Really well done - welcome to the wonderful world of Elite UA-camrs! Great to see some love given to my all time favorite ship, the wonderful Sidewinder!
@@ThePilot_ Well I wish I had your skills with these tools, I'm a total hack there. Fortunately a good friend isn't, CMDR Metsys created my logo and intro video. I've taught various things my whole life (was a music major, corporate IT training and have been a racing instructor for 10 years) so I both enjoy and understand teaching. I'm lucky that my voice is decent enough that with a good mic and Audition I don't sound like a total douche. Do keep up the good work - if you ever wanna chat just ping me on my Discord, Level 11 (don't wanna paste a link here) - you can find it in any of my livestream videos.
Take a moment to appreciate the fact that if you had a real life stock sidewinder right now, you would be more capable than any space agency currently active, and more powerful than any aircraft currently in the skies.
David Heise Not really, a sidewinder can be downed with simple missile fire, and is slower than most aircraft flying today. We wouldn’t have a huge problem killing one. A Federal Corvette on the other hand...
@@Kurogumo just imagine a brick like the corvette or the sidewinder in the atmosphere. They would fall like.... bricks. Something like the eagle would be better off
@@APFSDS-DU Of course. But if you glide in the eagle could use its wings to create some sort of lift to assist the thrusters. While the anaconda for example is straight as an arrow and doesnt have any wings and needs to rely on its thrusters only. It could be possible. If the thrusters were strong enough to brake the fall and enable those ships to hover. But i guess we're born 1000 years to soon to find out...
I'm a noob at this game, and I saw like a "hack the emplacement datalink" type mission. I accepted it, bought a hauler, put an rover in it and went in yolo Fail, but it was fun nonetheless.
I crashed my sidewinder (Todd) for fun, but it never gave me a new one, instead I woke up in a horse carriage with my hands tied apparently I'd been trying to cross the border. Also I'd love to see a video on the Imperial Cutter/Clipper
This. I outfitted a sidewinder to go to Sag A* with a jump range of slightly over 34 ly. Saw some damn fine stuff out in the black with it, and made a good bit of money too. I could absolutely take it out to Beagle Point with its capabilities. Never underestimate what a Sidey can do, y'all
My sidewinder earned me every last credit required to go straight from it to my Cobra MkIII, and in honour of that, my Cobra is named after the trusty little workhorse that made it happen. Never selling that little guy, and I'm just waiting until I end up on the far reaches of the galaxy as part of some community colonisation effort or something, so I can bring the little veteran out to the frontier and give it the tribute it deserves.
Uh, my test only had the question: “Is pineapple good on pizza?” And the answers only included: “A: Yes B: No C: It truly comes down to the individual and their personal taste and their mood.” I didn’t answer and I only had to pay a fee. I was so confused.
I love my little sidewinder, never gets used but I unwittingly did the Hutton run in it and it got me there just fine, many fond memories of learning the ropes in this ship
The journey from the star to hutton orbital is longer than the jump from ehecatl to its next door neighbour yet the ehecatl jump gets hyperspace but Hutton doesnt
One thing I'd absolutely love is if they added a module that stores one single sidewinder that has a FSD but no hyperdrive, so that you can explore and land in a system.
Not bad. My Sidewinder is my favorite ship. Have her nicely decked out and am almost at a 36 light year jump range. Even more impressive when it has everything needed for extreme long range/time exploration.
It's true, you never forget your first. Ashwing has been scratched, gouged, and battered but still on the original frame and safely parked in and amongst my larger ships that a number of which had a at least one insurance claim on. I'm really digging your videos and the fresh perspective on ship reviews.
0:50 I name my ships after Greek gods, titans and lesser gods, with the exception of my eagles which are named after two eagles associated with Zeus. My Sidwinder is called Janus. Janus being the Greek God of Beginnings.
@@periodicoblivion thanks for letting me know about that. I just looked up Greek god of beginnings when naming the ship and Janus was the only result. He doesn’t have a Greek god counterpart so I’m not changing it, it’ll just be an exception.
Ill always keep Kleenex 1776, my sidewinder, almost had a small heart attack bc I thought I was running out of fuel, I just didnt understand how the fuel gauge worked. Grabbed a cobra mk iii and named it wish-bone. I love this game and its community so much! Excellent video as well!!
