The Imperial Eagle [Elite Dangerous] | The Pilot Reviews

Review of the The Imperial Eagle from Elite Dangerous. What do you get when the Empire wants to show up the Federation? The Imperial Eagle is the juiced up hot rod to the Federation's Eagle Mk2. But is it all looks and no bite? The Pilot Reviews The Imperial Eagle. #EliteDangerous #ThePilot #iEagle
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[@samarkand1585]

Well that FDL was only a novice and it's not really indicative of any flight capability of the ship

[@cheapspellcheque]

From the bottom of my heart, I don't care.

[@axilslayer]

XD i like you

[@spaceonisorceress4406]

@@cheapspellcheque I think you're just looking for a reason to gloat. Or maybe it's more of an overcompensation thing?

[@vehicleboi5598]

TOME Julien and blah blah blah blah blah.

[@DrSpoon-iu4hs]

@@spaceonisorceress4406 wooooooosh

[@BradHann]

Built mine purely for the vroom vroom. And painted it red, because red ones go faster, naturally.

[@ThePilot_]

I gotta tell ya, I'm partial to that obnoxious lambo orange instead.

[@truckerallikatuk]

@@ThePilot_ Least it's not the even more obnoxious lambo lime green...

[@FreemanicParacusia]

WAAAAAAAAAAUGH!!!!!

[@xenmckinzee8348]

Naturally

[@dylanbeavon2683]

I built mine for canyon racing against my buddy's sidewinder.

[@Hitperson]

if that station was called "Swindon" then i completely understand where your weapons went, might also want to check that your landing gear and comms gear are still there whilst you are at it...

[@icurnvs776]

And your fillings too!

[@icurnvs776]

They crafty

[@madseeker2188]

be really careful of going to a place called Liverpool it's worse there you MAY have the frame left only

[@twat3789]

@@madseeker2188 Leave it in Drogheda, they’ll take the frame as well, might leave a note but that’ll be it

[@squirrellordsgaming2772]

I occasionally allow my daughter to play. Her ship is an imperial eagle named “Pinkachu” and yes it’s very pink. And she likes to go out to the nav becon and kill pirates with it. Lots of giggles and maniacal laughter... and yes it’s a-rated and engendered...

[@phillippatryndal4255]

Engendered - because only real men wear pink? ;)

[@squirrellordsgaming2772]

@@phillippatryndal4255 .... Got tired of fighting auto-correct....

[@squirrellordsgaming2772]

@@phillippatryndal4255 ..... It's funny to watch the 8yo girl grin wide while firing lazes and auto-cannons...

[@Alecxace]

@@squirrellordsgaming2772 lol

[@shoaggyyum6197]

How old she's been when started playing? I want to teach mine but she only getting into pc controls.

[@Solnoric]

The "imperial English" segment never fails to leave me in stitches

[@mattsmechanicalssi5833]

I have one that I call The "Victory Lap". Sounds much better than the "Loop of Shame"! o7

[@nunyabusiness8538]

i names mine daddy issues cuz it’s small pretty and cheap

[@IdontKnow-nm8bz]

Bonjour

[@Arthurious521]

Me looking at my corvette: One day, one day we'll get to you, I promise.

[@ThePilot_]

It's next.

[@Frodo_swagginsX]

@@ThePilot_ its the last one I'm pretty sure. There's 38 ships and you've done 37 I think

[@Rubberduckzillas]

@@ThePilot_ Leaving the best til last eh? Don't forget to mention all the DAKKA every couple mins.

[@m42walker09]

I can’t wait I’m so excited for it. All these videos have been so well done.

[@Frodo_swagginsX]

@@m42walker09 oh yeah dude 100% these videos are amazing. I was sceptical at first but then I realised I had stayed up till 6 am watching them and was like damn yeah v these are good 😂

[@kilojoules_kj]

The B-rolls are on a whole 'nother level.

[@ThePilot_]

Thanks.

[@CMDR_John_Crichton]

The Imperial Eagle has to be my current favorite ship. It's so much fun for canyon flying that if that's all this game had to offer, I'd still be flying every day without complaints. I have VR, I have a proper HOTAS, I have Two Steps From Hell music playing on Pandora over the game audio. The only thing I don't have to complete the immersion of pod racing is a simulator setup that pitches, rolls, and yaws my seat as my ship moves. I've never had as much of a religious experience with Elite as when I was flying the Imperial Eagle at 720 m/s through the tight and dangerous turns of a 10 km deep and 100 km long canyon system on some wackass moon 500 light years in the wrong direction, all while listening to an orchestral battle charge that wouldn't have gone amiss during the storming of the Black Gate of Mordor.

