The Albion Skunk is controlled by changing the ship's attitude via yaw and pitch controls, and applying forward thrust.
Yaw and Pitch
The yaw and pitch controls yaw the front of the ship left or right, and pitch the front of the ship up or down.
Default Controls:
Keyboard: Arrow Keys
Oculus Touch: Right Stick, Gesture
Vive Controller: Right Trackpad
Xbox Controller: Right Stick
Throttle
The throttle controls the speed with which the ship moves forward along the attitude set by yaw and pitch. It is also possible to completely cut the throttle thereby making the ship stop, and to apply reverse throttle to move backwards.
Speed Controls
By default, the throttle is not used to directly control the amount of thrust applied onto the ship, but rather is used to set the resultant speed desired for the ship. Automatic systems on the ship then apply thrust as appropriate to attain the desired speed at the set attitude. (See the subsection on Flight Assist under the section Flight (Advanced) for more details)
Default Controls - Speed Controls:
Keyboard:
Increase Wanted Speed: X
Reduce Wanted Speed: Z
Accelerate / Decelerate
The Accelerate button sets the throttle to your ship's maximum speed without using boost as long as the key is pressed. Inversely, the Decelerate button sets the throttle to your ship's maximum reverse speed as long as the key is pressed. This results in the ship accelerating or decelerating as long as the respective key is pressed. If neither Accelerate nor Decelerate button is pressed, the ship's throttle is set to zero.
Default Controls - Acceleration/Deceleration:
Oculus Touch:
Accelerate: Left Trigger
Decelerate: Left Shoulder
Vive Controller:
Accelerate: Left Hair Trigger
Decelerate: Left Grip
Xbox Controller:
Accelerate: Left Trigger
Decelerate: Left Shoulder
Strafe
Strafe controls apply the ship's thrusters to directly move the ship up, down, left, or right without changing the ship's attitude. These thrusters are completely independent of the ship's engines, and can be operated while the ship is already in motion.
Default Controls:
Keyboard: W, A, S, D
Oculus Touch: Left Stick
Vive Controller: Left Trackpad
Xbox Controller: Left Stick
Roll
Roll controls roll the ship around its spinal axis. While it does affect the attitude of the ship, it does not affect movement and is mostly useful to regulate your own sense of up and down relative to everything else around you.
Default Controls:
Keyboard: Q, E
Oculus Touch: Gesture
Vive Controller: Unavailable (Can be mapped in the Controls menu)
Xbox Controller: Unavailable (Can be mapped in the Controls menu)