The Type-7 [Elite Dangerous] | The Pilot Reviews

Review of The Type-7 from Elite Dangerous. The large transporter that should be a medium. Without multicrew. Or enough hardpoints. The Type-7 is a study in charm over substance. The Pilot Reviews The Type-7. #EliteDangerous #ThePilot #Type7
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[@ThePilot_]

Hey everyone, just wanted to say thank you so much for watching, and let me know down below what ship you'd like to see next. (Sidewinder is next week. I mean, after that.) If you like what you saw, consider hitting the Subscribe button, and if you already have, then thank you again, and I’ll see you next time.

[@gamer64691]

Some of the best times I’ve had in the game have been in an srv but if you’re determined to review spaceships in the spaceship game the vulture is always fun to discuss.

[@kyle4ek]

Imperial Currier

[@markhackett2302]

I think, given they won't change the height of the thing to make it fit a medium pad, if they can add two class 2 hardpoints this becomes a miner. There's a gap though for medium pad traders. We have types 6, 7 and 9....

[@luker2693]

For a ship that is 25% larger than the Python in volume, keep in mind that you only get a 5% increase in cargo, and that the Python has gargantuan core internals.

[@markhackett2302]

One bonus to the cheaper Type 7 is the NPCs spawned in will be a lot lighter than if you were in a Python, for example.

[@smexehcougah3]

This ship will always hold a special place in my heart just for that one time I saved my Anaconda-flying wingmate by ramming his attacker with my Type-7. Stories for the grandkids XD

[@nathanielmcclaflin1374]

That's like something out of a movie. Well played

[@monkeawarenessclub9800]

Wow

[@Taisto-Perkele]

You know, if they ever make a Type-8 with reinforced armor in addition to overall improvements and keep the cockpit at the bottom, the "Lakon Headbutt" might become a thing :D

[@jonaselze9316]

Well, ramming things is about the best and only idea I had in for a ship that literally looky like Moby Dick...

[@ion_force]

@@Taisto-Perkele if type 8 was a combat oriented type 7 I would literally never stop throwing money at at.

[@lunokhod3937]

Honestly these are the best ship reviews i've seen.

[@Gertje1968bel]

your dammm right

[@Miketod3]

They’re not reviews though it’s like a commercial praising anything he gets

[@guffels]

Long live the space brick. This ship got me out of my Asp X and will always hold a place in my heart. With this ship I reached Top 10 commanders in a couple of material trading CG's and I rode this thing all the way to Python. Is it a good ship? No. But it's my ship and I loved it.

[@thepixelcatcher298]

I actually sold my ASPX to buy a Type-7. I like it a lot but requiring a large landing pad has been a limiting factor for sure.

[@Morbian13]

I would have kept the asp X its a better ship for pretty much everything, especially cargo. Granted the asp hold less cargo, but it can reach more places than the type 7 can go in turn opening up more cargo missions.

[@billmankin6204]

I did too. An had to love it too. Until I was finally able to get rid of it. And rejoiced indeed. Bought a Python and never, ever looked back. I did love it, but it's a PIG.

[@Th3Bishop3]

Same i managed from a asp explorer to a krait phantom. (Low temp diamond mining)

[@rocknroger7108]

And yet, it is a good ship!!!

[@relicvault1515]

I was laughing so hard at the Alien reference, I was grabbing my chest....wait. shit.

[@ThePilot_]

Nice

[@weldonwin]

@@ThePilot_ So, did you name your Type-7 Nostromo, because its Ugly as sin and everyone aboard it will die horribly, right before it blows up?

[@ThePilot_]

@@weldonwin Nope. :-) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostromo

[@badeiser]

Holly crap both ship names come from that book! Thanks to you I will ad it to the reading list....

[@JakeMcGrawType10]

Poor T7 gets so much hate. I'll always love you. My first real ship. First one that I liked how it looked. Let me live the dream as a space trucker. First ship I ever flew that felt like it had personality. I took that space brick to Colonia and it was the best trip out I've had to date. But I may have the space madness. I love you T7.

