Glide mode

[zanderwild]

Is there a way to go back into glide after you drop into normal flight while landing? I keep dropping from glide way farther from ports than I mean to and have to enjoy a nice 10-15 minute crawl to get to port

[TorTorden]

Yes, of course.

Fly up beyond mass lock, and re-engage cruise.

The trick to it is to not be in a hurry, and plan a wide arcing approach.
And don't dive for the surface until you can position your approach at around 45 degrees that I consider to be optimal, but 40-55 works fine to.

[zanderwild]

Ah good to know, im on a not so great pc so when i jump and drop in and out of cruise it takes a good 10 seconds at least so landings arent very fun for me

[Roger Wilco Jr]

And remember (or learn) that when you are approaching the planet and have the horizontal pitch lines on the HUD, and you are above the "enter glide" line, you go a lot faster when your pitch is around 0 degrees. So if the place you want to land is far away, then level off and fly around the curve of the planet until you get close, and then do as Tor suggests.

[TorTorden]

Ah good to know, im on a not so great pc so when i jump and drop in and out of cruise it takes a good 10 seconds at least so landings arent very fun for me

There's an instance merge or "load" that happen between cruise and glide.
This can take a while, and with busy instances (as in other players in the area) take a really long while, or simply stall all together.

It's Elite YMMV.