Oolite Bulletins

The Boomerang is just a plain, sturdy trading ship. It's horseshoe shape allows a great deal of cargo, and though it isn't as fast as many other ships, it's speed is compatable with the Cobra MkIII. With aft and forward beam lasers, and a respectable missile launching capability, it is far from helpless. Never-the-less, the NPC version of the Boomerang is escorted by the fast, and deadly Piranha. There is only one problem that I have yet to address with this ship, and that is the sensor dishes. They were meant to spin, but I couldn't pull that off in it's present positioning, so it will be a future upgrade.

Specs.:

Max Speed = 350
Max Energy = 350
Energy Recharge Rate = 3.5
Thrust = 25
Max Cargo = 80 tons
Max Missiles = 8

LINK

https://www.box.com/s/yhiq6brjjsb4oz9pe9z1

Thanks to Zieman, the dishes are now spinning perfectly. I've updated the link for anyone interested. Thanks Zieman.

Nice ship.

Thanks pagroove. Thanks also for the bits you unconsciously donated to the Mandotech Station.

Good ship there Mandoman I'll have to download it and check out the rotating dish

Shipbuilder wrote:

Good ship there Mandoman I'll have to download it and check out the rotating dish

Thanks, Shipbuilder. I knew how to make a dish rotate 360 degrees around the y axis, but that was using sensor mounting poles that went straight up. I've even achieved a circular spinning using the z axis, as on the Ardvark, but for some reason I couldn't seem to get the dish on the Boomerang to rotate to my satisfaction. I was thinking to release a different version with just the straight pole dish mount, but Zieman kind of took car of that little problem.

Happy to help, and this time it was easy .

Zieman wrote:

Happy to help, and this time it was easy .

Nice hat, and Merry Christmas.