Elite: Dangerous - "Flight Assist Off Training" Beginner Proficiency #1

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This is the first video in my Beginner series for learning how to fly without the use of Flight Assist. This is my regiment for teaching students in Newton's Gambit ( forums.frontier.co.uk/showthr...) ). I tend to divide beginner FAOFF skills into 5 proficiency levels. The exercises shown here in this video comprise all of the exercises for Proficiency Level #1.
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Update: Proficiency #3 has been released!
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This series is not the only material on KZfaq for learning FAOFF. I highly recommend looking at everything you can, especially LookInverted (CMDR Lancer's) videos on FAOFF instruction found here ( • Elite: Dangerous - Lea... ). Also, don't forget to find inspiration in other Commander's skills. I can't tell you how many times I've watched KZfaq videos of some of my favorite FAOFF Commanders over and over again. Inspiration is a powerful fuel. I'm looking at you Isinona!
I usually assume going into Proficiency #1 that a student can "Quiet your Ship" already when in FAOFF. Essentially this is the skill to stabilize your ship, when at full stop, after being placed in a chaotic roll. This is usually a quick skill to learn and many of the videos already posted to KZfaq cover how to approach this.
A last note: As with anything that requires the development of skill, it is best to just do it. Most full-FAOFF Commanders, and those who aren't full-FAOFF but use it regularly, didn't have guided training exercises. Rather, they created their own exercises to develop their skills. They just stuck to it, and eventually became proficient.
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@biglogie680 4 жыл бұрын

i feel like this man is my sensei and the space station is my dojo

@Cypher652 3 жыл бұрын

Think we should form a squadron called Cobra Kai

@MrHank_ 2 жыл бұрын

yeah kkkkkkkkkkkkkk

@jambothejoyful2966 2 жыл бұрын

Your space sensei

@JazzRadioFfm Жыл бұрын

@@Cypher652 cobra kai mk3

@selfactualizer2099 7 ай бұрын

Just skip to asteroids

@MLB9000 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome vid. Reminds me of learning to fly a helicopter. My instructor would often get me to fly out to the ‘H’ which was in the centre of a big circle of mowed grass in the middle of the airfield and fly around it with the nose of the aircraft pointing inwards. Then he’d make me switch up to hovering the other way and flying with the tail facing the middle of the circle. This was all made a bit more challenging by the fact that the wind would push you around quite a bit and any corrective input on the controls always required a counter input on the other two controls. As you mentioned the trick was to make very small inputs which required smaller corrections.

@TamasKalman 4 жыл бұрын

100% same experience!

@DerekMoore82 5 жыл бұрын

People who have no experience with this don't realise the skill that's on display here, wow. But what I really wanted to remark on is how good your presentation is: cinematography for the recording, sound quality etc.

@thalesank 5 жыл бұрын

This gameplay style adds sooooo much to the game; the feeling of really being in almost complete control of the ship makes every little flight maneuver an achievement, and this tutorial is helping me enjoy this aspect so much more. Thanks man.

@nunyabusiness8538 4 жыл бұрын

the flying in this game kicks every other space sims ass so much 😂

@XxsteamerxX 3 жыл бұрын

Making me rethink my bindings. Having played only just under 1000hrs, I've been wanting to go FAO for some time. I've only gotten to landing on some low G planets, but I still use FA on to get it stabilized most times. I also would do FAoff in asteroid rings to search for mother lodes because I could boost then swing my ship around in several directions while scanning to find as many as possible in the time I was looking. But I would cheat by gliding just above or below the plane of the belt so I wouldn't have to dodge all those nasty rocks. Like I said I will have to rethink some bindings because my head look analogue is the same as my thruster lateral/vertical (no track IR). I do have another analogue that only has thrust forward and back on it that I can swap for head-look and just use the other analogue for thrust lateral/vertical which in turn I can just use the main throttle for thrust forward/back like I have it set for anyway, I just use the analogue during landing in stations because it always returns to zero. I'm going to start practicing more.

