Yeah, Felicity sells them.
I tried them out on my Eagle, and they draw so much power, even with a Class A power plant, that the rest of the ship would more or less shut down whenever I deployed weapons. And that's with power management. I suppose I could do a high-level overcharge on the power plant to give me more juice, but when I tested them in normal flight, they were only giving me a few extra mps in speed.. just not worth the hassle.
I do have them in my Courier, but the rest of that ship is stripped down, it's meant as a runner only. No shields, no cargo, just big engines and a fuel scoop.
On a completely different note, I did pick up on a neat trick from a Reddit post the other day, for my Asp. The idea of using much lower-end components than the ship would normally use, in order to lower the mass and extend jump range. For some reason, it just never occurred to me before. For example, the Asp normally has a Class 5 power plant, so I had a 5D installed, the lightest Class 5 power plant I could get. Turns out I can install a Class 2 power plant and still have enough juice to run most of my systems with only some slight power management (and most of my systems are powered down when I'm outside the bubble anyway). It's a hell of a lot lighter, and because it's A-rated, it's very efficient and very cool, cooler than the Class 5 one I was using. So I stripped down the distributor, thrusters, and shields to the bare minimum, and managed to get another 2 light years or so jump range, which puts me over the big Five-O. My distributor is so weak that I can't even boost anymore.. lol. But honestly, that's the one ship I have that just doesn't need it.
