Nice build but that hatch is terrible. You get stuck inside.

@Jakesnake5 Can you link your changed blueprint?

I have updated this to 1.7. Significant cargo cap increase and added generator

I uploaded a redesign. I hope it's convenient for anyone who loved this HV and want to use it in alpha 12! https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2128817989

@Tandalus just upload it and link to this as a reference.

I updated the Ladybig for Alpha 12.41 with a tier 2 CPU extension as well as the appropriate container controller with extensions. All I did was replace most of the steel blocks with cargo extensions, shaped with regard to the original design, added an extra small generator (it didn't have enough power for all the drills) and wifi. I've just come back to playing the game and just wanted to use my favorite HV from back in the day. I'd like to contact Arabian Snape on a Plane about them using the modification, or maybe permit me to upload it with all credit to them?

This really needs a update...

The new way cockpits work means the exit hatch needs to be moved forward slightly. Not a big change, but enough to confuse people who aren't aware. Could do with an update.

wish I could "reply" to my own messages: deleting the roof windows lets me jump out. Nice ship. Nice and compact.

Ah, and now the system just broke my leg, all because I wanted OUT. Nope. It digs well though. Needs a gatling to take care of spiders...

Sadly, I'm unable to EXIT the vehicle (build Alpha 9.3.1 2212). When I try, I just get stuck and I vibrate back and forth. Need to enter godmode to exit. Pity, as it seems to work otherwise. Unless someone has a solution?

I disagree with others. This one is working OK in Alpha 8 but not as good as the original. It's more sluggish.

je corrige, pas facile à contrôler, mais fonctionne nickel, merci!

nul? reste en position horizontal, impossible de forer donc...............

I am sorry to say this, but in Alpha 8 Gameplay, the ladybig doesn't seem to be good in underground mining. Almost lost a life from winding up trapped after burrowing to a lode of ore, then actually turning around to try to go back out the way I came in. The angle was about 75 Degrees, but the Ladybig couldn't make it back out from its own hole.

How do I build this in survival? First time trying.

With so many miners out there this little ship falls behind in every way. This use to be a good miner but do to lack of updating it is no longer worth of subscriptions. It is hard to control, unstable over mildly uneven ground. You can not use it in hostile enviorments and it is a waste of space in the hanger. Do your self a favor and type the word "Miner" in the seach bar and pick any other model. This one is dead and waste of your time.

I am stuck in my Ladybig :( every time i hit f to exit i exit but am half way inside the roof so i cant move :(

i need a bit of help i touch somethink i don know wath, but my lady stuck on vertical potition (luking up) and now i cant drill, how i can fix this, sorry im noob T-T

can you make one that is not an Hover Vessel?

do you you think you could make a version with a drill turret plz without sacrificing anything ? ty in advance

Holy wow. I had given up on HV mining until I tried the Ladybig. It just works. Cleaned out a magnesium mine and dug my way out in less than a minute, with no pain or disorientation.

It must be really hard to make good HV miners. Of the six others that I tried (most with good reviews and many subs), they were all so frustrating to use that it was just easier to mine with the drone.

I can't overstate how easy to use this HV is compared to many/most others in its class. Great work!

As soon as I got this one, I swapped out the drills for lasers. I always put the top two lasers out a block extra to stabilize drilling meteors, so I added two extra oxygen tanks in behind. This is one of the three best designs out there.

I just started playing again and holy cow. I have never ever gotten this little bug stuck anywhere. With the right angle I can ride any wall up and out of a mine, even over an overhang lip sometimes. In those few occasions where I have goten myself in too deep, I just tunnel upwards at an angle, and 5 minutes later, I am out. I can clear out a 6K node in about 5-10 minutes. The small size means that the hover boost can jump you about 5 meters straight up. That's helpful for getting on/into a poorly parked CV.

Hands down the best mining HV. So good and reasonably cheap that I always have a blueprint ready to deploy. Then I dismantle it and use the parts to prep another BPO so the next time I need one in a pinch, it's there.

ive tried everything, including the "drill sergent " and i always come back to this. only thing i change is the head lights, i use the angled ones now. long story short , if your looking for the mack daddy drill hv, your search ends here, period ! well done and thank you

I hope thats bait haistapaskamurmelianusriisi

fucking copy of ladybug .

Deous you do know you can backspace, right?

