Maneuverability

[Galafrey]

Just purchased a shiny new Asp with average upgrades, and it seems to be far more maneuverable than a full spec cobra. Anyone else notice that the paper stats don't quite tally up?

 

[Khufu]

It may spin on the spot as fast or faster than a cobra, but it's not just about that... how tight of a curve can it fly in without sliding sideways. Lets just say flying a nice arc into a station at full throttle in a viper is easy, in a cobra it's still predictable, in an ASP it's a possible death sentance, because you slide a LOT. very sluggish to change trajectory to accelerate/decellerate. but the thing can rotate very quickly.

 

[777Driver]

Just purchased a shiny new Asp with average upgrades, and it seems to be far more maneuverable than a full spec cobra. Anyone else notice that the paper stats don't quite tally up?

It get's more complicated than simply saying one ship is far more maneuverable than another (at least for med/large ships) , my clipper for example is less powerful in vertical thrust than my fully laden Type-9.

They all have their strengths and weakness, therefore require different flying styles

 

[Galafrey]

It may spin on the spot as fast or faster than a cobra, but it's not just about that... how tight of a curve can it fly in without sliding sideways. Lets just say flying a nice arc into a station at full throttle in a viper is easy, in a cobra it's still predictable, in an ASP it's a possible death sentance, because you slide a LOT. very sluggish to change trajectory to accelerate/decellerate. but the thing can rotate very quickly.

It is a bit of a sluggish to accelerate due to its added mass but I do love its rotation, you do have a point though