Well that FDL was only a novice and it's not really indicative of any flight capability of the ship

Built mine purely for the vroom vroom. And painted it red, because red ones go faster, naturally.

I occasionally allow my daughter to play. Her ship is an imperial eagle named “Pinkachu” and yes it’s very pink. And she likes to go out to the nav becon and kill pirates with it. Lots of giggles and maniacal laughter... and yes it’s a-rated and engendered...

if that station was called "Swindon" then i completely understand where your weapons went, might also want to check that your landing gear and comms gear are still there whilst you are at it...

The "imperial English" segment never fails to leave me in stitches

The Imperial Eagle has to be my current favorite ship. It's so much fun for canyon flying that if that's all this game had to offer, I'd still be flying every day without complaints. I have VR, I have a proper HOTAS, I have Two Steps From Hell music playing on Pandora over the game audio. The only thing I don't have to complete the immersion of pod racing is a simulator setup that pitches, rolls, and yaws my seat as my ship moves. I've never had as much of a religious experience with Elite as when I was flying the Imperial Eagle at 720 m/s through the tight and dangerous turns of a 10 km deep and 100 km long canyon system on some wackass moon 500 light years in the wrong direction, all while listening to an orchestral battle charge that wouldn't have gone amiss during the storming of the Black Gate of Mordor.

I have one that I call The "Victory Lap". Sounds much better than the "Loop of Shame"! o7

Me looking at my corvette: One day, one day we'll get to you, I promise.

The B-rolls are on a whole 'nother level.

Literally got out of bed to watch this, The Pilot deserves the big screen.

So it is the exact opposite of a T10? Burn it. This is heresy to lakonism.

I really loved the imperial eagle before the engineers update. Back when it was about the flying and less about the modification you made to it. Back then an A rated Imperial eagle could take on an Anaconda in a real David and Goliath battle based purely in dog fighting skills. You grab an anaconda by the tail and you just hung on till you killed it bit by bit. It felt more pure/raw back then. Now its just a glorified racer for me.

I bought an Imperial eagle to complete the rank up mission to master, it was supposed to be a quick bounty mission but i accidentally fired in a no fire zone, and had to fly 120 light years back to where i needed to be. In that time my systems kept falling apart and it kept over heating, by the time i docked i didn't have my lasers, docking computer, cargo hatch, and barely had my thrusters. but for some reason that just made me like the ship more, i feel like i bonded with it, i named it Mocha cause yeah it's a bit hot, but i love it.

Someone once said about the P 51 mustang it sets the rule for “If it looks good, it probably is.” This ship is basicly a P 51 mustang of space.

I sold my Imperial Eagle two days ago and here you are making me want to buy a new one. Damn you and your beautifully crafted videos!

Laughed out loud so hard at your attempt at "imperial" English it looks like it's 50/50 odds I'll be owing my housemate an apology. (It's 1:53 am...and i'm English)

That feeling when the Spams somehow decide to pronounce even contemporary black, urban lingo like a pale Victorian child selling match-sticks. Oof.

The "I have no idea if what wor~Ohhh..." made that whole bit!

1000 years later the pilots descendants: Today the dream came true. The eagle. A real life review...

Can't wait for the next vid! I just got my corvette 2 weeks ago and haven't looked back. Love all of your work so far!

After he's done reviewing the ships, he's on to reviewing all the stations. I think there's about 35,000 of those so it should keep him busy . On a slightly more serious note, I wouldn't mind a pilots report or mini bio on each of the major faction leaders. What it's like to work for them, the perks, their characteristics back story, personalities etc.

Omg I love your videos. Please never stop making them. I'm sad to see your discord go but I understand. I love your content keep up the amazing quality and great work.

I have to say I absolutely love your editing style, your sense of professionalism in how you talk and how you don't go with everyone says and you give your honest opinion, so now if I'm interested in a ship I go to your channel to see if it's a good choice. Keep up the good work man.

im just imagining a "retirement" from ED ship reviews, into the lucrative business of silly videos like "the marked man", or expanding into new games and genres all together. keep up the good work pilot, i know im along for the ride.