@XxsteamerxX 3 жыл бұрын

...And this is what I thought I would be doing when I first got this game. I fully intended to go FAoff right away thinking it wouldn't be that hard... Boy was I wrong. Gonna get back into it

@XxsteamerxX 3 жыл бұрын

Been a little over a month and I am proud to say that I am 99.89% FA Off. It was very hard at first but muscle memory kicks in after a while and my brain has adjusted to making small adjustments instead of constantly over correcting. I don't think I even went through all of your proficiency before I really got the hang of it. I flew to San Tu, bought a Sidewinder and crashed around a bit until I started to get nausious. I started to dream in FA Off. So I took about a week off. When I came back to it and started to just mine and collect mats for engineering an exploring Phantom I realized that I was already doing it. I'm landing better... even on a 1.3G planet that I didn't take the time to take note of. I kissed the ground, recovered and landed with 11% hull. THAT'S A WIN. I'm still not nearly as smooth as our sensei here. But the only time I turn it on is when collecting mats from High emissions drop zones (dropping the session and rejoining brings you back in FA On. I found it faster to just leave it until that site times out.)

@XxsteamerxX 3 жыл бұрын

My re-binding worked like a charm. Much better than before. The throw on the Virpil throttle is larger than all the other throttles I had before, and I have the controls chair mounted instead of desk mounted so I decided to go throttle forward and reverse instead of forward only using a button option to switch to reverse. This gives me only half the range and I can still use all the buttons and switches comfortably on the throttle.

@Neutronic01 5 жыл бұрын

You gotta give credit to those who use FA off all the time. These guys really understand how normal ships would work in space.

@brnddi 5 жыл бұрын

Except for the whole maximum speed part :-)

@noosebrother 5 жыл бұрын

i have the spatial awareness of a potato so FAon by default XD

@ryanbroos5143 5 жыл бұрын

@@noosebrother 🤣

@thfreakinacage 5 жыл бұрын

@@brnddi Anybody else been playing long enough to remember the FAO boost trick? They removed this a while back but your ship has a maximum speed right, and then a maximum boost speed. When you boost, the ship returns to normal max speed. In older versions you could boost, then turn flight assist off and you'd hold that boost speed until you turn it on again.

@Jordan-pk8mp 4 жыл бұрын

@@thfreakinacage that's how space actually works.. technically there should be no max speed for ships. just acceleration differences.

@sym667 3 жыл бұрын

I've been playing the game for a few days and I didn't even know that there was such a feature you could switch off, but having studied physics, it seems to me the only sensible way to play it, now! Thanks also to your really nice guide! Thanks a lot!

@BoardGameClub 2 жыл бұрын

Once you go back to FA On, it’s like you’re flying in a straight jacket

@korrectmethod 3 жыл бұрын

Learning FA off is difficult but it's nice when it "clicks" in your head. I had a few moments like that. I went from tumbling through space, to tumbling in space but in the right direction, to over controlling so it looked like a mad drunk person trying to dock, to finally realizing small corrections and just relaxing on the controls overall made for a swan like grace.

@TheGodEmperorOfMankind_ 3 жыл бұрын

Man you make it seem so simple, following the outer ring of the station I always drift away then I over correct and smack on the station. *EDIT:* After sticking with it for a few days I am starting to get the hang of it, I found that flying the length of the station and going between the struts (yes the space is massive between them) makes it more fun after you get bored of the tethering exercises and if you smack against the station and spin around it's good practice for regaining control. Also shows you how important lateral/vertical thrusters are

@XxsteamerxX 3 жыл бұрын

That's what I found. When I got bored with the exercises, I just went and did things I needed to do like mine for a mission or engineer a ship and go to different planets trying to land. After, I would fly nap of the earth for a while and through canyons before taking off back up into space. Couple times I boosted straight into the surface to go KaBlammo but it taught me my limits. Combat is infintely better, even though I don't prefer combat, but I found I don't lose the ship from my sights anymore.