[@Jansie_NL]

As a former trucker, European so we love our rectangles apparently, I can only love this ship even though it sucks in so many ways. But just like with our real world trucks, we love complain about them to infinity and beyond. So the Type 7 kinda gives me something back that I really loved and miss about trucking. Thanks for the tip on the rescue missions, I haven't been playing that long and they look awesome to do with the Type 7!

[@FreemanicParacusia]

I named mine “Hold My Beer.” Rigged it out for station rescues, but none have come under attack since I got it.

[@SGTcz90cz]

Did you manage to bring it to Apropos, Commander?

[@Spideryote]

@@SGTcz90cz instructions unclear, forehead caught in toast rack

[@reinbeers5322]

There's one going on my dude. I remembered this comment and decided to get a Type7 specifically for it.

[@FreemanicParacusia]

@@reinbeers5322 And I’m closer to Beagle Point than I am to the bubble right now 🙃 Srsly it’d take me the better part of a week to get back. Got a place staked out that I hope to get First Footfall at after Odyssey releases. Took part in rescue efforts after the nine starports got hit though, and the one before that.

[@reinbeers5322]

@@FreemanicParacusia Ah nice, I'm doing my first rescue with it. Pilot was right, there is a real sense of urgency that even 4 heatsink launchers can't keep away. Also, what's Beagle Point?

[@ericdempsey6097]

Its pitch and yaw outmatches any large ship, makes getting out of interdiction easy, the overheating is a character quirk I would miss (although it never really overheats ). Wonderfully quick supercruise and responses. I named mine " Hand Over Fist" for the money it makes me. This ship epitomizes space trucking....because it makes you "feel" like you are piloting. Is it the best ? No....but damn I love its sad character. Your videos are finely done sir, I thank you for the work you do. Peace all...til Thargoids show.

[@mprotopopov5343]

This is my guilty pleasure ship. I love it. I love how it looks, I love how it sounds, I like that it is an underdog. And heat management for me is more akin to a fun challenge rather than a severe design flaw. It is like I have a spiritual connection to it.

[@LordGrandKaiser]

The Type-7 makes for a surprisingly good explorer. It's very maneuverable in supercruise and has more than enough internal slots to carry everything you'll need for a trip to the fringes of the galaxy. Moreover, with engineering it's capable of reaching a 55 lightyear jump range, which is definitely nothing to scoff at.

[@nathanielmcclaflin1374]

"This seems like the ship Lakon forgot." Well umm, aren't we forgetting about the type 8? Still waiting for a review...

[@Thot-Slayer-420]

There is no type 8

[@nathanielmcclaflin1374]

@@Thot-Slayer-420 ... That's the point

[@positivityboi1232]

@@Thot-Slayer-420 woooosh

[@tenlugggaming2341]

“What kind of heat syncs are on the FSD?” Lakon: “the pilot is the heat sync”

[@smokeclouds8]

I am thankful for this ship because it's what got me to my Python and was a big help through my first 150 missions.

[@kamarrroxs4176]

The Tonka truck of space. Memories with this ship. I was playing online and this poor eagle squad died to me as I boosted full speed into the dock as they were trying to leave. Killed all 3 by sending them all flying.

[@gamer64691]

I absolutely love the type 7. Every time I see one I know there’s a couple hundred tons of diamonds coming into my cargo hold in a few minutes. Also love these reviews super well done man.

[@Muddy79Ford]

Too funny, my old Type 7 was also named Nostromo

[@nairobi8056]

My type 7 got me into a clipper after doing rescue missions off a damaged stations for the imperials. So it has a special place in my heart.

[@polarbear2684]

Man, I completely love your reviews. You always tell the *story* of a ship design and really give it life. It's an honest review that convinced me to buy my Type-7 "Satellite of Love" which has become my favourite vessel. I just love the idea of a rescue ship named as such flying into burning station and forcing people to watch bad movies on the way to the Rescue Ship. You're the best. Keep flying!

