Any miners survived to Horizons era?
Tried it after a long break from it yesterday in a Cobra mk IV. For a small ship it is ok for it. My setup was something like this. That dual 2D mining laser setup is too much for the power plant / distributor, they can run those only a few seconds before the capasitor is empty (4 pips to wep).
My worst problem was managing the unwanted materials, does anyone have a solution?
For example if you mine a rock that has Painite and Indite, you end up with Indite in your cargo hold unless you spend most of your time jettisoning the stuff from refinery after every single time a drone drops it in.
If I jettison the Indite from cargo hold, the drones just pick them up again and bring them back.
The only way I managed this yesterday was to drop them off the cargo after the collector drones died, and shot the bins with lasers so that new drones won't pick them up again. But at some point your cargo hold will starts to fill up and this system is no longer good.
It was kind of fun to mine again however, thinking about doing it again today but don't know if to refit the Python or get an Asp for it. Python would be a cheaper option in a way, no loss in selling / re-buying the modules. Also has a bigger cargo hold.
Then again I guess mining is far from best way of making money. But for a change, it is fun. Ish.