@JohnJonesRocketCity 6 жыл бұрын

I’m fixing to buy elite dangerous and I have a strong background with flight sim and fpv racing and I currently have rudder pedals and thrustmaster warthog hotas. This video answers a lot of questions I had about the flight model and how much freedom that model provides. This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

@XxsteamerxX 3 жыл бұрын

Next on my wishlist are a set of rudders. I use a twist grip on the Kosmsima VKB grip. Use it a lot. I feel it would be a lot easier on a set of rudder pedals. But the realism is what I bought ED for. Enjoying my new found freedom of FAOff for a little over a month now. Now when I do use FAOn, if find it so stiff an unforgiving. I actually hate it.

@adamw.8579 2 жыл бұрын

This flight sim habits are also my problem. Flight with FA is very similar to aircraft behavior ... FAO is very different pair of shoes. Full Newton physics.

@CMDRArsenCross 7 жыл бұрын

This is easily the best FAO tutorial that I have seen. I love the separation into specific exercises. I look forward to seeing more content from you.

@cmdrelizamcdougal6914 3 жыл бұрын

Greetings, Cmdr. Hobbs! Finally I have to gratulate to this marvelous FAOff-Training-Series! You are my flight-instructor, who really tought me how to fly without flight assist and it really works! Really great work! Everytime, someone in my squadron asks me, how I managed to fly without FA, I recommend your video-series. So far no complains came back. ;) Thank you so much for introducing us into the "Magic of FAOff"!!! A totally new and natural flight-experience!

@moxenwolf1020 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Commander McDougal. Glad you’re enjoying it!

@mrhumans6453 7 жыл бұрын

I was following along thinking, man I have the basics down well enough. Then you blew my mind with the last two asteroid exercises. And this is video one... Good stuff.

@andysonofbob2599 7 жыл бұрын

Superb! I love the use of 'tethering' the ship to rotating objects. A great why to get the feel for the ship in FA Off.

@TheAlcoholic27 5 жыл бұрын

It's people like you that make the ED community so great. Thank you for sharing.

@marcmacinnis6610 5 жыл бұрын

I'm hooked, this is a completely different game for me now. GREAT tutorials it really explained it and got me in the headspace for doing this

@DanutSoare 7 жыл бұрын

This is the one of the best tutorial in ED I ever seen. I'll wait for the next next one.

@astroknott5877 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for these tutorials. I have been playing Elite for a couple years now and I feel like a new player going through the exercises. Still trying to master a lot of this. My dogfighting has improved considerably already.

@PeglegNav 5 жыл бұрын

Dude hands down one of the best training videos I've seen for F.A.O. cant wait to learn more.

@obi1unome 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent video mate! Looking forward to the next one

@lakebenjamin3491 7 жыл бұрын

This video is absolutely perfect. As soon as i get done with my stuff today i'm going to do everything talked about.

@cervantes01 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, very informative, I will be watching out for future videos by yourself, well done.

@IsraeliDino Жыл бұрын

Dude, you are amazing...seriously. Clear and concise explanations, masterful ability and demonstration, I really would not be surprised to hear you are a flight instructor or instructor in general of some sorts in the real world! Heck, I'd count on it! Simply exemplar, stellar teaching. Hahaha thanks so much for the video series, can't wait to improve my FAO flying with my new twin stick setup!

@ArtTiller 5 жыл бұрын

Wolf, You brought a smile to my face this evening. Watching your FA off training took me right back days as a check airman for a very large helicopter company. Flying the Agusta 109E helicopter is a big challenge for the average pilot with SAS off. (Stability Augmentation System) Most are uncomfortable flying and hovering with SAS off. I always made it a point to teach my students to hover and maneuver with SAS off. Sideways, backwards, pivot the tail rotor about a point. That sort of thing. You were doing exactly the same thing in your video. OUTSTANDING!

