Time to hand over the keys?

[Stealthie]

Okay, I think it's time to admit I have a problem...

I just flat-out CANNOT fly my Corvette.
Specifically, I absolutely, positively, cannot get it out through the mailslot neatly.
Ever.

I can get it IN through the mailslot and dock but leaving a station is always a complete disaster.

T9; easy. Cutter; not a problem. Anaconda; plain sailing.
Corvette; just goes horribly wrong. EVERY time.

Most annoying thing is that I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
Visually, the alignment looks fine.
I use the HUD markers to verify that I'm pointed at the middle of the gap.
And then, inevitably, the ship ALWAYS seems to drift upwards until the cockpit is actually clipping through the top of the mailslot.
And I've got no idea why it happens.

[where is it]

 

[Bryan K]

Optipn 1: check your controls. My HOTAS has a very touchy vertical/lateral thruster control, and if I leave it slightly off-center, my ship will drift downwards at about 8 m/s. Yours may have the same issue, but with upward thrust.

Option 2: double-check your alignment. The Corvette isn't as tall as the Anaconda, so the alignment is a little different. It can fly lower through the slot.

Option 3: file a bug report. I've had my Corvette for about 2 weeks now, and she flies better than any of my big ships. I've never experienced the issue you've described, and if it's not a control issue or user-error, then it's a game issue and needs to be addressed.

 

[MrFailfactory]

HOTAS? It's possible that you have vertical thrust engaged slightly, and don't know it. Presumably, you use vertical to take off, so it's possible that it's staying engaged slightly (mine does this, though it mostly happens when returning to my ship in the SRV, the ship starts to cycle up the engines). I would look there first, because your description sounds like Thruster drift, to me.

Riôt

 

[Jezzah]

If it was drifting surely then he'd be also having a problem getting it into the station, which he states isn't a problem.

 

[Bryan K]

HOTAS? It's possible that you have vertical thrust engaged slightly, and don't know it. Presumably, you use vertical to take off, so it's possible that it's staying engaged slightly (mine does this, though it mostly happens when returning to my ship in the SRV, the ship starts to cycle up the engines). I would look there first, because your description sounds like Thruster drift, to me.

Riôt

Let me guess, T.16000M wth TWCS throttle?

 

[Morbad]

Not sure what the issue would even be. I can get out of of the slot backwards just fine most of the time

 

[MrFailfactory]

If it was drifting surely then he'd be also having a problem getting it into the station, which he states isn't a problem.

Not necessarily - he may not be using vertical thrust on approach to the station, but he is almost certainly using it to take off. The puzzler is why this doesn't seem to affect the other ships he mentioned. The only other answer I can come up with for that is that maybe the Corvette presents an optical illusion that his brain struggles to resolve (we all have this issue to some degree or other).

Let me guess, T.16000M wth TWCS throttle?

Saitek X-56. Those thumbsticks though, game changing.

Riôt

 

[Marklar_]

Try giving it a bit more throttle, it sounds like you are going too slow and getting tagged by the mail slot when station rotation turns off. I used to have that problem in my Annie.

 

[Caliber_az]

The path to recovery is to admit you have a problem. Next is to determine if it is mental or physical. Are you flying that Huge ship to compensate for a shortage somewhere else? (Maybe some pill could assist in that area).

Just saying......
Caliber_az

(So as not to get reported again, this post was done as a humorous reply and in no way meant asFlaming, trolling, harassment, and/or badgering.)

 

[VR Morgan Grimes]

Swap to external camera to see what is going on?

 

[Bryan K]

Saitek X-56. Those thumbsticks though, game changing.

Riôt

Ah, I wanted that one, but Amazon reviewers were...shall we say...less than kind about Saitek's QC. That, and the drivers for my X-52 Pro tried to kill my PC.

Try giving it a bit more throttle, it sounds like you are going too slow and getting tagged by the mail slot when station rotation turns off. I used to have that problem in my Annie.

This. I try to stay above 80 m/s on my way out of the slot when in a big ship.

 

[Stealthie]

My OCD compels me to try and figure this out.

I've spent the last half-hour just flying in and out of the station and it happens EVERY time, but only ever on the way out.

