Questions the flight line hears most
Everything pilots ask the command post, filed by category. Accounts, controls, hardware, tournaments and the fine print, answered straight without the run-around.
Frequently asked, honestly answered
Android 9 or newer, 4 GB RAM and about 3.5 GB of free storage. Flagship chips unlock the 90 and 120 fps presets; everything else runs a stable 60.
The game is free with all theatres and weapons included. Purchases are cosmetics, the Operation Pass and time-savers. Firepower and ranks are never for sale.
Yes: five-ship squadron raids, weekend brackets and asynchronous ghost challenges. All of it runs on regional servers with crossplay between Android devices.
Xbox Wireless, DualSense, Razer Kishi and GameSir pads all map automatically. The HUD relabels prompts the moment a pad connects.
Sign in with the same account and everything syncs: campaign, hangar, liveries and season progress. Transfers are handled in the ecosystem section.
Settings has a broadcast-safe mode that trims radio chatter, removes blood effects and simplifies explosion visuals for family rooms and streams.
Prize pools split across divisions and pay by PayPal or bank transfer within 14 days of the final. Entry mechanics are on the tournament pass page.
Campaign, time attack and the training range all run offline. Progress syncs next time you connect.
On the refunds page, written in plain English including your Australian Consumer Law rights.
Use the in-game report tool on the pilot's profile or email evidence through the contact form. Verified reports are actioned within 48 hours.
Servers close enough to feel local
Ping tester
Live estimate from your browser to the nearest grid node.
Netcode notes
- 120 Hz server tickrate on raid modes
- Regional lock keeps AU lobbies under 30 ms
- Rollback reconciliation on hit detection
You feel the airframe through the phone
The haptic engine maps rotor wash, weapon recoil and hull strikes to distinct vibration signatures. Dial it up for a cockpit feel or down to save the battery.
Intensity: 60%
Supported pads
Pilot badges and what they actually mean
Rarity across all pilots
Badges display on your pilot card in lobbies and on the public leaderboard.
Watch the raid from the drone's seat
Camera feeds
Spectator chat
Fan stakes
Stake fan points on the bracket winner. Points buy spectator cosmetics and stream emotes, never cash.
64% of fans back SABRE-2 tonight.
Audio-reactive theatre lights
EnabledBeacon strobes, hangar floods and runway markers pulse to the soundtrack's low end. The analyser reads the audio bus directly, so licensed playlists sync too.
The world keeps time with the bass
Toggle it off for pure sim mode or leave it on and let the city breathe with your playlist. Battery cost is under 2% per hour because the work runs on the audio thread, not the GPU.
Warp is called a fast rope
Theatre jumps let a squad relocate a sortie in progress between adjacent maps. The drop window is eight seconds and the whole element has to commit.
- Leader paints the drop beacon on the tactical map.
- All five airframes form inside the ring.
- Eight-second transit: engines off, comms silent.
- Element re-materialises 4.2 km forward, formation intact.
Drop corridor
The command post answers daily
Ticket, email or drop by the Surfers Paradise office during working hours. Pilots on the Priority Support Plan jump the queue.