I'm legit surprised at the amount of people who say they sold their first sidewinder. I still have mine just cuz it seemed wrong to sell it. especially since selling it only gets you what like 2 early deliveries makes.
Great video! One thing to note... a G5 sidewinder with enhanced performance thrusters is FAR from slow, and a total blast to fly. The most useable of the speedy boys in my experience.
This series is great. I've been tentativly getting back into elite dangerous recently, and these are highly educational and scratch the Itch to play while I'm in my headphones at work : )
It reminds me of the Skyhawk 172 in real life. Relatively cheap, they are everywhere, and chances are it's what you learned to fly in. It does not seem like much at first glance but when all you want to do is simply fly, it is exactly what you need!
One thing you can say for it . You will be mostly safe from interdictions If you unlock the high performance thrusters from Prof. Palin , you can engineer them to get 345 ms speed and 480 ms of boost Way fast enough !
That's a really lovely video, really enjoyed it - thanks for putting it together. I admit I was expecting a complete takedown of the poor old Sidewinder and instead you created a delightful love letter to it! I have an affinity for my Sidey (Juno) after taking on the Colonia Outlander Challenge with it on my Xbox account (22,000 LY in the unengineered starter ship - and yes the space madness got to me quite a few times). It gave me a real appreciation for this doughty little craft, and what a character it is. Mine is still sitting proudly at Colonia Dream, and though, unlike the Cobra, I'm highly unlikely to be using it again, it'll always have my respect, and a little place in my heart! Keep up the great work, looking forward to the next one. Would love to see the T9 and Python featured, two more ships with bags of character.
I'll second the Python as next ship. This is all adding some good backstory and ambience to the ships ED has still yet to mature properly and this kind of shizzle is helping.
Weirdly turned me off from the video with the initial loud static out of nowhere but this was an amazing experience. I (foolishly) ran to mining once someone told me about it and tossed out the sidewinder far too quickly. Now, the doom beetle and I are slowly but surely learning to love the benefits of guardian and engineering parts (and the beautiful canopy view)
UA-cam randomly recommended this just as i was passing out, nearly fired a full send code brown straight through the earth's core when that static hit. Great Video.
Nice to see Top Gear still exists in the 3300s. And I'm so glad to see so much love for the Sidewinder. I still have my Space Wasp, and it's probably the most fun of all my ships to fly
I have used the sidewinder on occasion because it's available everywhere, it's dirt-cheap to purchase and fit-out and is often a more efficient option as a commuter than shipping a module or ship to your location. Outside of using it as a cheap commuter car I don't touch it.
I may be late, but I got hooked on the game in a Sidewinder. When I was but a fledgling Pilot, a friend of mine was out mining, and I figured 'hey, I might as well join in with a pulse scanner and help her find some rocks.' At the time, I didn't know that doing so could spawn a pirate. Seeing as how it was my fault, I shot at that pirate in my Sidewinder to get his attention, expecting full well to get blown up. I decided to have fun with it. I dodged, ducked, dipped, dived, and dodged all through the asteroid field, long enough for my friend to sell her Vopals and bring her combat ship to come save me, with 12% hull to spare. That is what got me hooked, and I had the perfect name for my Sidewinder: Little Acorn. Even now, she's a slippery little nut.
My Sidewinder is named "Snowspeeder," after its trapezoidal body and twin lasers. I graduated to the Cobra Mk. III as my second ship, and in recognition of my humble origins, I named it "Fat Snowspeeder."
I have my taxi named "pizza box" which is my first sidewinder, and exploring one named "krait mini", and my combat/troll the ganker or troll sidewinder named "meta slave" with the ID tag "POOOG"
Named my sidewinder "The Golden Boy" cause I got a gold skin for preordering Elite for PS4. Still have him, occasionally take it out to dick around. Its a cute ship.
I recently got back into a Sidewinder, specifically for surface prospecting without an SRV, but I tricked it out just for fun. These things move at a good clip once they're engineered! I named mine the Lucky Pancake. Seemed like a good idea at the time.
