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Super Claw XL Miner

Spiff's Practical Engineered Solutions, a division of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, presents the Super Claw XL Electric Miner, a significant upgrade to the original Claw XL Electric Miner in digging speed and ore capacity. I also added half a dozen more atmospheric thrusters to handle the extra weight, and revised the drill ejectors to eject sideways rather than backwards to prevent the occasional stuck stone between the ejector and the ship's body.

The Super Claw XL Electric Miner is equipped with six optimally-spaced drills (based on the not-so-famous, but highly successful Super Sprite space miner), and one medium and two large cargo containers for ore storage. With realistic (i.e., 1-1-1) settings, the ore capacity of the cargo containers, cockpit, connector, six drills, and the player (at 10X capacity) is approximately 154 tons, with an additional 3 tons for ice in the O2/H2 generator. Each drill is equipped with a conveyor sorter and ejector to collect only ore (and ice) and dump stone.

Comprised of only 257 blocks, Super Claw XL is highly optimized to be a low-cost, high-capacity mining solution for a survival startup. It's relatively short length results in reasonably effortless maneuvering in cramped underground mines.

Super Claw XL has seven (7) batteries for an abundance of power, and also includes eight (8) small reactors for backup, but the reactors are not required for normal operation. The front-facing connector makes docking and ore-offloading a breeze!

NO MODS, NO DLC, NO ROTORS/PISTONS; SURVIVAL READY AND PROJECTOR BUILDABLE!

SHIP STATISTICS USING 1-1-1 REALISTIC SETTINGS
- 257 blocks
- 5,207 PCUs
- 76 tons empty mass
- 230 tons gross mass

NOTES FOR BUILDING WITH A PROJECTOR
--REVISED-- The integrated projector requires to adjustments for construction. Just project and build.

As shown in the 4th and 5th pictures, a single red block was intentionally added to be the location of the grid pivot to simplify the projection process; the grid pivot is the projector's anchor point. As shown in the last picture, the red block will project on top of the projector. Once the shipbuilding process is completed, the red block should be removed.