Water and Steel, thank you very much for the kind words. In the p-menu you can switch thrusters off (switch "thrusters") and toggle between economic and performance mode (switch "performance"). In economic mode some thrusters are off to save fuel. In performance mode all thrusters are on. Look at the down thrusters. Loaded to the brim you will need the performance mode. The boarding ramps are located at the fron side of both "wings". You can jetpack through the top door and walk over the wings (and their top trhusters) to the boarding ramps. Becarefull the ramps are narrow and the thrusters hot. Pillaging of the unkown helix is easy this way.

I gotta admit I don't understand why there are 3 switches in P menu to control thrusters but I'll figure it out.
Thanks for the great flyer!

I just took it out in creative and I love it this duck flies nice! Haven't seen the boarding ramps extend yet but I have fallen off the nose of my fighter at one of those alien towers. I am so looking forward to trying it out.