I'm fascinated with flying FA-off and really like the feel if it (minus the feel of bouncing around the inside of a space station). I know there are discords and squadrons out there dedicated to this practice, but I don't use discord and my play time is hard to plan so I can't realistically coordinate with a squadron mentor. As such, I thought I would post here and panhandle for some coaching. I'm not terribly media savvy, but I can manage to upload an unedited video to YT. I figure I'd post what I'm trying to do with some notes on what I was thinking, and then the community can gang up on me and tell me all the ways that I'm wrong. I mean, if there's one thing you can depend on from the internet, it's that. 
So, here's my first video. I'm at Coelho Station and trying (for the first time) the tethering from Moxen Wolf's YT with a FA-off take off and landing (well, mostly, for the landing).
0:15 Notice how I drifted a bit to port on take off? I'm not sure what that was about. All it hit was thrust up and landing gear retraction.
1:21 That was just rude. But, I stabilized myself FA-off so that's a win.
2:35 I wasn't showing off with the barrel rolling. I was using AD for roll when flying FA-on, but to make this easier to wrap my head around, I switched QE to roll and AD for strafe (and WS thrust forward and back), basically, FPS controls. I'm still getting adjusted and roll when I should strafe.
4:29 I can't seem to zero out my roll. I kept drifting slightly one way or the other.
5:03 Got tired of trying to just line up the tether with FA-off so turned it on quick to get in position
6:18 Finally get this started. I'm trying to keep the widget between the two lights, but I wonder if the stock Sidey is just too slow to keep up?
7:07 I start to get into a bit of a groove. I can't keep up, but I'm relatively stable.
8:21 Time to try and dock again. Really sloppy approach. This isn't going to go well.
10:46 Really struggle with lining up and approaching the mail slot. FA-on for a moment to stabilize.
12:15 Wasn't trying to be clever backing into the dock. But, I knew pretty quickly that it was by the mail slot and I overshot it. I figured that was the easy way to get into position. Notice that I'm drifting “downwards”, though. Is there some kind of gravity in stations? I frequently felt pulled to the "walls"...
12:44 ...which is how my landing gear snagged the JBD
13:09 FA-on to stabilize again
14:01 That one should have counted.
14:39 We have a winner!
So, here's my first video. I'm at Coelho Station and trying (for the first time) the tethering from Moxen Wolf's YT with a FA-off take off and landing (well, mostly, for the landing).
0:15 Notice how I drifted a bit to port on take off? I'm not sure what that was about. All it hit was thrust up and landing gear retraction.
1:21 That was just rude. But, I stabilized myself FA-off so that's a win.
2:35 I wasn't showing off with the barrel rolling. I was using AD for roll when flying FA-on, but to make this easier to wrap my head around, I switched QE to roll and AD for strafe (and WS thrust forward and back), basically, FPS controls. I'm still getting adjusted and roll when I should strafe.
4:29 I can't seem to zero out my roll. I kept drifting slightly one way or the other.
5:03 Got tired of trying to just line up the tether with FA-off so turned it on quick to get in position
6:18 Finally get this started. I'm trying to keep the widget between the two lights, but I wonder if the stock Sidey is just too slow to keep up?
7:07 I start to get into a bit of a groove. I can't keep up, but I'm relatively stable.
8:21 Time to try and dock again. Really sloppy approach. This isn't going to go well.
10:46 Really struggle with lining up and approaching the mail slot. FA-on for a moment to stabilize.
12:15 Wasn't trying to be clever backing into the dock. But, I knew pretty quickly that it was by the mail slot and I overshot it. I figured that was the easy way to get into position. Notice that I'm drifting “downwards”, though. Is there some kind of gravity in stations? I frequently felt pulled to the "walls"...
12:44 ...which is how my landing gear snagged the JBD
13:09 FA-on to stabilize again
14:01 That one should have counted.
14:39 We have a winner!
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