Fox Gaden
Bojo's School of the Trades
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Posted - 2013.11.26 17:05:00 -
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A self stabilizing ability was added to the Militia dropships to return them to a stable state when you let go of the controls. This would make taking off without crashing easier for new pilots, but it makes landing harder.
I am not a very experienced pilot, but I did a bit of flying before this change, and have done a bit of flying since. Before you could tilt forward, or to the side to fall in a specific direction, and then balance your thrust to maintain your altitude in order to drift in the direction you wanted to go. This controlled drift made it much easier to line up for a landing on top of a building. As you approached, you would do the revers manoeuver to slow you down so that you would come to a stop above where you wanted to land, then ease off the thrust and set her down.
With the stabilizer you can get the drift going, but you have to keep fighting the stabilizer to get going at a decent rate, and then as you approach your destination it is hard to judge how much you have to correct to counter your movement. Plus you are fighting the stabilizer which wants you to remain level, drifting for ever in the same direction. It means you have to be making constant corrections to keep your ship from leveling off, which is much harder than just setting up a stable accelerating and then decelerating drift.
All in all I think the stabilizer may be helpful in the first couple minutes a new pilotGÇÖs flying career, while they learn to get it off the ground, but it very quickly becomes a liability.
I would also like to learn how to fly a real dropship at milita dropship prices. Now to get a feel for flying a real dropship I will have to buy Standard dropships, and considering I tend to lose 3 dropships a match when no one is shooting at me, that could be expensive.
Renier Gaden: CEO of Immortal Guides
Fox Gaden: TCO & TMO for BSotT
Crash Gaden: Operations Director, Immortal Guide
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Fox Gaden
Bojo's School of the Trades
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Posted - 2013.11.26 19:45:00 -
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T8R Raid wrote:I never let go of the flight stick, good way to get shot by anti aircraft.
Have you flown a Militia Dropship recently?
Do you never allow the stick to return to a neutral position?
Does the Militia Dropship never change its orientation on its own when you are manoeuvring?
Do you support the change?
Are you in favour of the Militia Dropship having different flight characteristics than all higher level dropships?
Do you think the self levelling is a good thing for new pilots?
Renier Gaden: CEO of Immortal Guides
Fox Gaden: TCO & TMO for BSotT
Crash Gaden: Operations Director, Immortal Guide
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