[@cslpchr]

The space brick is one of my most favourite ships. It got me through the early game with low risk laser mining and is probably the closest thing in the game that deserves the title of "space truck"

[@alien_marksman]

My T-7 (Archibald Haddock) was used to smuggle weapons during the Lugh Liberation Conflict. A job it some how did surprisingly good at. Presumably because the blockade didn't think a T-7 would be seriously used to smuggle weapons. Afterwards the Archibald Haddock was reconfigured for Surface and/or Orbital Salvage and Recovery. With a bit of engineering a Jump range of a fraction over 45ly with shields, and an SRV bay is achieveable. It might just be the ship best suited for spending hours/days planet side ferreting around. Putting the largest 'A-Rated' Power Plant in helps with heat management. Don't get me wrong, it still warms up during the charge phase of the FSD, but it's no longer a Flying Oven.

[@boiledelephant]

That's such a great name for this ship.

[@flow5tate346]

Because it takes a drunken name for a drunken-looking ship. You a Tintin afficionado?

[@alien_marksman]

@@flow5tate346 Yes, I grew up reading the comics, and I must one of a few who enjoyed the movie.

[@flow5tate346]

@@alien_marksman Loved it too, Haddock belching into the plane's gas tank was epic XD

[@Stivarnen]

So many months has passed and, yet, this review continues so solid. As a Type-7 lover, it's to hard to admit that the T-7 is the ship that the Lakon saddlly hasn't finished.

[@DEFkon001]

When you switch over to the Type-9 Heavy for a few days the 7 feels like like a toy. Put the largest rack in every slot and you've got nearly 800 units of cargo space. You might want to leave room for a docking computer, but it will still scrape the paint nearly every time it goes through a slot. Better to learn how to do it yourself and let the computer take over AFTER your in the bay so you can spend the time plotting the return trip before the ship's even touched down. If your worried about combat.. don't be. Smart pirates are more interested in cargo than carnage and the irony of hauling close to double what any other ship could possibly hold is that even if you dumped 100 units you'd only be slicing about one seventh off your profit margin. You've got more coin then they have pocket, and with a bit of shrewd Tyrion Lanister style negotiating you might be able to convert a fellow commander from would be pirate into a temporary escort.

[@antwan1357]

Take this ship fill it up with business/economy cabins go to passenger missions in a star port adjust the settings above to show only BULK passenger missions. These missions only have you go from point A to point B. Delivering bulk tourist destination trips. You will have earned your credits back on your ship in less then an hour.

[@Th3Bishop3]

Or just go low temp diamond mining, the ship back plus even more.

[@Serxne_]

@@Th3Bishop3 Except its hardpoints are awful for mining. Believe me when I say that I can mine more in a DBX than my T7 and I love my T7. Its purpose was just meant for a select few things. It was meant to be the mid-ground big rig for cargo haulers and the cabin slots let it multipurpose into a taxi for large crews. I actually sold my Orca when I realized how much more money I was making in my T7 than I ever was flying my space fish around until I realized that I just never used the Orca anymore and the Orca became a novelty in my parking lot, collecting space dust.

[@Th3Bishop3]

@@Serxne_ true but if you need the money its a useful escape. besides even in a combat anaconda with a few requirements for mining i can still get millions per hour.

[@BalthazarB2]

@@Th3Bishop3 You're much better off with something like an ASPX for mining that this thing. I tried. T7 cant core mine.

[@Th3Bishop3]

@@BalthazarB2 Fun fact: I MADE THAT COMMENT BEFORE THE MINING CHANGES WHEN LASER MINING WAS THE BEST THING.

[@ThundrKnight]

" let me take my soothing voice and give you a brightside and all these ships you've never thought twice about" ❤️

[@kentran8177]

I bought my Type 7 precisely for the star port rescues when they were attacked by Thargoid bombs. I named mine “Mackenzie Airlift” (for station Mackenzie) and have fond memories of her.

[@yuriwalkiw]

A really well thought out and well written review, with excellent video and editing. Thanks. o7

[@joellajoie-corriveau477]

Amazing videos. Looking forward to more!

[@glasfish]

I really love the look of the 7. It looks like a space truck. I also struggled to find a purpose for this ship, and after engineering out the heat problem, I came to the same conclusion. The transporter is a rescue ship. I’ve kitted mine out with Guardian reinforcement modules and decontamination limpets so I can run rescues out in ‘goid space.