@Maniac3020 6 жыл бұрын

I find picking up stuff with my cargo scoop with FA off is great practice for the fine inputs needed for such flying. I can't do it in combat yet, but I can reliably dock at a spinning station without much difficulty. I use a dual joystick with pedals setup. Configuring the toe brakes for "Flight Thrust" allows me to make small FA off inputs without moving my hand to my throttle, and having two full joysticks allows finer precision. I found a program called Joystick Curves, it really helps with the small inputs, and reduces overcorrection. It's also improved my handling of interdictions, as I tend to flail a bit during those.

@JonAcostaArt 4 жыл бұрын

Duuuuude....I'm a professional concept artist / illustrator who plays ED. When I'm working, I keep KZfaq running in the background, often on ED videos. I've run the Obsidian and Yamiks gamuts as well as a ton of others....started running out of ED topics to keep my brain running during art production. Today, I came across your channel and your excellent training videos! I used to play Eve and there were some great folks dedicated to training new combat players in-game but I always thought this game needs that badly. I'm a dedicated explorer (for past 4 years), half way through Pioneer rank now with the intent of picking up combat after Elite exploration rank. Your videos are so professionally narrated, succinct and eloquent. I've ALWAYS wanted to become a FAO pilot so I can't wait to employ your videos soon as I start dedicating time to combat. Cheers! Btw, just a bit of silly talk here: if you try to pronounce "FAO" in Spanglish, it sounds like "feo" which means "ugly" lol CMDR JonAcosta www.artstation.com/jacosta

@Element0145 3 жыл бұрын

Your transitions are legit 👌

@beowulfschmidt6031 7 жыл бұрын

This is very helpful. The notion of divorcing oneself from the notion that where the ship points is where one is going is one of the most useful I've heard so far. Subscribed on the basis of this video alone. :)

@moxenwolf1020 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm hoping to have the next video for this series or next week. I need to do some graphics for it to explain some of the concepts. Thank you again for your comment.

@Veebat 4 жыл бұрын

Hey man I know this is two years old and all but I have just returned to the game after four years and have been using your training. This type of flying has changed the feel of this game entirely and I feel Way more in tune with my ships in just the past week of running these early exercises. I even started filming some of my training. I sure do bounce off the station a lot at first but I can feel certain skills melting into intuition. Thanks for this.

@DustySquitoNM 4 жыл бұрын

Holy crap, this is awesome. I've seen some combat tutorials that quickly brushed on the "FA/OFF" thing, but never something that was as thorough as this. I can't wait to check out the rest of them.

@reptar1098 3 жыл бұрын

Just started, I've been playing this for 2 weeks non stop. This is so cool

@curryinahurry3730 4 жыл бұрын

This is awesome. Just doing these exercises for a few minutes made me way more capable of controlling my ship in fao, especially in combat. Feels like a whole new game.

@drumbri 2 жыл бұрын

New sub new player- Thank you for your time and talent. This is an amazing and perfect video for me right now. So much to learn in elite dangerous. Your instructional videos are some of the best information I have found. Cheers!🍻

@PurpleFringe 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent. Practising this will give me a whole new dimension for ED.

@thomnath1 Жыл бұрын

This is insane and I really appreciate the skill you’re trying to teach

@marcustullius6680 6 жыл бұрын

After 3k+ hours in this game, all ranks, ships, engineering mods etc., I just made my first FA off landing on station and I feel myself like a complete noob :) Thanks guys. BTW landing on rotating station was much easier with heavy combat fitted Anaconda than with smaller ships. The mass of the ship forgives a lot of mistakes.

@selfactualizer2099 7 ай бұрын

Medium and up is easy for fa off, But a sidewinder that can't be hit is dangerous

@phuturephunk 4 жыл бұрын

Nicely done! I like the fact that FA off essentially brings real physics (mostly) back into play when you don't have a 'down' defined by a gravity well.

@oboedins 4 жыл бұрын

Your teaching style is Great! Thank you for doing this.

