Flight Assist: Difference between revisions
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Some combat pilots choose to master flight assist off to increase their potential in combat as it increases the thrusters' maximum turn rate by a substantial amount. Traders may also use flight assist off to liven up docking on otherwise monotonous journeys. | Some combat pilots choose to master flight assist off to increase their potential in combat as it increases the thrusters' maximum turn rate by a substantial amount. Traders may also use flight assist off to liven up docking on otherwise monotonous journeys. | ||
Flight assist is always '''ON''' by default, though there's an option to turn it '''OFF'''. However, Flight Assist and fly-by-wire is always partially on to keep the ship movement in specified limits.<ref name=":0" /> For more information see the [[Flight Model]]. | Flight assist is always '''ON''' by default, though there's an option to turn it '''OFF'''. However, Flight Assist and fly-by-wire is always partially on to keep the ship movement in specified limits.<ref name=":0" /> For more information see the [[Flight Model]]. | ||
== Flying with Flight Assist OFF == | == Flying with Flight Assist OFF == | ||
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Forget the nose flip and barrel roll. This is zero gravity flight (0g), not aviation. We have 12 vectors instead of 5. | Forget the nose flip and barrel roll. This is zero gravity flight (0g), not aviation. We have 12 vectors instead of 5. | ||
== Rotational Correction == | |||
Rotational correction is a part of flight assist which is activated when your ship is inside a [[starport]]'s docking bay. It makes your ship match the starport's rotation. | |||
You can disable flight assist while rotational correction is on and your ship will continue to spin with the station, as flight assist is not there to counteract it. On the other hand, you can disable rotational correction while leaving flight assist on, which will prevent your ship from rotating with the station. While this makes [[docking]] excruciatingly difficult it can be useful for collecting [[salvage]] floating inside [[Station#Damaged State|damaged stations]]. | |||
Rotational correction is enabled by default. You can enable or disable rotational correction in the Flight Assistance menu, or you can assign a key or button control for it. | |||
== Guides == | == Guides == | ||