@@ThePilot_ yeah... started that account and fitted the Sidey for max jump range after getting enough credits for the jump drive.. Think I got between 20 to 30 Ly in the end, it was fun :)
I still have my Sidewinder. Her name is the "Puddle Jumper"! Why I hadn't found your channel sooner, I'll never know! Your content and it's production are truly exceptional. As soon as I'm done watching all of your ship reviews, I'll catch up on everything else I've missed. o7
When I recently unlocked (almost) all of the bubble engineers, I fully outfitted and engineered a Sidewinder. I took down an NPC wing of 2 with a Python and a Cobra (dangerous) with it. It's insane how unbalanced the game becomes with engineering.
I took my sidewinder, the Bella Ciao, all the way out to Hutton Orbital on a fuel scoop and an extra fuel tank. Came in on fumes, but I did it. 1.1 million credit courier mission. Probably wasn’t worth it, but it got me on my feet.
My original Sidewinder is called "Real Siddy". It is only slightly engineered, but it is totally A rated. I have a second one as well that is totally stock that I fly explicitly for it's cheap rebuy. In hindsight I should have bought a new sidewinder right away and upgraded that, keeping the original as a "free" rebuy.
I recently bought a sidewinder so i could play along with the FA-off tutorials who told me to get one. I thought i'd spend a few minutes in it to get used to this new method of flying and never touch it again. I never thought i'd start unironically enjoying flying it, and I certainly never thought i'd be able to kill an interceptor in one, less than a week after I picked it up. faulcon delacy had no right to make it as good as it is, but i'm certainly glad they did.
I can be proud to say, i still have my 2 starting ships, my og sidewinder and my Cobra mk III (the first ship i bought), and i gotta say, i love both of them.
The Sidewinder is a short-term ship with an even shorter hyperspace range. She'll make maybe 5 or 6 jumps without completely running out of fuel and even with a fuel scoop. With a fuel scoop, it takes forever to fill the fuel tank enough to make even 2 or 3 jumps. Unless you fit this ship with some serious engineering and the best modules, she isn't a long-range craft. When it comes to combat, she's got good maneuverability and fairly acceptable speed range. But the ship's shielding is less than ideal unless you're going up against craft that are about the same capabilities as the Sidewinder. And her pulse lasers aren't much against say an Asp or bigger ships with better shielding. At the most, one can carry up to 6 units of cargo, that is if you're willing to forego having a SuperCruise Assist. And unless ALL your modules are in the "D" range, the more cargo you carry, the shorter the jump distances are. All in all, there's a reason as to why she's basically a starter ship and nothing more.
My Sidewinders don't get names.. Just a Serial Number as I punch another one out of the Vending Machine for some inane purpose. Bookmarkwinder (Before actual Map Bookmarks were in game), Suicidewinder, Buckyballwinder, Canyonwinder.. ETC
Futurama is accompanying me back from Beagle Point a la Distant Worlds 2. But ... not in a Sidewinder. The next ship? Python. No, the Krait Mk2. Sigh. Once you have both, it’s like, do I want to take the Ferrari or the Lamborghini? Love the vids, eagerly waiting for the next one 😎
I totally sold mine when upgrading to a Cobra Mk III. Turned out that I actually didn't like the Cobra all that much so I switched back for a little while. I actually really love the Sidewinder. It's a ship I can fly in Open Play with no worries. :)
I love the eagle personally. The sidewinder is to the pilot as the eagle is to me. You can choose whether or not you upgraded, but you shouldn't feel bad about not having other's nostalgia.
My sidewinder doesn't have a name and I've spent entirely too much time in it. I used it to buy a Hauler and never looked back. I still have it (it's not worth selling) and it's fully upgraded, I take it out every once in a while but I never go far.
I just recently realised I could mail my sidey (Outrageous Fortune) half way accross the bubble for pennies, and since I engineered the hell out of it on a whim one day it's fast af on thrusters and jump range. So now I can leave my type 9 exactly where the powerplay is, order delivery, and be back in Cubeo in minutes instead of fighting the will of god not to crash big bessie into a star.
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Really well done - welcome to the wonderful world of Elite UA-camrs! Great to see some love given to my all time favorite ship, the wonderful Sidewinder!
Thank you! It's an honor to have such good company.
@@ThePilot_ Well not sure how "good" it is but you certainly have company ;-)
Dude, your tutorials have saved my ass on a number of occasions. You're solid in the "good" category.
