Under NASA's Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology (ERAST) project, NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center assisted Scaled Composites in developing a sophisticated station-keeping autopilot system and a satellite communications (SATCOM)-based uplink-downlink data system for Proteus' performance and payload data. However, it also has the capability to perform its missions semi-autonomously or flown remotely from the ground.

Proteus is an 'optionally piloted' aircraft ordinarily flown by two pilots in a pressurized cabin. Its wingspan of 77 feet 7 inches (23.65 m) is expandable to 92 feet (28 m) with removable wingtips installed. As I have some spare alts with few combat skills trained, I did a quick and dirty fit that I hastily put together.Proteus has an all-composite airframe with graphite-epoxy sandwich construction. I started looking around and found one interesting Reddit post with a smartbombing Proteus fit. The audacity of this pilot! I don't think my Proteus has ever been brushed away so lightly like a random shuttle passing through a high-sec gate. We do this dance maybe 5 more times until he finally gives up. Again and again, like no fucks given about a Proteus trying to catch him. Of course the sisters' frigate escapes due to my long locking time, but instead of leaving the system he just goes back to the site. I do my usual routine, warp to perch, get position and try to tackle. I have all the sites prescanned and occasionally check d-scan to see if there's anything going on. Several years ago, t3 changes killed the most common smartbommbing fits. I hope you guys are doing well wherever you are!īack to smartbombing Proteus. I, of course, speak about Bex and Trinkets friend. Some of my favourite wormhole blogs ran smartbombing 'Protei'. Proteus and not other t3 as I have a soft spot for Gallente! Many people used it in k-space to smartbomb pods (maybe they still do?) while others used it in wormholes to kill those pesky exploration frigates. Cloaky smartbombing Proteus was not new, and actually quite prominent. It would be best if I had no locking time at all. I started thinking a little bit more about it. However, even with sensor booster, it's often hit or miss when trying to lock exploration frigates. In all other cases, sensor booster is the smart choice as a few precious seconds gained in locking time can make all the difference between tackle and warp out. Tengu is the only ship I sometimes need a webifier for. As I mentioned, I made a strange fitting decision and fit a webifier instead of a sensor booster. As you can imagine, I quite often get visited by explorers. So the other day I was stalking my c3 wormhole with high-sec static. Did you know blue moons come only about every two or three years? Yeah, just like my posts. Once in a blue moon is probably more fitting. I am no Shakspeare, but I do enjoy writing an occasional post about my adventures in wormhole space.

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