is the gas engine better then the electric engine?

[G-18]

is there an advantage the electric has? i dont play much survival so maybe it is cheaper to power or has more efficiency?

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if you want to carry something really heavy, use an electric. if you want to go really fast, use gas.

[G-18]

so a gas engine would be better with mining equipment?

[YetiChow]

Electric has much higher torque, so it's good for heavy loads or steep climbing. Gas engines have a much higher top speed (although you could always use multiple bearing tricks to boost the top speed of any engine to ridiculous ranges if speed is all you care about), are quite fuel efficient at max upgrade, and are generally the easiest multi-purpose vehicle engines to use.

As far as fuel, battery engines are more efficient for most regular uses, although if you want to move at max throttle at all times then a gas engine edges out a battery engine over long distances. Both can now be fuelled renewably -- for battery engines you can make batteries but you can also just farm some high-tier crops to attract tapebots (and kill them with automated defences); for gas engines it's as simple as finding an oil pond in the desert and setting up a pump + refinebot to turn oil into gasoline (you can even make an automated refuelling station with a little bit of creativity and a second vacuum pump to throw gas out at your vehicle when you drive up to a sensor)

Edit: just saw your comment about a mining vehicle. Any engine works fine for driving drills or saws, so I would say use a scrap engine for the drills (so that you can control the drills separately from the vehicle) and a gas engine for the vehicle itself. That way you can hook them up to the same fuel supply easily. Since you will only need to use the mining vehicle every so often, fuel is probably the easier option over batteries too -- you can just collect fuel with another vehicle rather than having to drive your mining rig all the way to the desert to refuel it.

[Astragaad]

I recommend using a controller to power drills as they provide steady speed and you will not bounce around like what gas or electric will cause plus they do not require fuel. As for saw blades though, either engine will do but electric is probably better.

[G-18]

Originally posted by Astragaad:

I recommend using a controller to power drills as they provide steady speed and you will not bounce around like what gas or electric will cause plus they do not require fuel. As for saw blades though, either engine will do but electric is probably better.

wait you can use a controler? cool

[G-18]

Originally posted by RT:

Originally posted by gamer guy 18:

wait you can use a controler? cool

A LvL 5 controller maxed out on speed and turned to the "loop" option. They are extremely efficient at breaking stone, especially considering they don't use fuel. Even better when not drilling they can be used for just about everything else as well.

so they could be used to actually power a vehicle? cool