@@ThePilot_ Well I wish I had your skills with these tools, I'm a total hack there. Fortunately a good friend isn't, CMDR Metsys created my logo and intro video. I've taught various things my whole life (was a music major, corporate IT training and have been a racing instructor for 10 years) so I both enjoy and understand teaching. I'm lucky that my voice is decent enough that with a good mic and Audition I don't sound like a total douche.
Do keep up the good work - if you ever wanna chat just ping me on my Discord, Level 11 (don't wanna paste a link here) - you can find it in any of my livestream videos.
@@Exigeous Now kiss
Take a moment to appreciate the fact that if you had a real life stock sidewinder right now, you would be more capable than any space agency currently active, and more powerful than any aircraft currently in the skies.
David Heise Not really, a sidewinder can be downed with simple missile fire, and is slower than most aircraft flying today. We wouldn’t have a huge problem killing one.
A Federal Corvette on the other hand...
@@Kurogumo just imagine a brick like the corvette or the sidewinder in the atmosphere. They would fall like.... bricks.
Something like the eagle would be better off
@@dannybecker7513 wouldnt matter. they all have thrusters on the bottom.
@@APFSDS-DU Of course. But if you glide in the eagle could use its wings to create some sort of lift to assist the thrusters. While the anaconda for example is straight as an arrow and doesnt have any wings and needs to rely on its thrusters only. It could be possible. If the thrusters were strong enough to brake the fall and enable those ships to hover. But i guess we're born 1000 years to soon to find out...
@@dannybecker7513 idk, the anaconda seems to do well on planets already.
"You never have to feel bad about being blown-up in a Sidewinder."
These are words to live by. We need a t-shirt!
I'm a noob at this game, and I saw like a "hack the emplacement datalink" type mission.
I accepted it, bought a hauler, put an rover in it and went in yolo
Fail, but it was fun nonetheless.
I crashed my sidewinder (Todd) for fun, but it never gave me a new one, instead I woke up in a horse carriage with my hands tied apparently I'd been trying to cross the border.
Also I'd love to see a video on the Imperial Cutter/Clipper
And where are you from, horse thief?
Todd strikes again! Does his tyranny know no bounds!
Sound like you walked right into an imperial ambush.
"Ah, I see you're awake"
A nords last thoughts should be of home after all...
its like a honda civic. its not spectacular at anything, but its good enough at everything for not much money
I called mine the Space Corolla
And will fly forever with regular oil changes. Or no oil at all!
Mine's called 2007 Honda Civic for that exact reason
Someone took a Sidewinder to Beagle Point... you truly can do anything in a sidewinder. IF you have the time and dedication to do it.
This. I outfitted a sidewinder to go to Sag A* with a jump range of slightly over 34 ly. Saw some damn fine stuff out in the black with it, and made a good bit of money too. I could absolutely take it out to Beagle Point with its capabilities. Never underestimate what a Sidey can do, y'all
Did you just reasonably priced car the sidewinder???
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Elias Gonzalez I’m glad I wasn’t the only one that noticed!
My sidewinder earned me every last credit required to go straight from it to my Cobra MkIII, and in honour of that, my Cobra is named after the trusty little workhorse that made it happen. Never selling that little guy, and I'm just waiting until I end up on the far reaches of the galaxy as part of some community colonisation effort or something, so I can bring the little veteran out to the frontier and give it the tribute it deserves.
Good man.
I did the same with my little sidewinder, Vincent. Just as my first ship it was an amazing experience
Ditto. Then from Cobra to Asp to Python to Krait MKII and on...
Uh, my test only had the question: “Is pineapple good on pizza?” And the answers only included: “A: Yes B: No C: It truly comes down to the individual and their personal taste and their mood.” I didn’t answer and I only had to pay a fee. I was so confused.
Correct. The only winning move is to not play.
You forgot a small detail: BENNY CAN MOVE AT 600+ M/S WHEN FULLY ENGINEERED
Good lord, I shall have to do that for the memes should I ever play Elite. Or maybe I shall compromise on speed a tad for some railguns...
I've not engineered mine much....other than FSD range of course....but i may have over equipped it....it's worth about 1.3 million :-)
So can a cutter, doesnt change anything
745m/s to be precise.