@adamgerald849 6 күн бұрын

I love how much depth there is to this game. I wish I'd started playing years ago at its peak.

@DNH17 2 күн бұрын

For whatever reasons I share the same perception of you , but it is great to start right now. I am. in last months started playing in co-op with RP and it's great. With all the accent on depth and complexity.

@mannydib 6 жыл бұрын

Great video. You're a natural at making informative videos with a clear calming voice. Its always nice to find gaming videos without that obnoxious fake enthusiasm ( "HEY GUYS, HUH HUH, WHATS UP! WERE GONNA LEARN FA OFF TODAY WOO HOO!!!") thats too comon IMHO Keep up the good work.

@moxenwolf1020 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@boyohazard 3 жыл бұрын

*Watches episode of Battlestar Galactica* "Ah! Now those Vipers don't have Flight Assist at all! I can do that!" *Hops into Viper in Elite Dangerous* COVAS: "Flight assist off" *Spins wildly out of control, crashes into everything and is sent to insurance screen* COVAS: "Flight Assist on" And now I am here watching your video series!

@SonnyinPhx 5 жыл бұрын

Outstanding video and outstanding flying skills! This is not something that comes overnight, but with much seat time...I am wanting to start FAO flight, and this video gives a great training guide to learn.

@AngusThermopyle 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent! It sure de-mystifies FAO for me a ton. Thanks!

@LordBifMusic 6 жыл бұрын

I discovered FA Off recently and I can't believe I missed that feature for that long, I feel I'm discovering the game for the second time, and I love that feeling. I just got myself a good joystick, perfect time to learn more about FA Off. I can't imagine to do everything like that for now, especially dog fights, but your videos are surely excellent to learn more about it and practice at least. Great work CMDR!

@moxenwolf1020 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lord Bif Music!

@jackofallgods7764 6 жыл бұрын

mouse and keyboard will be more accurate and smooth with fa off. In settings turn on relative mouse for x and y axis and increase that to mid to high on the sensitivity. Its horrible control in super cruise and with fa on but before switching it back turn fa off and see how easy it is to fly in it. Its effortless almost for average skilled pilot. But once you go into supercruise your pitch and yaw will be horrible

@redicanprime1181 4 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial. Straight to the point with no time wasted. Thx!

@jb3454 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video man. Been about a year since I've played. My ps4 broke a year ago and I finally just bought an xbox one with the hotas one. This video really helped me out

@gammarage3535 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you man! I’ve been playing for years and I’ve been missing this. Once I started going PVP I realized flight assist off is essential. I have much to learn. When I head home I’m grabbing my sentimental sidewinder and getting to work.

@kevinhewitt6134 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers for making this guide I turned f.a off last night and now i know where im going wrong

@deanwarsore 4 жыл бұрын

I love this video series. Thank you so much.

@cmdrknaeckebroetchen4672 7 жыл бұрын

Wow great video. I'm looking forward to the next one

@collincivish8962 Жыл бұрын

Half a decade later, I would just like to thank you for this wonderful resource. I'm looking forward to putting these exercises to good use once I get back to my HOTAS. It's a nearly a crime these videos don't have more views and likes. They'd be EXCELLENT for the community.

@ianyboo 5 жыл бұрын

You just blew my mind I've been playing for months and didn't even know this was possible I can't wait to get home and try it! It kind of reminds me of flying my Quadcopter in Acro mode as opposed to self level. Hopefully the skills Translate...

@00chiuppi 4 жыл бұрын

SOOOO HELPFUL!!!!! Thanks for making this series

@suavevalen 7 жыл бұрын

this video is absolutely awesome! Thank you for this work

@moxenwolf1020 7 жыл бұрын

+suavevalen Thank you for your comment!

@CMDRRustyDog 7 жыл бұрын

Great video. It makes me want to finally try doing this once and for all. Looking fwd to future lessons. Thanks.

