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Small Atmospheric Miner MK.7 [modless]

*updated on 26.11.19. See change log.

With the survival update released, I think its a good time to release my early game survival ready miner.
This is the smallest, yet quiet effective atmospheric miner design, I could come up with.

- not too expensive in costs for early survival
- capable of lifting approximately its own weight on earth like planets
- really small
- wide horizontal field of view when flying in first person mode

- 2 large and 4 small atmospheric thrusters for lift
- 1 large and 2 small backwards atmospheric thrusters for drilling in steep angles and breaking thrust (toggle on hotbar to "glide")
- 6 small thrusters for acceleration
- 6 small atmospheric thrusters on each side
- 4 drills on the front side
- 5 sorters and ejectors on the bottom (set to filter and eject stone on default, though you might want to keep it with the new survival update; toggle on hotbar)
- 4 batteries
- spotlights facing front and sideways
- 3 programmable blocks
- Whip's artificial horizon
- MMaster's automatic LCDs 2 displaying stored ores as well as flight info
- Isy's ship refueler to recharge batteries when you dock your ship
- antenna
- ore detector
- beacon
- front facing camera
- 1 gyro
- 1 medium cargo container
- 4 small cargo containers

It's capable to lift 90k+ kg in total on earhlike planets, though you have to be very very careful when flying with this mass. There are no reactors since you won't find uranium on planets anyway, and no hydrogen engine, I did not want to bring an extra O2 generator or hydrogen tank. Too large and heavy. Flight time should still be enough for a few mining trips before you need to recharge.

MMasters Automatic LCDs 2
Isy's Ship Refueler
Whip's Artificial Horizon
Whip's Artificial Horizon Redux

note: I think you don't need to download the scripts to use it with this miner, they should come with the blueprint (need to enable "script" checkbox in your advanced world settings) but they are just so useful, so I linked them for you to check out.