Elite Dangerous Fuel Scoop Locations

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Fuel Scooping in Aristocracy Dangerous

Since Elite Dangerous Beta 3 it has been possible to scoop fuel from stars to furnish your fuel tanks. This is useful if your ship has high fuel consumption and you dont desire to (or deceit!) pay for the normal refill at a station, or you are out exploring and there is no where to refuel!

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You can't scoop fuel up and sell it after at stations - you can only refill your own fuel tanks.
Not all star types are scoopable (type DA, DC, L, T, TTS & Y are non scoopable), and some are scoopable just the oestrus you gain volition exist too high
- The general dominion is that the yellowish/orange stars are the ideal ones to scoop from.

The units of the fuel scoop are in KG/s. Yous need 1000 KGs to create a unmarried tonne of fuel. Then if y'all are scooping fuel at ten/s, you lot will need to await about i and a half minutes to collect a unmarried tonne of fuel. (g/10 = 100 seconds, which is ane.67 minutes).

Fuel Scooping Guide

Fuel can merely be scooped from stars. It is going to get very hot then allow your send cool down to normal levels before you approach or y'all'll endure hull damage

Fig 1 - Scooping fuel
Approach the star at a adequately tedious super cruise speed - near 0.1c is a good speed. Try to aim your ship then that it is just outside of the star's yellow "safe distance" outline and fly towards it.
Once your scoop activates you lot should slow downward to zero (actually about 30km/s is the minimum yous can go in SC).
Sit in that location at 30km/south for as long every bit you demand to.
1. You lot can endeavour to increment the collection rate by moving closer.
2. However, proceed an eye on the temperature approximate. There should be a point where you tin can scoop at the maximum rate without the temperature continuously rise.
3. Scooping rate is based on distance from the corona, rather than speed. If the rate increases as you speed upward, information technology's solely because you're getting closer to the dominicus. If you ho-hum down, the charge per unit should not drib.
4. It's also affected by the angle of your ship to the dominicus: you need to be facing the sun.
5. 10-12/s is a respectable collection rate for an entry-level scoop (higher class scoops can get much college rates - come across below for more than details)
Y'all volition now be refilling your main fuel tank (the lower of the two fuel gauges in the bottom right of your HUD).
Depending on the size of your tank, it may take a while to fill upwards - several minutes is not uncommon.
1. When y'all are total, the charge per unit will testify "0" and there will exist a loud clunk.
By flying at zero throttle (30km/due south) you're more than likely to lose an interdiction fight, so keep an eye on ships flying behind you lot on the scanner.

Make sure to keep a close eye on your transport's heat

It is very easy to quickly heat up and suffer damage, even when quite far away from the star.
You tin safely become over 100%, but when you reach 150%, yous will suffer damage.
Remember that it takes time to get to a safe cooling-downwardly distance, so first to movement abroad well earlier information technology reaches 150%.

It is not unusual to take to pitch up away from the star until your rut drops a bit earlier resuming scooping.

A good tip hither is to go along an eye on the fuel scooping-charge per unit - if it is increasing you are getting closer to the star, when it is dropping you are getting further away. This lets you fine-tune your altitude from the star and maintain oestrus at a fairly constant level.

Fuel Scoop Ratings

Different scoops have dissimilar scooping rates. The numbers listed hither are the maximum possible scooping rates attained at high-speeds. You would ordinarily want to scoop at a speed lower than your maximum as the rut would be significant - a realistic scooping rate would be virtually 75% of the maximum without overheating.

Class	Rating	Max Rate	Fourth dimension/t @ max	Time/t @ 75%
1	Eastward	18 KG/s	56 seconds	74 seconds
i	D	24 KG/s	42 seconds	56 seconds
1	C	30 KG/s	34 seconds	45 seconds
i	B	36 KG/s	28 seconds	37 seconds
1	A	42 KG/southward	24 seconds	32 seconds
ii	E	32 KG/southward	32 seconds	42 seconds
2	D	43 KG/s	24 seconds	31 seconds
ii	C	54 KG/s	19 seconds	25 seconds
2	B	65 KG/due south	16 seconds	21 seconds
3	East	75 KG/due south	xiv seconds	18 seconds
3	D	100 KG/southward	10 seconds	fourteen seconds
3	C	126 KG/s	8 seconds	11 seconds
3	B	151 KG/south	half-dozen.five seconds	ix seconds
4	D	196 KG/s	five seconds	7 seconds
4	C	245 KG/s	4 seconds	vi seconds

The graph shows the relationships betwixt the different classes and ratings - as y'all can see a A-rated scoop can be more constructive than a low rated college form scoop.