I've tried docking with the DC and paying attention to how it lines the ship up but when I do the same thing, up it goes and my cockpit slams into (and through) the top of the mailslot.

I've tried aiming the nose into the middle of the slot (which is higher than it "should" be when flying level) and then down-thrusting as I go through but the same thing happens.
The nose doesn't seem to rise up, just the rear end - causing the cockpit to hit the top of the slot.

If I had to guess, I think it might be that the nose is hitting the bottom of the mailsot and then "pole-vaulting" the cockpit upwards.

The really weird thing is, I've had the 'vette for a few months and this has never been a problem until yesterday.
Sure, I've scraped it on the slot quite often but it's never been a disaster.
Now I'm starting to develop a neurosis about it.

 

[Stigbob]

Straight line with your midpoint 2/3rds of the way up and you can't go wrong.

 

[Red Martian]

Okay, I think it's time to admit I have a problem...

I just flat-out CANNOT fly my Corvette.
Specifically, I absolutely, positively, cannot get it out through the mailslot neatly.
Ever.

I can get it IN through the mailslot and dock but leaving a station is always a complete disaster.

T9; easy. Cutter; not a problem. Anaconda; plain sailing.
Corvette; just goes horribly wrong. EVERY time.

Most annoying thing is that I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
Visually, the alignment looks fine.
I use the HUD markers to verify that I'm pointed at the middle of the gap.
And then, inevitably, the ship ALWAYS seems to drift upwards until the cockpit is actually clipping through the top of the mailslot.
And I've got no idea why it happens.

[where is it]

I did the same with my Python. Great cargo hauler, passenger ship, but maneuvering the blasted thing caused me more problems than it was worth. Plus, repairs on the ship were beyond obscene, so I sold her and bought a T7. Lots of cargo, somehow easier to maneuver than a Python, and makes for a great magic bus to transport people around the galaxy.

 

[Jon flint]

If your playing solo, best advice I can give is to boost out of the station... No seriously.... it will give temporarily better thruster response, so if you have to correct up/dn a little or avoid an incoming NPC, the ship will react much faster. Just line up to the slot then hit boost and be ready on your vertical/lateral thrusters.

Don't try it in open though, real cmdrs aren't as predictable as NPCs and don't always stick to the green side of the slot!

 

[CMDR Ofan]

Saitek X-56. Those thumbsticks though, game changing.

Riôt

I had to set huge deadzones on my x56 for the thumbsticks but they are gamechanging

 

[Schmack]

I did the same with my Python. Great cargo hauler, passenger ship, but maneuvering the blasted thing caused me more problems than it was worth. Plus, repairs on the ship were beyond obscene, so I sold her and bought a T7. Lots of cargo, somehow easier to maneuver than a Python, and makes for a great magic bus to transport people around the galaxy.

Really, with the Python? I can drift into the slot sideways with FA off using the Python, nary a problem. It seems small compared to the other ships, but that's just me.

 

[CMDR Pugwash]

Those huge ships shouldn't be able to enter space stations. They should be moored nearby and use a shuttle for relaying cargo etc. A hauler with no FSD would be the perfect.

How cool would that be!

 

[Red Martian]

Really, with the Python? I can drift into the slot sideways with FA off using the Python, nary a problem. It seems small compared to the other ships, but that's just me.

Yep. I guess I'm just used to smaller ships. I went from the AspX to the Python. With my AspX, I never lost a ship, never saw a rebuy screen. With the Python, inside of two days, I had 3 rebuys.

 

[relayer]

Try giving it a bit more throttle, it sounds like you are going too slow and getting tagged by the mail slot when station rotation turns off. I used to have that problem in my Annie.

This. Ignore the "oh noooo you're going over 100" station master. They are stupid.
If I don't get to 150 going out, the Anaconda will get sucked up by the toaster rack. Sounds like what you're describing. Just watch out for other ships in the slot.

Also: when the docking clamps come off, my ships tend to surge forward because of the throttle setting, even though I run 0% throttle/manual attitude jets and the throttle should be 0. I get around this by hitting 0% throttle key as soon as the clamps sound.