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[AutoMcD] Solar Bear

Survival, Vanilla. Starter ship that can be build ENTIRELY from the planetary lander spawn ship that is capable in both atmosphere AND SPACE.

It is mixed grid, it was the only way to make such a craft with the limited resources. The main holdup was actually grids (cobalt) but I eventually came up in short supply of silicon as well. Had thousands of steel plates and motors left over.
Obviously in normal survival finding more ore is part of the game but this was a challenge to stick with ony what can be sourced from the planetary lander spawn ship.

https://www.reddit.com/r/spaceengineers/comments/75cdkz/starter_ship_buildoff_youre_been_formally/


Instructions to build in survival:
Since this is mixed grid, you'll need to subscribe to both the large grid and small grid portions.

Large grid portion:
http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1170851955

Small grid portion:
http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1170852625

1. Build projector, preferably off something powered such as planetary lander battery. Arrange projection to overlap the large projector at the rear of the craft.
2. Build the ENTIRE large grid portion. You will have to use assembler to disassemble steel plates and convert iron to interior plates and so on.
3. The advanced rotor is the attachment point. Grind off the head and use menu to populate small head. Safety lock it.
4. Build conveyor block on the small head with the large ports facing up/down/left/right. The small ports vertically arranged facing front/back. (see last picture I uploaded)
5. Place projector on the front face somewhere on the right or left side (not on the ports). Use this to load small grid projection.
6. Arrange projection so that the large conveyor ports line up.
7. Build small grid portion. You might turn up a few glass blocks short on the solar panels, prioritize computers with the silicon.
8. If the flight seat menu does not populate, here is setup:
1. Control RC

That's it. You must use RC to control this craft because everything is on the small grid. RC menu will have the rest.

RC menu:
1. (group) H2 thrusters toggle on/off
2. (group) H2 thruster cruise toggle on/off (these turn off just the brakes so you can efficiently cruise around)
3. Camera front
4. (group) Batteries recharge toggle on/off. for when you need to charge them no nonsense.
Beyond that it's connectors, landing gear, etc. It all actually stayed in the RC for my test, set it up how you like. it's a relatively simple craft.

It is not a fast craft. It's slow, heavy, and barely makes it to space. This is like the common man's RV version of a space ship, not high performance but you'll still get to see the mountains.
It won't get to space if you mash spacebar with H2 on, you have to toggle the group on/off to throttle them as necessary. Keep it in 90-104 meters per second, only use H2 when necessary. As gravity drops below .25G you should see H2 actually filling up faster than you use it, assuming you packed some ice for the trip. That's what the front drills are for! Easy fillups and rolling rocks. I made it to space fine in my tests but I was only hauling 150k of ice, I suggest you don't load up a full load if that's where you're going. Get to zero G then do your mining!