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When turning the ship, which one is faster?

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CheeseAlmighty:
Hello there, I've been flying for a quite a while(not a veteran per se, but seen my share of battles), but due to something I read over here somewhere, I may be confused a bit. :3

When turning ship, my commandant senses tell me it's faster to reverse engines and then turn, rather than shutting down engines(0 throttle) and then turning. It feels like it, and makes sense in my mind as well. Regardless, did anybody measure the time needed, or does anybody have any exact numbers? Or any reliable information(I'm looking at you, seasoned captains)?

vyew:
Well there was a diagram that explained it pretty well (which I've lost), but basically:

If the enemy ship is going to go PAST you, then going into 1 or 2 reverse is going to put you on target faster because you are simultaneously increasing perpendicular distance while turning.

(something like that anyway xD)

EDIT: I FOUND IT

https://gunsoficarus.com/community/forum/index.php/topic,2328.msg39677.html#msg39677

pandatopia:
Yea I think the amount of turning you do is relatively constant - what changes is your forwards/backwards location relative to them.

Alistair MacBain:
The turning itself is faster when your not moving. But when you move backwards your more likely to get arcs earlier.

Richard LeMoon:
You turn fastest with neutral throttle. One of the devs explained how it works. I may not be remembering this exactly, so don't quote me. When at neutral throttle, one engine has full thrust forward, the other backwards. When throttle is not neutral, the turning engines hold the same ratio to each other (up to max output), thus making your turn slower. The reason this is is because one turning will max out at full forward (since it can't go double thrust forward), while the other goes to neutral.

Neutral:

----->
0
<-----

Max forward (turning right):

---------->
----->
0

As you can see, the RED indicates the thrust that would be given by the left engine IF the thrust ratio was preserved. Since it can't go beyond max thrust, this is not possible and you basically get 50% turning power, while also losing a good deal of forward acceleration.

Going in reverse does allow you to turn faster than forward, since your main throttle is not maxed out. This allows less loss of the turning ratio. However, it is still a slower turn than neutral.

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