@@diceman199 when a guy would buy your fucking sidewinder for 1.3 mil you know you are doing something right
"we'll just take out the srv and.... *sigh*"
Been there... Done that xD
Same thing when I go mining or bounty hunting, it’s either the limpets or forgetting to set my co-pilot as active
I sold the planetary landing suite to *save weight* and then couldn't figure out why I couldn't land on planets. XD
Player today: LOL, he forget to get a SRV
New Players post odyssey:Why didn't he just get out and walk?
@@Radovanslav ...it doesn't have any weight
Wish I could fit my Winder in the back of my Type 9 💥
I mean ship launched fighters
You can do that sorta thing in star citizen
@@olliewray1197 thing is, Star Citizen will never get released.
I hope it's a feature that gets added, but fdev have a bit of a reputation for making odd decisions
@@trajan_x0128 they don't have srv bays and hyperdrives
I love my little sidewinder, never gets used but I unwittingly did the Hutton run in it and it got me there just fine, many fond memories of learning the ropes in this ship
Who among us has, as an inexperienced commander, not accidentally made the 0.22 ly trek out to Hutton Orbital?
@@TheSaoMagnifico the 700k courier mission should of been a dead giveaway something was up
@I'll taketh thy cheese by force now i spend my days pirating that space with a frag de lance
The journey from the star to hutton orbital is longer than the jump from ehecatl to its next door neighbour yet the ehecatl jump gets hyperspace but Hutton doesnt
"Now that we've landed, we'll take out the SRV, and uh..." _pause_ /sigh
I knew it. lol. Yup, me too.
I'll never forget the feeling to taking down my first Coriolis station in my sidewinder.
I love the subliminal Raxxla imagery in the beginning lol!
Keep up the good work man!
what the fuck my ears
@@deluxegir i was about to say, what is the meaning of it?
One thing I'd absolutely love is if they added a module that stores one single sidewinder that has a FSD but no hyperdrive, so that you can explore and land in a system.
Nice vid. I've always regretted selling my starter Sidewinder.
Still have "Sure, Not" and only regret that I haven't flown it in a while
I mean you can probably just by a new one for a few pennies out of pocket.
@@fluffernaut9905 but it's not the same
@@UNSCPILOT best. Name. Ever.
Lucky for us it’s easy to buy back and mod
Still got my original first Sidewinder - it never exploded once. And i'm still using it a lot, even in combat. Quality little ship.
Same, and if anyone fires on it I go back to base and come back with in a _very_ angry Type 10
@@NilesBlackX 🤣🤣🤣👍🏾
I've always liked how these things looked like the Snowspeeder from Hoth. Really brought me back to STAR WARS: Shadow of the Empire on N64.
I broke into laughter as it blew up at the guardian site. Very well done!
I absolutely LOST IT at 3:12 with the Top Gear-esque "What If I [SITUATION]" text! Brilliantly executed!
Sidewinder can be a fun experiment, i remember modding the hell out of mine and took it from 7 LY to 26 LY jump range 🙂
Not bad. My Sidewinder is my favorite ship. Have her nicely decked out and am almost at a 36 light year jump range. Even more impressive when it has everything needed for extreme long range/time exploration.
"Can I explore the ruins of an ancient civilisation with it?"
That's oddly specific but ok
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It's true, you never forget your first. Ashwing has been scratched, gouged, and battered but still on the original frame and safely parked in and amongst my larger ships that a number of which had a at least one insurance claim on. I'm really digging your videos and the fresh perspective on ship reviews.
I still keep my Sidewinder "Flying Sofa", as a memory when I started this game as a new pilot.
I tow mine around too. Named it the Danube.
Mine is named Wedge (after the distinct shape), and I still have it.
I named mine "the toasters bane"
Mine is Fang, after the first drink the Main Character in the SP of Freelancer asks for, the Sidewinder Fang!
My little Rustbucket Mk 1 is still kicking around too.
0:50 I name my ships after Greek gods, titans and lesser gods, with the exception of my eagles which are named after two eagles associated with Zeus. My Sidwinder is called Janus. Janus being the Greek God of Beginnings.
He’s Roman, not Greek but he’s a cool god
@@periodicoblivion thanks for letting me know about that. I just looked up Greek god of beginnings when naming the ship and Janus was the only result. He doesn’t have a Greek god counterpart so I’m not changing it, it’ll just be an exception.
