I'm the other way around. I deploy landing gear so late that quite often it's the gear locking into place that causes the pad to grab the ship. I find full throttle with one or two pips in engines gives an approach speed between 100 and 130 in my Cobra and T6 which is a reasonable compromise between speed and manoeuvrability with good rated thrusters. But I do nearly get caught out occasionally...
Because I use TrackIR ducking can actually help, because if I duck I tend to look up slightly which gives a better view of how close I am to the top of the tunnel. But then I haven't flown anything larger than a T6 outside of a beta, and I'm guessing my strategy might have to change if get one of the bigger ships.
Aside: unrelated to
ED but when I play FPS games with "lean" controls, I do tend to lean in my chair as I'm peeking around corners. I've been doing that for over ten years. My wife thinks it's hysterical.
