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YSS-1000 Sabre-class Starfighter [Draegast'd]

Cockpit indicators

The cockpit is equipped with indicators for every single mechanism except for steering and main thrusters.

• Left piston indicates whether the Cruise thrusters are activated or not.
  
• Right piston indicates whether the Vertical takeoff function is activated or not.
  
  
• Left steering hinge indicates whether the landing gear is in or out.
  
• Right steering hinge indicates whether the bomb hatch is open or not.
  
• Decoupler on the bomb hatch indicator indicates if the glider bomb is dropped or not.
  
  
• 3 Decouplers in the top indicates which missiles has been launched.
  
• Attitude indicator behind the crosshair indicates the orientation of the ship with a horizon. If you're not sure what this is, here's an example![www.pilotfriend.com].

Weaponry

• 6 Missiles fired in pairs
  
• 1 Cannon (very fun to play with infinite ammo!)
  
• 2 Long range flamethrowers
  
• 1 Glider bomb, a small droppable glider which drops 9 bombs in the same direction the plane was flying when the glider was deployed.

How to play:

• I usually play this machine at 40-60% speed. I have adjusted all controls to act "normally" as if it was 100% speed. This means that playing it at 100% speed not only comes with lags, but also with extremely sensitive controls.
  
  
• Vertical Takeoff by pressing J (or Left Alt) until you have enough altitude. Adjust pitch and roll to keep stable. Now is a good time to retract landing gear by holding M.
  Activate main thrusters when ready, and give some extra boost with X if nessecary. Remember to shut off Vertical Takeoff when flying.
  
  
• Open the bomb hatch by holding K. Make sure it's open all the way before dropping the gliding bomb with U. Higher altitude equals longer bomb spread.
  
  
• Flying from the cockpit can be easier than flying with freecam thanks to all the indicators.
  
  
• Although it's originally a spaceship it's built to be flown like any ordinary plane, that means no Zero-G!

Freecam Controls:

These are the controls I recommend using if flying with a freecam. Using the WASD keys with freecam is not recommended.

• J toggles Vertical Takeoff
  
• Z toggles Cruise Thrusters
  
• V toggles between Cameras.
  
• M / N extends or retracts Landing gear.
  
• Num7 / Num8 to open or close the Canopy
  
  
• Hold X for Main Thrusters
  
• T & G for Pitch
  
• F & H for Roll
  
• R & Y for Yaw
  
  
• 4/5/6 for firing missiles
  
• C for firing front cannon
  
• K / I opens or closes Bomb hatch
  
• U drops the gliding bomb.
  
• B for long range flamethrowers

Alternative Cockpit Controls:

These are the controls I recommend using if flying from the cockpit. You can of course combine them with the freecam controls to your liking.

• Left Alt toggles Vertical Takeoff
  
• Left Ctrl toggles Cruise Thrusters
  
• V toggles between cameras.
  
• Num1 / Num2 extends or retracts Landing gear.
  
• Num7 / Num8 to open or close the Canopy
  
  
• Hold Left Shift for Main Thrusters
  
• W & S for Pitch
  
• A & D for Roll
  
• Q & E for Yaw
  
  
• 1/2/3 for firing missiles
  
• C for firing front cannon
  
• Num4 / Num5 opens or closes Bomb hatch
  
• Num6 drops the gliding bomb.
  
• B for long range flamethrowers