@@therandomfish2298 im fairly sure the greeks believed in that god as well anyway. edit: nvm im actually really dumb dont listen to me
I feel like I'm watching Top Gear for Elite. I love these videos so much.
Ill always keep Kleenex 1776, my sidewinder, almost had a small heart attack bc I thought I was running out of fuel, I just didnt understand how the fuel gauge worked. Grabbed a cobra mk iii and named it wish-bone. I love this game and its community so much!
Excellent video as well!!
I'm legit surprised at the amount of people who say they sold their first sidewinder. I still have mine just cuz it seemed wrong to sell it. especially since selling it only gets you what like 2 early deliveries makes.
Had headphones on. Thanks for making me shit myself int he first few seconds lol
0:27
Great video! One thing to note... a G5 sidewinder with enhanced performance thrusters is FAR from slow, and a total blast to fly. The most useable of the speedy boys in my experience.
This series is great. I've been tentativly getting back into elite dangerous recently, and these are highly educational and scratch the Itch to play while I'm in my headphones at work : )
I always liked to think of the Sidewinder as the type of ship you could go on a family vacation in, National Lampoon style.
It reminds me of the Skyhawk 172 in real life. Relatively cheap, they are everywhere, and chances are it's what you learned to fly in. It does not seem like much at first glance but when all you want to do is simply fly, it is exactly what you need!
One thing you can say for it . You will be mostly safe from interdictions
If you unlock the high performance thrusters from Prof. Palin , you can engineer them to get 345 ms speed and 480 ms of boost
Way fast enough !
That's a really lovely video, really enjoyed it - thanks for putting it together. I admit I was expecting a complete takedown of the poor old Sidewinder and instead you created a delightful love letter to it! I have an affinity for my Sidey (Juno) after taking on the Colonia Outlander Challenge with it on my Xbox account (22,000 LY in the unengineered starter ship - and yes the space madness got to me quite a few times). It gave me a real appreciation for this doughty little craft, and what a character it is. Mine is still sitting proudly at Colonia Dream, and though, unlike the Cobra, I'm highly unlikely to be using it again, it'll always have my respect, and a little place in my heart! Keep up the great work, looking forward to the next one. Would love to see the T9 and Python featured, two more ships with bags of character.
Thank you. And I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Not sure if I ever could go to Colonia with Benny...but I'm with you in spirit.
The Pilot I'll be honest, I'm not sure I'd recommend it if you value your sanity, but it seemed like a good idea at the time! :-)
I'll second the Python as next ship. This is all adding some good backstory and ambience to the ships ED has still yet to mature properly and this kind of shizzle is helping.
Weirdly turned me off from the video with the initial loud static out of nowhere but this was an amazing experience. I (foolishly) ran to mining once someone told me about it and tossed out the sidewinder far too quickly.
Now, the doom beetle and I are slowly but surely learning to love the benefits of guardian and engineering parts (and the beautiful canopy view)
6:56 Oh god I could never imagine doing that... Still have my starter ship in Eve and Elite. Both are called Oklarth.
UA-cam randomly recommended this just as i was passing out, nearly fired a full send code brown straight through the earth's core when that static hit. Great Video.
I never had as much in Elite Dangerous as I had early on with my Sidewinder!
Everyone out here asking for thr crowd favorites, when clearly we need the Diamond back scout : )
Nice to see Top Gear still exists in the 3300s.
And I'm so glad to see so much love for the Sidewinder. I still have my Space Wasp, and it's probably the most fun of all my ships to fly
I sold mine to ensure I had the rebuy for my Cobra
I have used the sidewinder on occasion because it's available everywhere, it's dirt-cheap to purchase and fit-out and is often a more efficient option as a commuter than shipping a module or ship to your location. Outside of using it as a cheap commuter car I don't touch it.
0:26 my ears!! 💀💀
That's awesome! My Sidewinder's named Ben the Bear (my CMDR is Grizzly Adams, and Ben was his bear friend). I'll never sell it lol
I may be late, but I got hooked on the game in a Sidewinder.
When I was but a fledgling Pilot, a friend of mine was out mining, and I figured 'hey, I might as well join in with a pulse scanner and help her find some rocks.' At the time, I didn't know that doing so could spawn a pirate. Seeing as how it was my fault, I shot at that pirate in my Sidewinder to get his attention, expecting full well to get blown up.