THE LIGHT PLACEMENT SUCKS ALL WAYS BLINDS ME AT NIGHT dam sorry dam caps lock other than that good mining craft

I tierd a few different miners I still perfer the Ladybig in most of my games although one time I stripped some of the plating off it's "shell and made a 3x3 plat form and could mount a mining turret to strip any missed bits on the walls then with a multi tool I swapp the drill turret for a missle turret forgot to BP that one though. When I remake it I will be sure to share it, and give credit where it's due of course. Awsome vehicle keep up the great work!

Ive used this HV for a week or so now, and i've got to say, its sooo much better than hand mining! Before trying this method of mining i'd never before dreamed of actually fully mining out a deposit anywhere on any planet. Now i can not only do that, but i can do it within a very short time!
Thanks for the work in making this HV!
I like this HV so much i've even featured it in my Empyrion Youtube Series. Here is a link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCyER-KNlAQ
(I need some Empyrion players to help add views and subs to my channel!) Cheers!

Best mining hv I have used yet.Rarely gets stuck in mines.Thanks for all the hard work on this.

All works still great for me in Empyrion Exp. Version 6.05. No problem with heat or radiation on Omicron, medium Armor. Today I tried again 8 other "recommended" mining Hv's and Ladybig is still the best for me. thanks !

I have heard some really good thing about your lady bug so sounds like a great little machine,

I was going to spawn it into my surival but noticed some major flaws you need a closed in area for the pilot to control the temp and radiation and to allow 02 also the fuel tanks will give off radiation so you cant have them next to the pilot ditto any thrusters have to be a block away or your cook the pilot form what ive found, so not going to work for me and my surival game just thought Id make you aware but nice Hv none the less.

how do i download this blueprint

I noticed after a bit of mining it wants to flip and do odd things I found a work around by opening up the vehical menu for a moment it seems to reset the HV engins or RCSs when they get that bug

I must also say that, having upgraded to a new NVidia card, the ability to turn off VSync makes this vehicle SO MUCH EASIER to control. Kaphe, bless you.

I definitely think Dirty_Smirch is on to something; adding more RCSs gave me a few steps more control between "won't turn while drilling" and "let's go check out the other side of the ore pit over there!"

barlth
I have found nothing that helps. Stabilization ends up pitching me too high for the ore, so I have to dive down if I want anything but stone. It also inevitably ends up turning to the side, so I'm stuck at 90 degrees to the wall. I've tried messing with mouse sensitivity, but nothing gives me any real control; it either won't turn at all, or it turns so drastically that I end up flying all over the place.

@DRASTICONTRAST
I found the easiest way to use it is by holding down the key which stablises the ship at the same time (Rebind it to CTRL for example). Super easy then.

This is the most annoying good idea I've ever seen. Absolutely uncontrollable, but still faster than mining by hand. I don't know whether to thank you or curse you.

Hey Dirty Smirch can you make a screenshot or something like that to show where you put the 4 RCS?

@Dirty_Smirch Thanks for the feedback but im no longer playing Empyrion. Glad you customized it to ur liking! :D

Ok I added 2 more RCS' and this thing handles like a dream, turns on a dime and mines like a beast.

Hey I put this together today and I recommend you add 2 more RCS'. It was squirrelly af before and now its very manageable. I may add 2 more to see if that makes it even better. Great design!

@GAD I would check the options menu and key bindings and it will be listed there. Limme know if that helps. :)

The letter P is my forward key (I'm a leftie all my games use P;L@ opposite of WSAD so can you tell me how come I can't use my usual main power key, which is normally Y. I'm dying to use this, so please tell me what I'm doing wrong. SO frustrating having it sitting quietly here.

@Kaphe, thank you ! didn't know about the double Y, good to know.

@ukd77 Thanks for the feedback! If you want to close the top shutter you just have to press "Y" twice and it will close, the shutter door is the way to get in. Hope that helps! :D

Love it ! works best from all I had so far. On Omicron I added a turret on the rear end and removed 1 cargo storage and replaced with ammo and cargo, easy to do and keeps me safe from drones. Only problem I have with ladybig and ladybug is : I need to walk around a lot to get in because I don't find the clickspot to enter. One way is to walk in front between the drills or open the shutter on top but then I don't close it; is it ment that way ? (I removed the front glass for now to get easier entry from different angles in a mining cave). Overall very happy with it, mines very fast and good to handle. Thanks !