Train cargo balance

[Carlos_Benitez]

i think the train cargo balance is okay the way it is. The only complaint i have with the ships is that it is stiff. The pods do not weave around like a real train car would, but eh. my 2 cents

Actually, the game designers did intend to have Trains bending and weaving, with the cargo section acting like a piece of string trailing behind the cockpit and engine section.
This was going to be the main reason why the train would be superior to Transport-type vessels which are rigid. Increased cargo space on a rigid vessel (think Super Super Transport) would increase the inertia and momentum of the vessel at a given speed, making the vessel less manoeuvrable.
A small vehicle with a train of cargo pods behind it would be more manouvreable, as the cockpit section could go where it wanted with little mass and inertia, and the cargo would follow behind. This would have meant that the train-design could have carried more cargo than the transport, whilst still having acceptable manoeuvrability.

Sadly, this was never implemented.

However, the physics behind all this does seem to prove that Train-type vessels ought to be able to carry more cargo than rigid vessels.

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