Advanced DC kind of clumsy?
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I haven't tried the adc yet but the high speed planetary landing thing is how it always was for my courier in most cases, fun fact if you use the dc to align with the pad and then disengage it and throttle down you could slam your ship down even faster 
I find it clumsier than the DC.
i used it on my sightseeing Python and noticed that it likes to boost around stations (which is not bad) but it also has some really unpolished flight path algorithms which seems to be different from the ones used by the DC. Clearly was made by another dev.
For example, it does not perfectly align with the outpost when landing and has to do several maneuvers to land on the last seconds before touchdown
Also when launching from starports it has the bad habit of scratching other ships or the mail slot.
I ditched it and went back to DC.
i used it on my sightseeing Python and noticed that it likes to boost around stations (which is not bad) but it also has some really unpolished flight path algorithms which seems to be different from the ones used by the DC. Clearly was made by another dev.
For example, it does not perfectly align with the outpost when landing and has to do several maneuvers to land on the last seconds before touchdown
Also when launching from starports it has the bad habit of scratching other ships or the mail slot.
I ditched it and went back to DC.
Would never waste a slot on a small ship,engineering just makes things worse on small ships with a DC, way too much speed, personally have it installed on my larger freighters with plenty of slots to spare. Those ships are constantly docking/undocking, can land them in my sleep FA-OFF, so ADC & SCA is a godsend.
Changes that I'm not really happy with -
1. You can no longer disconnect the ADC by turning off flight assist, fairly annoying, was quite useful on the older DC.
2. No longer able to inhibit boost by lowering the landing gear before engaging the ADC, again not sure why they removed this function, I don't need my T9 or Cutter boosting towards the station.
3. ADC queue system still seems to give the player ship low priority over NPC ships..
4. Outpost landings are still like roller coaster rides, I'll happily send the devs a VR headset, they can give the DC a try, something tells they would adjust the landing pathing being used.
5. Refinery stations are risky unless you don't mind getting your paint scratched, best to had fly docking and undocking.
Been using the ADC on and off for a while now, overall very stable, tested up to 4g surface ports and plenty of orbitals.
Uhuh.
At least when you take back control in a small ship you can change the outcome... as long as you're paying attention.
When your T9 or Cutter decides to boost toward the mailslot, when it's misaligned, you might as well just switch to the external camera for the best view of the collision.
I really just stuck the ADC on my Viper because I've been using it as a taxi while I've been transferring a lot of ships in and out of SD.
In normal use, even another C1 cargo rack would probably be more useful.
I do still insist on fitting a DC to all my cargo ships and passenger ships, just for the sake of consistency and because it just seems "right" that ships like that would operate that way.
The ADC is especially handy because it means you can plot a course while you're leaving a station, which'd improve efficiency in CGs... if only we still had CGs to use it.
Yesterday it floated my Cutter around the interior of the station in a drunken weave for a while, then it rammed me in the rear with a Challenger, which continued to thrust and pinned my Cutter against the front of the station, just under the mailslot. I attempted to take control at that point but was unable to do so. I had to exit to main menu.
So yeah, it’s great.
So yeah, it’s great.
Shh, don't tell the anti-logging Brigade...
LOL.
It's called 'Elite DANGEROUS'
Quite right and those wanting things to be safer should not fit the ADC, the PvPers who try to get people to not use it are misguided carebears!
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That of course was the Blackadder mk2 or later the early version was much less competent.
Its kinda like auto park for your car if it starts to mess up hit the brakes and show it how its done if your out getting coffee while auto docking well its re buy for you
Yes but then some ship is stuck in the queue outside the station because you are sat there for minutes waiting for launch clearance.
What? The ADC runs on Windows?
No it uses an analytical engine, all cams and cogs, so it can survive hard landings and bumping into stations.
Only used in on a few big and clumsy ships. It's pretty good except with some engineer bases with the bridges over the landing pads. It tries to fly through those. Some spaceports also have those refinery towers or whatever and I've had to apply a little lateral thrust to keep it from crashing in them. I am able to do that even though it tries to fight me.