[@DerekMoore82]

There aren't any more rescue missions in the game at the moment as far as I can tell, there's only stations under repair.

[@Zanithos]

Congrats on another great vid! Was legitimately thinking about grabbing one of these for rescue missions. Glad to see it pretty much lives up to what people have been telling me about it!

[@TheLaptopLagger]

Holy shit on a stick wielded by Yamiks to beat a dead horse! These reviews are by far the most beautifully and thoughtfully crafted pieces of Elite Dangerous work I've come across since the Space Tourism series and the Christmas miniseries. Utterly incredible ❤

[@ThePilot_]

Lol! Thanks. You're not so bad with words yourself.

[@TheLaptopLagger]

@@ThePilot_ Coming from you I'm taking that as a humongous compliment. Thank you!

[@SonnyBb0y]

Loving this series, keep up the great work :)

[@Tuktanuk]

Awesome Video reviews here! I was hoping you'd mention the "temperature Critical" and Man!? You nailed it.

[@Bigalinbklyn83]

Just found your vids been watching them all night till I passed out.

[@thethinking1]

COME BAAAACK DUDE!! Just have fun. Collaborations were always great too.🙏👍🏽👍🏽

[@raybidhq]

You have a talent for video editing too. That intro is something very touching.

[@williambeeler671]

Dude I absolutely love these ship reviews! I'd love to see how you'd do a viper mk3 vid. o7

[@IsaacCarmichael]

I loved it. It got me to the anacanda. I found a single jump trade run. It did amazing. For beginner Traders, it's a nice step up from the type 6.

[@DanTKD87]

Love the Type 7. This was the ship that paved the way to my Anaconda. Just a great ship. Used it as a passenger ship (Ceos to Sothis runs) Its sad that ive moved on from it now that i have the Conda and unlocked the Cutter.

[@TheRealCatof]

Corvette > Cutter

[@vehicleboi5598]

@@TheRealCatof ok

[@ryanosullivan2871]

Thanks so much for this review, when the damaged stations were announced this week I knew just what to buy and I knew to engineer some better heat management. And soon I will have a Cutter and perhaps a Corvette to show for it.

[@boom2002]

Great review dude! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Thanks.

[@speck213]

I’m years later but I love these reviews so much man

[@CallMiLito]

You are the Jeremy Clarkson of Elite Dangerous ship reviews. Great stuff. I love it!

[@ch3apjoe]

Man i just found your channel and now in binge watching. Love your reviews. Keep it up. You are calm and serene, like an anti-yamkis. Lol. Hope i spelled his name right. Love his stuff too. .

[@rogerlavoie8452]

I just love the way you present the Elite Ships..So I subscribed hehehe

[@cohenworrior898]

Used the Type-7 _Galactic Mercy_ as a rescue ship. Then she earned me loads of money doing Robigo > Sothis passenger missions. Now she's in drydock, but she'll be rescuing people as long as people need rescuing.

[@Myndi84]

thanks for the Video. I'm in the Witchead-Sector right now sitting in my Type-7. Enjoying the fireworks and rescuing some people.

[@schalkcombrinck2225]

Subscribed just because of the name Nostromo. I love the Alien franchise and these are great videos. Thanx for the reviews

[@yelloyota82]

I love my T7, and after a few talks with Farseer about a Shielded FSD that solved my heat issue and got me to nearly 30LY range, just enough to enjoy some Exploration with a little salvaging along the way

[@Samurawita]

Que preciosos son tus videos, gracias por este contenido.

[@jinzo457]

I love that you named your space brick "Nostromo"

[@Ewert99]

Great intro! Very cinematic!

[@darrenkingston9440]

I love your review style

[@CMTechnica]

212th sub. You earned it with quality work

[@crackensvideo]

♥ Do the DBX next. doesn't go as far as a 'Conda but you can pack everything you need on 'er and she'll keep right on ticking. Especially with the 2 free C1 Module slots we just got. And she doesn't handle like a whale in molasses.

