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LuckyVanDine 10 Jan @ 12:25pm
Aligning with spaceport entrance in SC approach
I have heard people say that they make sure to align with spaceport entrance while in supercruise, so when they drop out they just fly straight in. How does one do that?

I get that you can see the little model of the spaceport on your dashboard, and you can often either see the entrance or little chevrons pointing to it, but how does that help? The only controls you have in SC are pitch, roll and yaw. Pitch and yaw wiggle the little model, but they also take you off target. Roll doesn't take you off target, but it doesn't move the model either.

I have see the video here: https://edcodex.info/?m=threads&entry=329 but it doesn't help, because as is usual for these YouTube-jockeys they don't actually explain what they are doing.
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Hyelander 10 Jan @ 12:32pm 
This might help.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1cvw5jPL6I
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anaris 10 Jan @ 12:35pm 
You go off target.

The course to arrive at the entrance is often a dogleg - you go along a lot and curve towards the end so that you come in from the angle where the entrance is at.

just aim 20-40 degrees off the station in the direction that the entrance is currently pointing, then curve towards the station at the end
Last edited by anaris; 10 Jan @ 12:36pm
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LuckyVanDine 10 Jan @ 12:51pm 
Ah, thanks both - so nothing to do with the little model! I'll try this.
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brionl 10 Jan @ 12:56pm 
Originally posted by LuckyVanDine:
Ah, thanks both - so nothing to do with the little model! I'll try this.

Sort of to do with the model. It shows you which way the station is, but you don't fly directly toward it.
Almost all of the time, the slot on a station is facing to the planet it is orbiting. So you can fly between the planet and the station, then head directly to the station and you'll be close enough.
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anaris 10 Jan @ 2:07pm 
yeah u use the model to spot the door, but actually orienting yourself using it is a bit complicated because it moves as you turn. You kind of fly out on the side the door is and eventually the door will point at you, but if u wait til then you've actually gone past it.
Last edited by anaris; 10 Jan @ 2:07pm
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Planewalker 10 Jan @ 4:43pm 
The mailslot is in 99% of cases aligned to the northern pole of the planet or moon.
-the icon has a rectangular relief there, and it applies to all large orbitals.
Last edited by Planewalker; 10 Jan @ 4:45pm
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Agony_Aunt 11 Jan @ 6:23am 
Originally posted by Planewalker:
The mailslot is in 99% of cases aligned to the northern pole of the planet or moon.
-the icon has a rectangular relief there, and it applies to all large orbitals.

This! It doesn't face the planet, it faces the north pole.

However, unless you're already coming in at more from more or less the right direction or in a ship with very high SC agility, changing your SC approach will take longer than simply just barging in at a high speed with 0:05 on the clock and then just boosting around the station.
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