I hate overshooting everything.

[CravenTHC]

Advanced no-overshoot tactic. Requires fine rudder, pitch, yaw and throttle control.

Hokay, so,

1. Approach at full throttle.
2. At 0:07, maneuver so your destination is just above your COMM window. Yes your comm window.
3. Full throttle till 0:04. At 0.04, immediately set throttle to ZERO.
4. Yaw hard away from the destination while pitching up and rolling hard toward the destination. This will produce a corkscrew-helix maneuver. Keep the objective just above your comm window.
5. Corkscrew in till about 0.15ls away. Keep your time on target between 0:04 and 0:05. Feather the throttle between max and zero till you hit the sweet spot. Takes some practice.
6. At about 0.15ls away, turn hard toward the planet, so that you split the distance between the planet and the station. The planet's gravity will start to slow you down significantly.
7. Watch your compass, when the destination is just at the top of the compass (meaning you are at a 90° angle down to the station -- if you look straight up it will be right above you) pull up hard to face the destination.
8. Set throttle to 75% till your distance is under 1MM.
9. At this point you can coast in at 75 if you want.
10. If you're in a HURRY, once your speed drops below 850 - 900km/s, push the throttle to full. Yes full.
11. You should catch the "Destination Locked, Safe to Drop" message at between 0:02 and 0:01 seconds out.
12. Have quick reflexes and drop. You should drop generally facing the mailslot.

OK that was a mouthful, but once you get the hang of it it's easy. It's significantly faster than coasting in at 0:07-75% throttle, and guarantees you to drop facing the mailslot.

It's fun too.

I'm sure this has been noted before, but I think you forgot the letters "IN" in front of your forum name. Although that sounds like a hell of a good time, I don't think my mostly plastic X52 would appreciate that kind of beating too often. Especially when you consider just how often you find yourself dropping out of SC at any number of different destinations. The "slow" .07/75% approach is tried and true for all player skills and types. Especially ones who just need to learn how not to overshoot.

 

[Bidermann]

Maybe I'm not doing it right but if I have to travel at super cruise for any distance I overshoot the place I'm traveling to.

if I ever give up playing this game it will be because of the way travel works.

some times it pays to over shoot when coming to a base less chance of being interdicted when coming back to the base from the other direction

 

[ocflyer]

The throttle graph includes several indicators - throttle setting, ideal speed (blue range), and max speed based on the effect of gravity wells. The max speed is the outer indictor (see arrow in the screenshot) that rises and falls as you approach and leave a gravity well. If you watch the orange, you'll see when the max quickly climbs because of a gravity well. I keep my speed in blue but I watch the max speed indicator for it to rise above throttle max. When it does, I dial the throttle back slightly. This method gives me the fastest possible approach without overshooting.

 

[DidierDrbois]

You're doing it wrong.

Accelerate until the ETA gets to 00:07 then throttle back to 1.5 pips into the blue zone. Works every time. If you're still overshooting, throttle back at 00:10, and adjust from there.

Many people say 75% throttle at 00:07, but that always overshoots for me, so ymmv - in practice, it's about 60% for me which works good

Trust this man.

 

[SCADVID]

Maybe I'm not doing it right but if I have to travel at super cruise for any distance I overshoot the place I'm traveling to.

if I ever give up playing this game it will be because of the way travel works.

It's very casually mentioned in the trainer series about the blue area in the throttle is meant for (it's the range of control for piloting the ship), but I found that simply setting it at the mid blue area isn't enough (especially when being released by a gravity well [around stars and planets] that causes a rapid acceleration]). Thus, I keep the throttle at the lowest blue setting in case of a acceleration surge.

Keep it there and listening for any surges (to compensate on the throttle) and you won't overshoot again.

 

[Surround]

I use the same method as sayne. Even if it wouldnt be the fastest method, I'm happy that it even feels faster

 

[Wullail]

if you notice you are going to overshoot , forget the 'loop of shame' , if you're hitting 5 seconds before you reach your target , push the ships nose DOWN about 45 degrees for a second or 2 then push it back up 90 and you should be lined up with the clock reset to 8-9 seconds...faster than doing the loop.

 

[Sandmann]

You're doing it wrong.

Accelerate until the ETA gets to 00:07 then throttle back to 1.5 pips into the blue zone. Works every time. If you're still overshooting, throttle back at 00:10, and adjust from there.