[@boiledelephant]

My main ship is a DBX but I always feel it's lacking one optional internal. I can take two AFMs or a scarab hangar, a refinery or a collector limpet controller. If it had one more size 2 or 3 slot, it'd be perfect.

[@sidemanelm]

Great review. I’m impressed you found a use for the Type 7. I’ve never owned one in my relatively short time in the game and this review lists a lot of reasons why that’s the case. But yeah I like that you had a heart for an unloved ship. It was a cool way to do a negative review.

[@ThePilot_]

That's what I was shooting for. Thanks, man.

[@cliftongadbois4136]

I flew the Type-7 for a single trade circuit and then realized I could haul the same amount on a Python albeit like you said for a much higher investment but a smaller pad etc. However, I must admit that after flying the Type-7, running cargo in the Python feels like doing Amazon Prime deliveries in a Ferrari 😎

[@shut_up_n_diie7895]

Awesome freaking review you just got yourself a sub....cheers

[@akhathos1618]

You are the best, The Pilot. Thanks for this video.

[@xgyarados469]

Great video!

[@highlanderjeff2720]

I share a lot of my modules with my Vulture etc so my T7 is fully geared and its actually one of my favourite ships but my god, my first time flying one only to find out that the outpost I traded at regularly couldn't take me in. and then finding out that a Python could, Frontier really pissed me off with that one ha

[@wop52000]

I have been watching all of these. This one made me giggle the most. I also sort of want to buy one now.

[@marcusnanez8917]

wow i was really excited to upgrade from my type 6 to the type 7 but you really took the wind out of my sails

[@Crown_VIII]

your doing the space lords work. love it!

[@ldobehardcore]

The T7 makes an interesting exploration ship too. I flew my T7 out to Beagle Point and back.

[@voidkat4202]

Imagine a convoy of Type 7 equipped with Reverberating Cascade torps. Should be a dream come true

[@garycleveland6410]

You make talking about these ships fun.

[@archonone5164]

Another great ship review....... Frontier Developments should be paying you royalties for the way you inspire us back into the cockpit.

[@dopejack007]

Nicely Done!

[@Darkmusicwax]

One of the few trade ships that took me to the rebuy screen back in the day.

[@medikohl]

Absolutely love this series, any idea what's next on the list?

[@ThePilot_]

Next up is the Sidewinder.

[@medikohl]

@@ThePilot_ nice

[@davee902]

Ok, you got your thumbs-up as soon as i saw the name of the ship... LOL

[@musicmaneman38]

For all those that grew up in the 80's.. This IS BJ and The Bear ship. Add the red striped paint job. "A buck and a half a light year. No questions asked."

[@davidentz7440]

Great videos! You mentioned the Diamond Back scout. The most super sneaky super cold running ship in the game. It was the ship I used during "the Gnosis event" and had no issues with Hydras as they couldn't see me at all. I call mine Sithis after the the cold dark empty void of space it blends so well into. Hacking, spying, sneaking, smuggling are what the little scout does so well. Just make sure you never use a shield though....or weapons as you won't need them. However it used to be the meta ship for cold running combat back in the day. Anyway look forward to whenever you do review the DBS. Keep up the great work and subbed.

[@thefrenchbastard1646]

it is a great fighter I dont see a reason not to use it's wapons

[@davidentz7440]

@@thefrenchbastard1646 Definitely a great small fighter. But don't need weapons when sneaking around doing recon, hacking ships, smuggling, taking samples from Thargoids etc. ;)

[@yuenin5318]

I laughed hard at the 'WARNING - TEMPERATURE CRITICAL'

[@zaelheimricht4978]

Pilot: Names his ship Nostromo Fate: *"Are you provoking me?"*

[@SvenTord]

I like the space truck. I went on the DW2 expedition with it.

[@saschaschulz3849]

Your Shipvids are fantastc loveletters to the ships.. I like them almost always forgot to push the like Buttons.. will do that right now on all of them! thanks for the entertaining

[@MrWsaenot]

Really needs a buff on the internals to be as efficient as a trader as it's size lets you think (like 1 or 2 class 7 instead of the class 6). Used mine as a rescuer vessel like you said, a while back, and that is trully a role where it shines. I loved that ship. Can't think of a better one for the job actually (except the Python of course, but the Python is pretty much good at everything).

