AFTERBURN

the stick · the pointer is captured while you fly and the glass draws where you have put it: middle is straight and level, push it out and the jet climbs, dives or banks that way for as long as it stays out · arrows nudge it · ESC lets go and pauses

throttle up / down · rudder: skid the nose left / right without banking, and the cannon aims where the nose points

afterburner

tap: aileron roll the way the mouse moves, a sideways snap with brief invulnerability · hold: barrel roll, the jet corkscrews for as long as you hold it

airbrake · bleed speed, tighten the turn

reversal · chop the throttle and circle back; a bandit on your six flies straight past (or SHIFT + right click, or C)

cobra · nose past the vertical, the airframe becomes an airbrake, everything behind you overshoots

split-S · roll inverted and pull through a downward loop: trade height for a fast, low exit

immelmann · half loop up and roll out on top: a fast climb that costs airspeed

intercept: cannon · missile when locked (also middle click) · boost to close, brake to let them by

grab the white crystal for six seconds of laser · hold click to sweep it