I decided to have fun with it. I dodged, ducked, dipped, dived, and dodged all through the asteroid field, long enough for my friend to sell her Vopals and bring her combat ship to come save me, with 12% hull to spare. That is what got me hooked, and I had the perfect name for my Sidewinder: Little Acorn. Even now, she's a slippery little nut.
His Jeremy clarkson really came out
0:24 I really needed that boost of energy, thanks The Pilot
THE _Faulcon DeLacy_ SIDEWINDER
--- _"It CAN indeed fly."_
Named mine the Spaceman Spiff :)
Took a bit of doing, but it has two plasma chargers.
My Sidewinder is named "New Beginnings" ... man I love that ship
This is a great callback to the classic Top Gear Ford Fiesta review
My Sidewinder is named "Snowspeeder," after its trapezoidal body and twin lasers.
I graduated to the Cobra Mk. III as my second ship, and in recognition of my humble origins, I named it "Fat Snowspeeder."
Just as you never forget your first car/motorcycle, I'll never be selling my first ship, the Braben-Belle.
Getting some strong Top Gear vibes here especially with the Q&A bits haha, nice job!
Not everyone can talk about the Sidewinder for almost 8 minute like you did. Nice vid!
the focus and corvette shopping mall chase reference was appreciated.
challenge: find the two best ships for planetary bombardment with mine launchers :P
I have my taxi named "pizza box" which is my first sidewinder, and exploring one named "krait mini", and my combat/troll the ganker or troll sidewinder named "meta slave" with the ID tag "POOOG"
Named my sidewinder "The Golden Boy" cause I got a gold skin for preordering Elite for PS4. Still have him, occasionally take it out to dick around. Its a cute ship.
I recently got back into a Sidewinder, specifically for surface prospecting without an SRV, but I tricked it out just for fun. These things move at a good clip once they're engineered!
I named mine the Lucky Pancake. Seemed like a good idea at the time.
That first bit, just made me think, just imagine how good an Elite/Bioshock mashup would be...
Created a 2nd account last year to go to Colonia on a Sidewinder. It did the job :)
Not sure I could have done that. Nice work 👍
@@ThePilot_ yeah... started that account and fitted the Sidey for max jump range after getting enough credits for the jump drive.. Think I got between 20 to 30 Ly in the end, it was fun :)
I still have my Sidewinder. Her name is the "Puddle Jumper"!
Why I hadn't found your channel sooner, I'll never know! Your content and it's production are truly exceptional. As soon as I'm done watching all of your ship reviews, I'll catch up on everything else I've missed. o7
Type-9 is tomorrow! Stick around.
When I recently unlocked (almost) all of the bubble engineers, I fully outfitted and engineered a Sidewinder. I took down an NPC wing of 2 with a Python and a Cobra (dangerous) with it. It's insane how unbalanced the game becomes with engineering.
**slaps Sidewinder**
This bad boy can hold so much Elite in it.
I've kept my sidewinder since I started for the sole purpose of having some fun and fooling around every once in a while
I have bought and sold some ships already, but the Sidewinder is still sitting in my home station, for the memories!
I took my sidewinder, the Bella Ciao, all the way out to Hutton Orbital on a fuel scoop and an extra fuel tank. Came in on fumes, but I did it.
1.1 million credit courier mission. Probably wasn’t worth it, but it got me on my feet.
I lost my first sidewinder by accidentally boosting while docking at the back of a station....oops
My 40ly shuttle "Pad Two Please." Transfers anywhere in the bubble for under 1500Cr.
Smart!
My original Sidewinder is called "Real Siddy". It is only slightly engineered, but it is totally A rated. I have a second one as well that is totally stock that I fly explicitly for it's cheap rebuy. In hindsight I should have bought a new sidewinder right away and upgraded that, keeping the original as a "free" rebuy.
So the Sidewinder is the Key to open Raxxla or something?
Sidewinder is a great little beat when you remove the shields and bulk up on the hull protein
and slap two heat sinks onto it
I'll never forget how the friend I introduced to Elite described the Sidewinder as "the skid-mark of the galaxy".
