Fastest ship

[Jiffypop]

So is the imperial eagle still the holder of this title?

[Snarfster42]

As far as I know a tuned Viper has the price. But... I may be wrong. ;)

[Agony_Aunt]

Yeah, i think after an update earlier in the year the Viper Mk3 now has the edge over the Eagle.

[Gropax]

reg Eagle is faster then an Imperial Eagle.

[Evol_Prodigy]

Viper boost > type9 supercruise

[Jiffypop]

So what is it? Viper or eagle

[NegativeX]

Type 9

[Witcher]

Yes, afaik iEagle's still fastest in game.

[Landor]

Messing about with Coriolis shipyard, The best I seem to be able to get in terms of speed is the Viper 3, with 745 top speed, and a boost of 932. The Imperial Eagle comes a close second, with 699 top speed and boosting at 932. Bringing up third is the Imperial Courier, with 652 top speed and 885 boost.

All three are as light of a fit as possible, with 3A enhanced performance, dirty drives 5/drag drives, everything else in the core internals is D rated with lightweight engineering/stripped down if possible. Interestingly enough, while the ImpEagle and Viper only have a measly 3 tons for optionals, hardpoints and utility, the ImpCourier has a decent 18 tons for extras thanks to it's lighter hull. So of the three, if you were to use it for anything other then being a thruster with a cockpit bolted on, the ImpCourier has much better utility.

Links for those who care
Viper Mk III[s.orbis.zone]
Imperial Eagle[s.orbis.zone]
Imperial Courier[s.orbis.zone]

[Witcher]

I believe the 3 outfits are not engineered with no optional internals, utilities or HPs.

If you engineer them and put some optional internals in them, you will find iEagle is fastest.

[Landor]

Originally posted by Witcher:

I believe the 3 outfits are not engineered with no optional internals, utilities or HPs.

If you engineer them and put some optional internals in them, you will find iEagle is fastest.

Huh? They're all engineered as much as it will help. With speed being the primary metric that the two are being compared on, their builds reflect this to sacrifice everything possible for speed, and the Viper wins that.

And while the ImpEagle does have a slightly higher mass budget for extras (an extra 1/10th of a ton thanks to it's lower classed life support,) the Viper can go overbudget and lose a little speed before it drops to where the ImpEagle can match it underbudget.

[Witcher]

My bad, I normally use EDSY and didn't see the mods on Coriolis ;) Anyway, you won't use a ship without a FSD, shield generator, etc. unless you transport it to a system purely for racing only.

So if you fill in the optional internal slots, utilities and HPs, iEagle will be fastest since it has lower class and less slots.

[caaront]

Good, I have some paint jobs for the Viper 3, think I'll go get one for kicks.

[Landor]

Originally posted by Witcher:

My bad, I normally use EDSY and didn't see the mods on Coriolis ;) Anyway, you won't use a ship without a FSD, shield generator, etc. unless you transport it to a system purely for racing only.

So if you fill in the optional internal slots, utilities and HPs, iEagle will be fastest since it has lower class and less slots.

I was thinking the idea was speed, nothing else matters.

And true, you could forego the mass restriction and fill every slot on them, in which case the ImpEagle does squeak by. Although you could also fit the same stuff on the Viper as the ImpEagle, and the Viper would end up faster but just as powerful.

Here's a couple builds based on the speed ones already given, trying to fit them for combat as much as possible without slowing either one down more then the other.

Imperial Eagle[s.orbis.zone]

Viper Mk III[s.orbis.zone]

Both are fit pretty much the same, lightweight multicannons on the medium hardpoints, lightweight seeker racks on the smalls. Both have lightweight chaff, an enhanced low power shield, and excess mass is used on hull/module reinforcments. The Engineering on the FDS and Power plant has also changed on them, from grades 1 to get the stripped down experimental on them, to grades 5.

Of the two, the Viper is better equipped. They both still sacrifice a lot for speed, but the Viper can take an extra 5 tons of equipment before it drops to the speed of the ImpEagle.

EDIT:

Originally posted by caaront:

Good, I have some paint jobs for the Viper 3, think I'll go get one for kicks.

I do kinda want to put a speed viper build together now, although I haven't gotten Palin unlocked yet so I can't engineer the most important part entirely.

[Jiffypop]

So again, raw speed, nothing else, I eagle fastest?

[Landor]

Originally posted by Jiffypop:

So again, raw speed, nothing else, I eagle fastest?

No, research indicates the Viper 3 is fastest.