Ok, I've got one Orca and one Bottlenose, they're fairly so I haven't worked out a good Loadout for them.
With my Orca I find that it dies against groups of enemies (but it only has cau4, so that might be why) I'm looking for an all-rounder style Loadout, so that it can fight reasonably well in most situations.
With my Bottlenose I followed the guidelines of the Wiki reviews; the path of insta-kill. It performed alright in conn fights, but in real sirius it wasn't too great in colorado (although, I was being attacked by 3 bombers and 3 VHFs) but against 1-2 fighters it alright and u can knock down cruiser shields.
On my Orca, I have:
(With an Orca FG)
1. BHG Gunboat Turret
2. BHG Gunboat Turret
3. BHG Gunboat Turret
4. BHG Gunboat Turret
5. Basic Missile Turret
6. BHG Gunboat Turret
On my Bottlenose, I have:
1. Gunboat Pulse Turret
2. Gunboat pulse Turret
3. Gunboat Battle Razor
4. Gunboat Battle Razor
5. Gunboat Pulse Turret
6. Gunboat Battle Razor
Any tips or alterations on these? Or are they fine?
Bottlenose is fine like that if you wana go around sniping.
BUT BUT
the bottlenose is DEADLY if you use GB turrets on it!
DEADLY!
As for the Orca... its fine...
maybe switch the load outs with each other and try it again. The bottlenose is more agile so turrets work best when turret steering. Im not sure with the orca so whatever works best for you is cool.