I recently bought a sidewinder so i could play along with the FA-off tutorials who told me to get one. I thought i'd spend a few minutes in it to get used to this new method of flying and never touch it again. I never thought i'd start unironically enjoying flying it, and I certainly never thought i'd be able to kill an interceptor in one, less than a week after I picked it up. faulcon delacy had no right to make it as good as it is, but i'm certainly glad they did.
3:30 one or two hits from those large guns and you are history.
i love the sidewinder,so much fun to fly.great video, o7
My favorite ship in the game. I have visited Explorers Anchorage and back more than once with it.
I can be proud to say, i still have my 2 starting ships, my og sidewinder and my Cobra mk III (the first ship i bought), and i gotta say, i love both of them.
I named my Sidewinder "Cardiac Arrest". About a week before I bought the game I had two heart attacks. Still have that ship.
Yessss, I love the reference to the top gear episode where they tested the ford fiesta
The Sidewinder is a short-term ship with an even shorter hyperspace range. She'll make maybe 5 or 6 jumps without completely running out of fuel and even with a fuel scoop. With a fuel scoop, it takes forever to fill the fuel tank enough to make even 2 or 3 jumps. Unless you fit this ship with some serious engineering and the best modules, she isn't a long-range craft.
When it comes to combat, she's got good maneuverability and fairly acceptable speed range. But the ship's shielding is less than ideal unless you're going up against craft that are about the same capabilities as the Sidewinder. And her pulse lasers aren't much against say an Asp or bigger ships with better shielding. At the most, one can carry up to 6 units of cargo, that is if you're willing to forego having a SuperCruise Assist. And unless ALL your modules are in the "D" range, the more cargo you carry, the shorter the jump distances are. All in all, there's a reason as to why she's basically a starter ship and nothing more.
My Sidewinders don't get names.. Just a Serial Number as I punch another one out of the Vending Machine for some inane purpose. Bookmarkwinder (Before actual Map Bookmarks were in game), Suicidewinder, Buckyballwinder, Canyonwinder.. ETC
My Sidewinder's name is "Hot Rod Lincoln" (I name all my ships after songs). For those who've never heard the song, it's by Commander Cody.
So, which iteration of Benny are you up to now? You blew up a few during this video alone.
Futurama is accompanying me back from Beagle Point a la Distant Worlds 2. But ... not in a Sidewinder. The next ship? Python. No, the Krait Mk2. Sigh. Once you have both, it’s like, do I want to take the Ferrari or the Lamborghini? Love the vids, eagerly waiting for the next one 😎
Love the Top Gear homage 😄
Great Video! Would like to see the Python next. Keep up the good work!
Got every ship in Elite except the Cutter but I still fly around with my Noobwinder in High Res and Conflict Zones. It's a fun carefree little ship.
0:300 and it comes with dual USB-C Thunderbolt 3 ports
I totally sold mine when upgrading to a Cobra Mk III. Turned out that I actually didn't like the Cobra all that much so I switched back for a little while. I actually really love the Sidewinder. It's a ship I can fly in Open Play with no worries. :)
Well, time to max engineering this bad boy for exploration, Beagle point, here we go!!
You mad man. Will you document this endeavour for us?
@@rwentfordable Surely it will be done, from engineering process. It will be first time documenting a trip, so I'm willing to learn on the go.
Federal Gunship would be an interesting counterpoint to your chieftain video.
Enjoyed the change in style.
Sadly right when I started the game i bought an eagle.
H-how the fuck do you even do that?
I love the eagle personally. The sidewinder is to the pilot as the eagle is to me. You can choose whether or not you upgraded, but you shouldn't feel bad about not having other's nostalgia.
My sidewinder doesn't have a name and I've spent entirely too much time in it. I used it to buy a Hauler and never looked back. I still have it (it's not worth selling) and it's fully upgraded, I take it out every once in a while but I never go far.
Holy shit the static at the start gave me a heart attack and nearly blew out my headphones!
I just recently realised I could mail my sidey (Outrageous Fortune) half way accross the bubble for pennies, and since I engineered the hell out of it on a whim one day it's fast af on thrusters and jump range.
So now I can leave my type 9 exactly where the powerplay is, order delivery, and be back in Cubeo in minutes instead of fighting the will of god not to crash big bessie into a star.