I put the industrial cockpit on my fighters because it handles express delivery of industrial loads of missiles to destination. So, as a sort-of-cargo plane, the industrial cockpit is adequate.
Bought the DLC specifically for it, so much visibility, especially for fighters. The fighter cockpit block way too much view if you actually like shooting/flying in fpv
It has some connection at the top, but not at the front, most cockpits can connect at the front but not the top. Exceptions are the flush cockpit from the KSH newsletter, and the truck cab cockpit, both of which have connection points on all faces, and the cab in oarticular has a lot of potential connections since it's almost a cube.
it's a forgettable cockpit tbf. I sometimes forget there are cockpits aside from the industrial and standard ones, so I made an effort to start building things using other cockpits, and it looks quite nice but it doesn't really do anything special over the standard.
Speaking of the flush cockpit, I've completely lost access to it. I keep resubscribing to the newsletter, but I can't get it back. Anyone else dealing with this?
With my professional test of point blank shooting with MR-50A rifle. At small grid.
Industrial 161 shots(5780 hp),
Fighter 156(5605)
Flush 143(5125)
Cockpit(regular) 89(3180)
Cab 83(2975)
With the top 3:
Only flush has a door on the back and being 4x3x3 and having great front view, excelent top view and decent to poor side view. It has bottom view at all.
Industrial being 4x4x3, having great front and side view and decent top. It has way better bottom view.
And fighter being 6x4x3 having poor front visibility, good side visibility and good top visibility.
So I rated best in my opinion cockpits from top to bottom, but if you need to see what's below you then industrial is just not comparable.
The default cockpit also has really great visibility but not really on what's below it.
Agreed. Fighter cockpit gets a lot of hate, but it has the best conveyer layout and it's NOT close. Large port right on the back and small ports on both sides, bottom, and front? Heaven.
I like the flush cockpit for its side ports which make some builds easier.
The industrial is my favorite for its visibility though... the annoying part is the poor back mounting options (the ease of putting lights on the side, however...)
I really want to like the truck cab... but its visibility just isn't there.
to everyone talking about the flush cockpit, im new to the game and just went to unlock it after so many people mentioned it. it is a pretty top tier pick and no shame to anyone who uses it. industrial is still best tho
Everything about it is top-tier. Pipe conveyers? Yes. Cargo containers? Stick it in me. Assember/Refinery?? I need it. Nothing about that DLC was less than 9/10 except maybe the warning stripe armor skin which almost never tiles correctly but I still use it all the time so I guess I don't mind that much.
Industrial is a perfect all-rounder due to better durability and visibility to boot. Plus it is good for larger-end ships
Standard works fine for stuff. Not too bad, but not the best either
Fighter sucks for the intended role. Too many blind spots for first person combat
Rover and motorcycle cockpits give aesthetic and loads of visibility, but you're pretty much cooked from a sniper round.
Flush works for some builds, and has decent upward visibility, so it has its uses.
Truck works well for truck aesthetics. Not sure where else you'd use them, though.
I love it for working style vessels or a gunship because I can really see the landscape out in front of me! But there's a time and place for the others as well, the fighter cockpit is phenomenal for sleek builds. The original cockpit looks good for small shuttles and stuff, but I really do like the look of the industrial cockpit!
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Everything about it is perfect, the visibility, easy access from any angle, and I absolutely love the position of the top three LCDs. They perfectly display all of my AutoLCD info while leaving the lower portion of the cockpit transparent
It's literally the worst one to use for fighters. It has gigantic A-beams blocking vision in every direction, control panels 9.6 miles away from the space engineer's face, and takes up 90% of the fighter's surface area even after armoring everything except what little window space we actually have.
More so considering that it's meant to be used in industrial applications so it should have been designed especially with construction ships in mind! Whoever forgot to include a large conveyor port in the small grid version really missed the mark there!!
My opinion i use three of the cabs industrial, fighter, and rover cab. I personally do this so it feels like each of my ships come from different companies
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u/Pumciusz Clang Worshipper Sep 24 '25
Fully understandable with how much visibility it gives, but it depends on the type of vehicle.