Honestly, as an amateur Elite player, since I've discovered your videos I always come here to check out your review whenever I'm considering buying a new ship. Reddit and other sites are always so subjective, "i prefer this" etc. but your "no bullshit to the point" reviews have helped me in every single purchase I've made since getting into this game.

Glad to hear you have plans for after! We cannot wait!

I’m a brand new commander I just started for the first time this past weekend. It’s been awesome and I’m so hyped to be on this journey. These reviews are all so good man. You have a really cool personality man you got me laughing at times whoever is friends with you is lucky! Thank you for making these, 10/10.

This Episode's "But" Count: 9 Buts

That video was very entertaining and fabulous to watch

This was the first ship I bought. And although I learned (the hard way) how fragile it is, also learned how good it can become. This ship taught me so much, how and what to outfit, what and when to engage, which enemies to avoid altogether. As starting pilot, this has to be the king of RES[Low], and yeah is drop dead gorgeous.

Informed and beautiful as ever. Excellent camera work also.

Without a doubt my favourite ship. Is it efficient? No. Is it fun? Ohhhh hell yes.

Awesome video! Like always :) You're my number one source when it comes to buying a new ship ;) Greetings from Germany

Finally a new one yay! Still waiting for the Vette but please don’t rush! I know you will take your time and do it justice. Hard to wait though. Cheers!

Can’t wait for the Corvette.

I've been away for a while. Still loving these tho dude. Keep it up

That was a good chav impression.

I've just gotten back in ED and I somehow ended up with one of these, it was the first ship i bought and i still have it, i just love the way it looks better than the standard eagle, and its not a bad little in system run about or bounty hunter, and it kinda reminds me of riding my motorcycle lol

I have to say you make some of the most engaging and beautiful ship spotlights of all the E:D content creators. Well done. I hope to see more of your work as more relevant content is released. A content creator can throw stats at me all day long, but if the video does not engage my mind and hold my attention, they are damn useless to me.

Nice as always. Imperial eagle looks really awesome!

Happy Tuesday great video

Amazing content as always, o7

That FDL was a novice so it's not really indicative of any flight capability and blah, blah, blah. P. S. I love your content. Keep up the great work and looking forward to your New Era announcement.

The Imperial Eagle is the only fighter I ever felt safe in. Need to buy one again. Awsome video as always!

Wonderful video, I LOVE your work....

It's a beautiful ship! It has that x-wing / viper feel.

I really began to love the Imperial Eagle after putting high performance thrusters on it and engineering G5 dirty drives. A boost speed of ~650 m/s is makes for a great hit and run ship.

I absolutely love your videos... and im surprised there isn't one for the Federal Corvette

Take your time sir. We know you're going to kick ass. In the mean time ill kick back and relax in my Python and wait for the notification.

used to troll shieldless with rails in 2015 in the then new iEagle... EPIC video

Your videos are works of art.

I got it... watched someone else's video awhile back... all they did was bash it... they basically said it was the scout and the Eagle II was the explorer... I didn't care. It just looked so cool, and I had fun flying it. Was it the "best?" Nope. Did I have fun flying it? Yes. And, in the end, that was all that mattered.

Cheers for these videos they help us jaded commanders keep interest in Elite.

Quality vid mate, good bit of humour me scrilla don lol

I was wondering if you made an iEagle video last night after I watched the eagle video and here it is lol

Laughing throughout the video as you say it's pretty and keep it in the garage for a quick trip around the station.... laughing because you are 100 percent correct! It's the only reason I flew into Imperial space (I'm a Fed 4 life player) to buy this ship... the only one I really coveted for no reason other that it is gorgeous. Well done, sir!

I love to use this ship when I go down to the ground for those FPS missions, I like to zoom zoom with it and gives you a small bounty hunter vibe if you use graphite paint and a certain armor loadout.

KZfaq's notification : new video of The Pilot Me : Get the popcorn

Awesome job CMDR

Been flying a Keelback for a while, outfitted as an armed merchant/miner... And after I got tired of getting outturned by fucking everything (because I'm stupid and I won't run away from a fight), I stored that thing away and got an Imp Eagle, so I can pull 400G turns for no reason. Love it.

Awesome as always o7

Thine empirial vulgate was impeccable, good sir.

