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Karagin
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 Posted: 30-Mar-2008 20:24 Post subject: Small Cockpits.... |
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Okay I was looking over some of the designs and I was wondering if giving them smaller cockpits would be worth it or not and I thought I would ask you folks your input and ideas on this.
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Sleeping Dragon
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| Posted: 31-Mar-2008 00:51 Post subject: Small Cockpits.... |
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I don't like using them, but they can save some weight and space, especially on light machines. Some older 'Mechs look like they have them anyway (Stinger, Spider, Assassin)
The small cockpits lack ejection seats don't they?
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Raven!
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| Posted: 31-Mar-2008 08:28 Post subject: Small Cockpits.... |
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Makes life more interesting! I use them primarily on ICE machines in order to save weight. ICE engines are deadly otherwise!
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CO_17thRecon
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| Posted: 31-Mar-2008 10:22 Post subject: Small Cockpits.... |
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Small cockpits lack any sort of comfort whatsoever, taking even the small amenities you can find in a normal cockpit out. You also need a crowbar and tub of butter to get in and out. For this reason they work best for veteran pilots (due to +1 to piloting checks) and aggressive machines that the pilot will not need to spend a long time in.
Addenum: Also, small cockpits do keep an ejector system from what I recall.
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Sleeping Dragon
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| Posted: 31-Mar-2008 15:11 Post subject: Re: Small Cockpits.... |
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| CO_17thRecon wrote: | ...
Addenum: Also, small cockpits do keep an ejector system from what I recall. |
1. Open the canopy,
2. Grease yourself with butter - a lot
3. Put the crowbar so that it's braced against cockpit edge and the shorter end is under your butt
4. Kick the free end
5. Hope that you land safely
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