@moxenwolf1020 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Rusty Dog !!!!

@deminted4ever 6 жыл бұрын

Wow one of the best ED tutorial vids.. Thanks man! Nicely done.. I am a noib to this game.. I will be watching all of these vids but will revisit when i feel ready for this.. I am such a noob only been play about 2 weeks but feel i am learning pretty quickly. First of all i DID do training missions first and i also watched youtube begginner tutorials about basics for UI and controls and Navigation etc.. Thanks so much for you and off tubers like you helping the ED community thrive!

@moxenwolf1020 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the comment deminted4ever! It means a lot to me to hear that I'm helping.

@Wylie288 6 жыл бұрын

So you are alive! You have plans on making intermediate videos or are those still something you just want to do?

@cheekyj4794 7 жыл бұрын

Cool video, I'm going to start practicing. I've always fancied trying FAO, but never had a good way to learn. Great tips for a late learner.

@evasuser 3 жыл бұрын

ty for the tutorial commander and please keep uploading.

@nikkotjandra1824 7 жыл бұрын

This is amazing, subscribed and i will be waiting for your new vid man!

@RussDnB 5 жыл бұрын

Only just seen this. Prior to this video, I only referred to the great Isonona’s FA off tutorials. Excellently described. Subbed.

@adamross2256 3 жыл бұрын

Recently picked up a x52 HOTAS. I wasn't able to make sense of assist-off with kb/m. With the stick, I feel a lot more connected to the ship. And with that connection, it reminded me of the brief stint I had in helicopter flight school. Especially hearing the cautioning of overcorrection in the video. Very useful information!

@Monody512 6 жыл бұрын

I really love the newtonian and non-facing-dependent moving aspects of FAO, and I’d totally use it… except it’s impossible with a mouse. Wish I could disable translational assist but keep rotational.

@moldiworp9143 5 жыл бұрын

That tethering... what the absolute fuck, that was incredibly smoooooth. That in itself was indicative of amazing talent. Good job, Commander.

@satoriwabisabi 2 жыл бұрын

This video is the best video about how to fly better. i dont doubt these exercises will make anyone a much much better pilot. Thank you.

@JustinC._ 4 ай бұрын

Six year old video but new for me. Im a beginner to Elite, only a few weeks of playing. This is extremely helpful. Thanks for sharing.

@TheHongKongHermit 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, and lovely presentation. In (checks clock) 4.5 days I finally get into space on PS4, and I'm planning to start out with flight assist off from day one. I may fail at it, but I want to try. Elite Dangerous is the space game I've been waiting my entire life for, so I'd rather put in the extra effort to master it, or explode a lot in the attempt.

@replay_pete 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir. It was kind of easy to understand that for me though as I already have some experience playing Kerbal Space Program. I didn't even know that all these Newtonian laws do work in Elite too. I love it!

@moxenwolf1020 3 жыл бұрын

KSP is an excellent game!

@BushPigADV 5 жыл бұрын

As a new guy to the game, this info is GOLD! Thank you.

@Drawfill 3 жыл бұрын

you've conviced me to give FA off a go. Its a lot easier then I remmember. Thanks for the quality guide! :)

@jowilson5581 3 ай бұрын

I've dabbled in FA off here and there but was never very good at it. tonight I got a wild hair and started seriously drilling using this series. I was able to tether to a station rock solid after about an hour of practice, and it sounds silly but it's the most fun I've had with elite to date. lol I'll be drilling at the San Tu tunnels next! very good vids

@davidpetrol7870 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect trainer voice. I'll give it a shot 😃

@Church_of_the_SubGenius 28 күн бұрын

Your succinct and informative delivery is really amazing. I would love to know your mapping on the X52. I imagine it is extremely efficient. Thank you for your hard work, Commander.

@MJohnnyN 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, your bird is beautiful, CMDR. I can't watch the entire video at the moment, (Will later) but really, that Sidewinder is purrrrty.