[@pw10a2sal]

5:00 The burning station is just beautifull

[@SeamusOR]

Not only is my "Big Bertha" great at transporting cargo, she's also great for outfitting for short passenger transport such as damaged star port evacs.

[@GandamTV]

Nice video, i thing it'd be nice to mention that this ship is pretty light for his FSD class and makes a nice long-range cargo ship, if you want to move shit to Colonia for exemple i'll recommand it.

[@AmosTheTalented]

This is one of my favorite videos, mostly due to the longer intro music, and the radio static in the background. I don’t fly my T-7 anymore, because my other ships are far superior. “Ambergris” I called her; not particularly pretty, but definitely valuable. Delivering food cartridges and algae to military bases, and then returning with a hold full of bio waste was easy money. Also, hopping back and forth in the same system is a great way to avoid interdiction.

[@calebsalyards8076]

I literally bought this ship for rescue missions. I'm super glad to see that I got the right ship (although I've definitely run out of business in that profession right now).

[@Kellett781]

My first month in elite was spent buying the ship with the most cargo space, save up, trade in on new ship with most Cargo space. In the 7, it was bulk econo passenger and one painite session of mining and I was on to the type 9.

[@jjtao]

I burst laughing with the FSD heat warning montage. That made its point

[@bluewater7211]

The temperature critical joke got me dude lol

[@InsolentMind3981]

I still have one and can't sell it for some reasons. I'll give it a try in rescue missions soon, thx!

[@Cubinator73]

3:05 That was actually the very first thing I noticed about the Type-7 when I first bought one and sold it ten minutes later.

[@iraqifoodcart8447]

The Type 7 review is the one I've been trying to see a review of ever since the "described in one sentence" video said "This is a Type 7...................." And that was it...

[@TheReapersgaze]

I don't remember the last time I could rescue people from damaged stations. Everything is getting repaired now. Nothing is damaged.

[@PsycoDwarf9]

I'm a mad boy who took a Federal Corvette to Sag A, through Colonia and back. I'd love to see your take on it.

[@animanera89]

I named mine "PeRsOnAl NaRrAtIvE" and use it as a material grinder (cargo, collector limpets, surface and wake scanner, planetary hangar)... this thing has no friggin' right being so damn manoeuvrable, i love how fast it can turn.

[@Eliwood407]

I really like the type 7 :( I don't play for long enough to tell you what ship is better than what, or at what... but I like the way it looks, and I am always happy to see it over the horizon when I tumble down the hill with my SRV. So if you ever see me flying in my Type-7, give me a wave and a honk, maybe some protection because I may need it!

[@cmdrdr.digital865]

Throwing shade at a ship design. TheYamiks would be proud. :-P

[@budgetcommander4849]

It's been working for me. I don't swear by it, but it hasn't failed me. Good cargo hold, and agile enough avoid interdictions in it.

[@teddyinjapan]

I start the same every time Type 6 Type 7 Then get my true goal, the type 9 Space trucking ain’t easy

[@zourin8804]

The Type 7 is a gorgeous, broken brick. If I had to say it had any functional use at all, it would be as a limpet carrier for a mining wing. She's a chonky, brittle loot pinata on the best of days, and a pricey rebuy on the worst.

[@ericredmond5008]

I'd like to see your review of a Type-10. I'm not a fan boy of the T-10, but I am using one to explore right now. Fully outfitted (fighter hangar, SUV hangar, weapons, limpets, etc.) and still getting a respectable 31 LY jump range. Yes, engineered a little.

[@michaelknight6000]

With the Type-7 I used to do CG's in open, you could fit just enough armour and countermeasures to be able to survive most ganking attempts. And I went to Colonia, fully loaded obviously, without any neutron highways or faraway bases to ease the trip which took me 1 month at least. These underdog ships will always have their appeal, it's the immersion of being in an old piece of junk, on a desperate mission, against all odds..