtlewhatssubtle2 жыл бұрын
My Sidewinder is named "Snowspeeder," after its trapezoidal body and twin lasers. I graduated to the Cobra Mk. III as my second ship, and in recognition of my humble origins, I named it "Fat Snowspeeder."
@MrSciencedog25 жыл бұрын
Named my sidewinder "The Golden Boy" cause I got a gold skin for preordering Elite for PS4. Still have him, occasionally take it out to dick around. Its a cute ship.
@captainbeatdown62544 жыл бұрын
Sadly right when I started the game i bought an eagle.
@arthurmorgan24184 жыл бұрын
H-how the fuck do you even do that?
@a-aron38474 жыл бұрын
I love the eagle personally. The sidewinder is to the pilot as the eagle is to me. You can choose whether or not you upgraded, but you shouldn't feel bad about not having other's nostalgia.
@camboose37264 жыл бұрын
I've kept my sidewinder since I started for the sole purpose of having some fun and fooling around every once in a while
@mrfawkes9110 Жыл бұрын
My sidewinder doesn't have a name and I've spent entirely too much time in it. I used it to buy a Hauler and never looked back. I still have it (it's not worth selling) and it's fully upgraded, I take it out every once in a while but I never go far.
@uss_045 жыл бұрын
0:300 and it comes with dual USB-C Thunderbolt 3 ports
@Exania885 жыл бұрын
challenge: find the two best ships for planetary bombardment with mine launchers :P
@emeraldknight55222 жыл бұрын
The Sidewinder is a short-term ship with an even shorter hyperspace range. She'll make maybe 5 or 6 jumps without completely running out of fuel and even with a fuel scoop. With a fuel scoop, it takes forever to fill the fuel tank enough to make even 2 or 3 jumps. Unless you fit this ship with some serious engineering and the best modules, she isn't a long-range craft. When it comes to combat, she's got good maneuverability and fairly acceptable speed range. But the ship's shielding is less than ideal unless you're going up against craft that are about the same capabilities as the Sidewinder. And her pulse lasers aren't much against say an Asp or bigger ships with better shielding. At the most, one can carry up to 6 units of cargo, that is if you're willing to forego having a SuperCruise Assist. And unless ALL your modules are in the "D" range, the more cargo you carry, the shorter the jump distances are. All in all, there's a reason as to why she's basically a starter ship and nothing more.
@Malhabik5 жыл бұрын
Futurama is accompanying me back from Beagle Point a la Distant Worlds 2. But ... not in a Sidewinder. The next ship? Python. No, the Krait Mk2. Sigh. Once you have both, it’s like, do I want to take the Ferrari or the Lamborghini? Love the vids, eagerly waiting for the next one 😎
@SteveParkin5 жыл бұрын
Federal Gunship would be an interesting counterpoint to your chieftain video. Enjoyed the change in style.
@andysutton23619 ай бұрын
Rewatching the whole series of these. I LOVE them- reminded me of a time where I couldn't get enough of Elite- back when hauling Tritium around was unbelievably profitable, and void opal overlapping hotspots were the only way to mine! Instead of new ships we got space legs, and that's when I started falling out of love with Elite- shame, really.
@rwentfordable4 ай бұрын
We're getting four new ships this year with powerplay and engineering rework. It's a great time to be in the game.
@nickwiltshire51813 жыл бұрын
That first bit, just made me think, just imagine how good an Elite/Bioshock mashup would be...
@mattsmechanicalssi58335 жыл бұрын
I still have my Sidewinder. Her name is the "Puddle Jumper"! Why I hadn't found your channel sooner, I'll never know! Your content and it's production are truly exceptional. As soon as I'm done watching all of your ship reviews, I'll catch up on everything else I've missed. o7
@ThePilot_5 жыл бұрын
Type-9 is tomorrow! Stick around.
@comandantegorrion72713 жыл бұрын
I took my sidewinder, the Bella Ciao, all the way out to Hutton Orbital on a fuel scoop and an extra fuel tank. Came in on fumes, but I did it. 1.1 million credit courier mission. Probably wasn’t worth it, but it got me on my feet.
@simonwillis15295 жыл бұрын
Love the start out little thing
@TheZestyBerry5 жыл бұрын
Love the videos man, great style! Python next? :)
@johnpooky844 жыл бұрын
My Sidewinder's name is "Hot Rod Lincoln" (I name all my ships after songs). For those who've never heard the song, it's by Commander Cody.
@kiereann5 жыл бұрын
Just as you never forget your first car/motorcycle, I'll never be selling my first ship, the Braben-Belle.
@sirenia7554 жыл бұрын
3:30 one or two hits from those large guns and you are history.
@Roadk1ll214 жыл бұрын
**slaps Sidewinder** This bad boy can hold so much Elite in it.
@roberth.53634 жыл бұрын
I named my Sidewinder "Cardiac Arrest". About a week before I bought the game I had two heart attacks. Still have that ship.
@Modighen5 жыл бұрын
My 40ly shuttle "Pad Two Please." Transfers anywhere in the bubble for under 1500Cr.
@ThePilot_5 жыл бұрын
Smart!
@ElfInflicted5 жыл бұрын
I recently got back into a Sidewinder, specifically for surface prospecting without an SRV, but I tricked it out just for fun. These things move at a good clip once they're engineered! I named mine the Lucky Pancake. Seemed like a good idea at the time.
@cmdrgarbage18954 жыл бұрын
I haven't flown her for years, i haven't looked at her for years... But the ol' gangster is coming out once more.