@cjazcuna 5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 that nose dive cruise 😂😂😂 😍😍 good stuff CMDR o7 😍😍

@nicolatogni4996 6 жыл бұрын

Don't remember exactly how I stumble upon this, but now I definitely want to know about how to train my FAOFF skills, which for now are about 0! Playing Elite since last summer, tried FAOFF last night for the first time and it was both scary and fun! And I must say, when I turned the assist on it was like my ship was placed on some space rails. Weird feeling. I only flew around an Ocellus starport, messing around and flying through its rings. Thanks for this great tutorials, I'll surely watch them all and try to learn, I'm also thinking about asking to join the group, but maybe after some practice. Fly safe!

@V1addracul 7 жыл бұрын

cheers cmdr this explains it really clearly going to have to start learning some FA off flying

@Hipporider 4 жыл бұрын

Great description. Subbed.

@mhopkins7954 6 жыл бұрын

This just opened up a whole new tier of game play, thank you. Subbed! o7 PS just realized an analogy is like a tank and it's turret moving independently one to another that's basically what we're doing with our ships with the assist off. It's the difference between having a car with machine guns mounted to the front versus a Humvee with a machine gunner on top....guess who wins?

@ahhotep1833 6 жыл бұрын

Just what I've been looking for in the area of FA off. I'm on PS4 and Elite Dangerous will arrive wednesday! I decided after watching quite a few 'How To's" to also get the Thrustmaster T-Flight Hotas4...which arrives today! Also, I like your Newton's Gambit group concept and would very much like to join Newton's Gambit as well as the Inara Wing and the groups discord, ofc. All requests to join will be sent this weekend...once I've had some game start alone time with my ship. I intend to start right off with Flight Assist off and will be using your Beginner vids...which are Awesome! I thank you and all Commanders in Newton's Gambit and the Inara Wing for providing your time and expertise in helping new Commanders get their space-legs, so to speak. New sub here :)

@thalesank 4 жыл бұрын

After 8 months, I've finally bought a Used Thrustmaster HOTAS and now I am ready to start this Course again. I had to give up because my previous Joystick was too old and broken for me to finish this Tutorial. I look forward to Completing this course and joining the squad.

@bedrockraptor5534 4 жыл бұрын

well... I did this in a T10, it didn't go well

@HaibaneOpera 6 жыл бұрын

At last, I'm diving into flight assist off and enjoying it so far :) Still a total newbie as I'm still training on this video's exercices, but just being able to put your ship nose in a different direction than your vector is fun and feels like opening a world of possibilities. I had no problem with the asteroid field exercise as it only involves thrusters, but I struggle with the tethering exercise. I can tether to the ring but i'm constantly drifting left and right, I can correct my position for a while but can't keep a constant straight line like you do. Maybe it has to do with my joystick that has a high sensitivity? I will try to lower it and see if it helps. EDIT: I chose the lowest sensitivity profile and it's better, still drifting a tiny bit left and right but way more manageable. Thanks again for your videos, keep them coming!

@jaybruce593 6 жыл бұрын

I play elite in VR with a dual stick setup I am developing modifying a pair of VKB Gladiator MK2's which have twist axis' this giving me six axis under my two hands. I'm triple elite and I'm now starting to play with FAOFF and last night was the first I tried these exercises in my vulture, and I found it very very soothing. Afterwards I kept getting little flashbacks like you do when you spend the night with a new girl, your tutorials are changing 100% FAOFF from something that intimidates me to something that relaxes me, thank you so much for these.

@moxenwolf1020 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jay for your nice comments.

@bluidguy4007 6 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I think flying is the feature I have neglected most in this game, I just got to a good station so I think I'm going to try this next time I get on thank you for the video.

@lanechance9456 7 жыл бұрын

awesome video man after listening everything just clicked in my head

@moxenwolf1020 7 жыл бұрын

Dave Bynum Thank you! I'm really happy that it's helping since people out.