Many people say 75% throttle at 00:07, but that always overshoots for me, so ymmv - in practice, it's about 60% for me which works good

This ^^^ works every time for me too. You can even do it at 0:06 if you're quick. I only overshoot if I let myself get distracted and let it get down to 0:05.

 

[Sayne]

This ^^^ works every time for me too. You can even do it at 0:06 if you're quick. I only overshoot if I let myself get distracted and let it get down to 0:05.

If you let it get down to 0:05, just do the corkscrew helix thing I described. It'll slow you down enough to recover.

 

[EddyRockSteady]

Am I the only one that waits till 00.05 then throttles to zero and spirals in? Works for me, you can cut off a good 10-15 seconds this way. I've tried the old "in the blue" a few times again but it's really slow so I've taken to perfecting the spiral in approach. Works a treat when you've got it down.

Nope, 5 secs for me as well if I'm in a hurry to get home to the missus. That said, I'll only try once you have mastered the 7-sec rule, then dial it down to 6 secs if comfortable and then only if you're really good, the 5-sec approach. Jumping right into the 5-sec approach will see you landing up in the adjacent system.......not for beginners.

 

[Lister_of_Smeg]

50% in 00.7 and never overshoot again

 

[OnePercent]

keep whatever you're targeting to 6 seconds or above and you'll never overshoot.

the only time this doesn't work is dropping into other friends low energy FSD clouds etc

 

[khaitom]

You're doing it wrong.

Accelerate until the ETA gets to 00:07 then throttle back to 1.5 pips into the blue zone. Works every time. If you're still overshooting, throttle back at 00:10, and adjust from there.

Many people say 75% throttle at 00:07, but that always overshoots for me, so ymmv - in practice, it's about 60% for me which works good

It depands on what you call 7. Like the countdown.

I find that if I hit 75% as the timer first shows 7 you'll be okay (ie almost at 8 seconds). If I hit it just before the timer flips over to 6 (ie 7 actual seconds left) then it's often too late.

 

[Theutus]

I use distance instead of time to determine my throttle. 250 ls or less 75% throttle all the way to destination. Of course adjusting for large celestial bodies. Occasionally at 3000 km 50% throttle.

 

[Lobstris]

The old 10% rule still works too, i.e. don't exceed 50c @ 500ls, 20c @ 200ls out, 10c @ 100ls, 1c at 10ls, 0.1c at 1ls etc. However going too fast then swinging round your target planet's atmosphere to get in line with the docking port from the planet side is a heck of a lot of fun.

 

[vizvayu]

The 75% trick used to work perfectly every time, but often overshoots now (for me at least) and it's replicably linked to the dreaded SC stutter.
Every time I get a screen freeze on approach, no matter if it was 15s when I put it there the engine note rises and it's as if the game thinks I was still moving while the screen stood still. As this is almost every approach, I've reverted to doing it manually too. ;/ Shame, it was a good drink / stretch / smoke opportunity.

Exactly. The same happened to me. It seems both stuttering and over shooting the target are linked to server lag.

 

[shapowitz]

I full throttle till it hits 7s then dial it back to maintain 6s until the speed has dropped to a little over the safe drop speed then throttle forward again for a quick burst of speed for the final bit, the engine noise also helps, if it starts climbing in pitch then you are going too fast.

 

[Astronut57]

A key binding for 75% throttle is the most useful key in the game. Don't fly in SC without it

As you approach your target (eg. station) watch the bottom ETA number countdown. When it gets to 0:07 (7 seconds) hit the 75% key and don't touch throttle again. When you see the 'safe to disengage' message, drop out of SC - job done.

 

[CMDR Pausanias]

This is exactly how I do, 10 seconds to go and throttle back to the middle of the blue zone, if I overshoot it's because I've not concentrated on the 10 seconds limit. Your speed should hold at 6 or 7 seconds to come in nicely, 5 seconds or less and you'll overshoot.

Watch the timer counting down next to your SC target. When it gets to about 10 seconds, throttle back into the blue area of your throttle display. This is basically cruise control and if you leave it there it will auto throttle you into your target so you hit the blue areas in your distance and speed displays on the left so you can drop out at a safe speed and distance. You know about those?