Awesome video, now o need to get one

Loving your work @the pilot. Any ideas or plans for your next body of work yet?

Okay, you got me on this one; the Imperial Eagle is quite eye catching. This is the one imperial ship I can call pretty. If only this airframe was a medium, competitive with the Krait and Python. (Or hell, a strong small class option at the least)

"ya get me fam" so beautiful

You can get the FSD to 40 ly. Exploring in style with a small agile imperial eagle. It's a bit impractical though so I ripped out the AFMUs and scanners etc. replaced them with extra fuel tanks and flight assistance computers. Makes the prettiest bubble bus you can imagine!

The Imperial Eagle will always stay in my fleet. I had the most difficult time when I started off in this game. I could not survive combat, I couldn’t complete any missions due to piracy or lack of combat capability. And I finally had enough and decided to buy the imperial eagle and the rest is history. This ship showed me it is possible to be get shit done hahah.

Thumbs up for that "ooooh, nailed it".

* ~Space Time~* I use my IE as an SR-71, where speed is both it's primary armor as well as it's weapon, which means killing anything was never the point. The point is the speed.

Thanks for the video.

Im fairly new to this game myself, however I fly with members of a community finding bounties, and this is the ship I run, and I like it.

pretty much the only imperial ship that i like because it has the right mix of angular and rounded design rather then just curves. very cool ship.

Basically "Imperial English" is cockney! That was awesome mate

It truly shines when you are playing in a wing

those reviews remind me of the "rise and shine"-motivational videos

I recently bought one of these when I was in Imperial space. I've named mine Rebel.

Great great video...!!!

Well done... 👍👍👍

the imperial eagle is one of my personal favorite flyers. especially taking on bigger clunkers

it's a 1st gen Tesla Roadster. well able to prove itself, but the original manufacturer of the chassis still has the crown when it comes to making it purr, even if you ignore the engine. But now its just another pretty ship in the lineup of the prettiest ships (yeah, we're ignoring the 1st gen model S and model X in this analogy) so you can't help but want it in your dream garage, lined up with all the other ships in the line.

Just started playing and immediately grabbed an imp eagle, purely for looks obviously, but boy this puppy be flying fast. Still trying to figure out a solid mix of components and hard points for solid design without too much overheating. I think I'll have to figure out engineering to get the desired result im looking for.

Yes it's a good looking ship with a very nice sounding engine boost

An Imperial Eagle outfitted with 3A Enhanced Thrusters from Felicity Farseer engineered to grade 5 can cruise at 600m/s and boost at 800 m/s. It's fucking fast, and if you fly in FAO while trying to encircle a fed at a federal Orbis Station - well, give it a try. You'll love it or die.

You really need to start some audiobooks or podcasting. I would listen everyday .

Both the Eagle and Imp Eagle are very fun to fly.

"I've been practicing..." YaLrEeT

No "Buts" about it the Imperial Eagle is a nice ship! Thanks!

I like eagles a lot. When I see them in ressource zones it's like burning an ant with a magnifying glass.

"ya get me fam?" 😂😂😂

There's something about thinking about aisling duval speaking slang that gets me

Oh God, I love this ship. I painted it racing green and named it "Ellen Ripley"

Another instant classic

Amazing intro Lmao I just bought imperial eagle immediately simply cause it looks good lol

I really really really want to turn the Imperial Eagle into my main combat ship, it's beautiful and fun to fly. I'll definitely guarantee I'll use it if I ever find a group of friends to play with on playstation in a wing, but since I'm having trouble finding people to play with at all I'll just build it as best I can and focus on my Krait Mk II

I hope you review the corvette soon

you make good videos

It's been awhile since I've watched one of your videos and damn if they aren't goregous.

I recently picked up one of these so I can fly around shinrarta dezhra. it's really not meant to fight anything it's just to normally mess around and stuff and I really don't have to worry about the rebuy at all

I recently got me the imperial eagle and I am pretty happy with it. Ok, PC gameplay is something else than console and right now I can't play public due to my NAT code... But upgraded and equipped with some explosives on the 2 class wp rack you can be pretty annoying in gunfights with 1 or more ships as backup. 1v1 however can be different of course.