@SgtAwesome97 Жыл бұрын

Watching this to get a better grasp on cold orbiting in regards to ax combat, and the more I watch these FA off videos, the more I realize SC got it right with the vector indicator.

@barrycompton8972 7 ай бұрын

Excellent video. I've seen others that suggest the same thing. One thing I would like to see added is a graphical overlay that shows what thrusters you are using at any one time (if possible)

@SenseiJacksama 5 жыл бұрын

i may not ever be an FA off player 100% of the time like you but i do need to learn FA off for fighting at least. thargoids are very difficult to hit because in FA off my aiming skills are garbage especially when trying to snipe a thargon swarm from 4KM away. Your excercise where we had to orbit the station.... yeah i watched that thinking psht that looks easy AF... nope... nope not easy at all. it was actually very difficult. its good to now have a training excercise to do each day that can help me. after doing that for about 30 minutes i stopped and went mining in my anaconda flipped my FA off and i was really really very surprised at how much more control i had over my ship. im not a complete novice at FA off but im hardly in the realm of good with it either. i look forward to seeing the rest of your videos. thank you for taking the time to post these lessons. o7

@wolf_of_old 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video.

@rogerwilcojr 6 жыл бұрын

I just found these vids and I think they are great. Very natural and easy to follow. It seems that my eyes start to glaze over when watching/listening to some of the other vids. I guess I can see what you are doing with the main throttle most of the time, but not the thrusters. I only wish you had described exactly what you were doing the thrusters and control inputs. For example, on the first exercise, were you holding up/down thrusters or only bipping them. Or on the third exercise, were you pulsing full lateral thrust or varying a partial lateral thrust, and etc. Anyway, I love my truck simulators, but I've always wanted to fly my space ships in FA Off (semi-Newtonian), but it was just too crazy. But since I've lost interest in the game until some QoL improvements, I think learning FA Off in the meantime is just what I need to get back into ED. My main problem now is that I can't hold my ship steady, always drifting around. I have full analog controls. I've tried adding small dead zones and large dead zones, but nothing seems to help. It might be that I can't use vertical thrusters w/o introducing some lateral thrusters, or maybe I just need a lot more practice. If you continue with the series, and I hope you do, I also hope to hear some descriptions of you control and thruster inputs while performing the exercise.

@moxenwolf1020 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Roger!! I will definitely be doing some videos showing control inputs in the future. I just uploaded Proficiency #4 so soon I will be going on to more focused micro-vids (10-15 minutes each). In those videos, I will absolutely go over some of those things that people have requested. Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Let me know if you want to meet in-game sometime and I can work out with you whatever solutions we can come up with for any roadblocks you might have.

@Confused_Hippie 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. Dont have any stations near by but I've been playing in the fields!

@oddball76Gaming 6 жыл бұрын

Wow man what a great and very helpful video. I will be watching the rest Liked and shared too. I subbed as well :).

@moxenwolf1020 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks oddball76! I'm glad it's helping out some people :D

@lordzuzu6437 3 жыл бұрын

When I read the wikipedia article about elite I learned about the two game mechanics in elite dangerous, the arcade one and the newtonian mechanics one. That completely blew my mind, and from now on I'll only play flight assist off.

@sidrat2009 3 жыл бұрын

This is a great way to make Elite Dangerous Fun Again. This is flying mastery at its core. Perhaps a toggle button to switch between analogue directional thrusters would be a good idea? Also the YT algorithm is really slow as I should have seen this video in 2018 at least. Regardless I've not even dabbled in flight assist off outside of combat and that's only because the AI usually likes to play jousting games unless you can get a good lateral sweep on them to remain on target. Yes I turn FA back on once in sight again, if they're still alive after a few passes I've already got their pattern and am orbiting them until they blow up. Which is a lot easier now I'm flying an engineered Fed Corvette with beam lasers. I really hope you're still playing and your community is awesome.

@moxenwolf1020 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! And yeah I just started up again after a couple year hiatus.