Stick left/right banks, forward climbs, back dives (Settings → Invert pitch swaps them, flight-sim style). Bank and climb to turn. Holding the stick to one side keeps rolling; centre it to hold your bank, and roll back yourself to fly level. Climb too steeply and you stall: the plane hangs, tips over and falls into a dive. Once you have speed again you can pull out.

Lead marker the diamond near a target shows where to put your gunsight so the bullets meet it; it turns yellow with FIRE when you're on.

Mouse (default) click to take the stick: left/right rolls (gently for small moves) and also turns the nose a little for aiming, and when you stop moving the mouse the plane holds its bank; forward and back stays where you leave it. To fly straight again, bring the mouse back toward centre or press the right button. Push the mouse away from you to climb. Left button fires, right button centres the stick, wheel or W/S sets the throttle, A/D the rudder.

Keyboard (Settings → Fly with) arrows or WASD fly, Space fires, R/F throttle, Q/E rudder.

Views C changes view (chase / cockpit), hold V to look back, Z / X to look left / right, B up. Tab shows scores, Esc pauses.

Touch left thumb flies, right thumb fires. VIEW switches chase / cockpit.

Gamepad left stick flies, A or right trigger fires.

Realistic mode makes throttle and rudder matter and adds stalls, spins and gun jams. Don't haul back when slow!

Friends share the room code or invite link (in the lobby, or the pause menu during a dogfight). Paste either into the join box on the main menu, or just open the link.

Tips get above and behind. Lead your target. Short bursts keep your guns cool. Flak bursts are black puffs: jink!