[@nolanboyer6883]

This comment made up my mind I'm gonna install the game now

[@je2848]

I don't care that this comment is two years old, I have to reply. That was some damn poetry, and I need to soup up my Imperial Eagle now.

[@stephenflenniken6608]

Literally got out of bed to watch this, The Pilot deserves the big screen.

[@ThePilot_]

Thanks, man. :-)

[@ThePingedOne]

So it is the exact opposite of a T10? Burn it. This is heresy to lakonism.

[@SummaryNine26]

The T10 and the Imperial Eagle are my two favorite ships in the game.

[@davidentz7440]

I really loved the imperial eagle before the engineers update. Back when it was about the flying and less about the modification you made to it. Back then an A rated Imperial eagle could take on an Anaconda in a real David and Goliath battle based purely in dog fighting skills. You grab an anaconda by the tail and you just hung on till you killed it bit by bit. It felt more pure/raw back then. Now its just a glorified racer for me.

[@edgepixel8467]

David Entz The engineers is where they fucked it.

[@pottyputter05]

Ya idk I think they could tweak maneuvering a bit and we could be much closer to that time. I started play a couple months ago and I have to say I feel the same about it and it feels like a lot of jousting is inevitable.

[@petezzzz]

David killed Goliath with an alpha strike headshot. Just sayin'

[@foldionepapyrus3441]

Indeed I earned almost all of my first 100mill bounty hunting in a regular eagle taking on anything wanted I could spot. And the enjoyment of nibbling an anaconda to death one module at a time pre-eng was real... Now with the stupidly big shields and cell banks its just a very very long grind to do any damage at all. I still find it satisfying to some extent but having to bring my buddy as a fuel truck so I can keep firing the rail gun again and again, and again or synthesizing ammo... It just spoils the fun. Even a pack of small ships struggles to have enough ammo to force the SCB or cause crippling damage with the module protection internals now...

[@timothymarchant9079]

Laughed out loud so hard at your attempt at "imperial" English it looks like it's 50/50 odds I'll be owing my housemate an apology. (It's 1:53 am...and i'm English)

[@BerkerIzmir35TR]

Hi, do you know where to buy it? I don’t know any place to buy.

[@twat3789]

@@BerkerIzmir35TR on the off chance you still haven’t found it, you can find where it’s sold using EDDB, just type in the system you’re in and the ship you want and it will give you the closest system that has it

[@babbydrago8898]

I bought an Imperial eagle to complete the rank up mission to master, it was supposed to be a quick bounty mission but i accidentally fired in a no fire zone, and had to fly 120 light years back to where i needed to be. In that time my systems kept falling apart and it kept over heating, by the time i docked i didn't have my lasers, docking computer, cargo hatch, and barely had my thrusters. but for some reason that just made me like the ship more, i feel like i bonded with it, i named it Mocha cause yeah it's a bit hot, but i love it.

[@Typhyr]

Someone once said about the P 51 mustang it sets the rule for “If it looks good, it probably is.” This ship is basicly a P 51 mustang of space.

[@lennartgimm]

I sold my Imperial Eagle two days ago and here you are making me want to buy a new one. Damn you and your beautifully crafted videos!

[@ThePilot_]

There was a lot of Imperial Eagle stuff on all the forums lately. I wish I could have gotten this one out to you last week. :-)

[@dozergames2395]

@@MinistryOfMagic_DoM me too and boi am I happy

[@stankobarabata2406]

I will NEVER sell mine. It doesn't do much, but it can hold it's own in combat due to it's sheer speed. You can make strafing runs faster than the enemy can bear their weapons against you and be out of their range by the time they try to turn around. Plus it's super fun to have it maxxed out and be so fast in normal space. Once had a buddy in a mamba challenge me to a race, said I could pick any ship I wanted. So I went out with this dingy little Eagle and he was like "You sure lol?" I was like "Yeah, this guy is little, but he's mean in a straight line". He thought I was memeing and then his jaw dropped when I went by him laughing the entire way out of pure joy.

[@pavelpechacek3380]

@@stankobarabata2406 Mamba can't do 932m/s, this is a kid with ADHD, bottle of mountain dew and half a kilo of cr@ck. Heeeeeereeeeeee ....... gooooooooneeeeee.

[@francisswift6535]

That feeling when the Spams somehow decide to pronounce even contemporary black, urban lingo like a pale Victorian child selling match-sticks. Oof.

[@ThePilot_]

That's EXACTLY what I was going for. Thank you.

[@francisswift6535]

@@ThePilot_ It's a thing, I'll give you that. A real thing with the stuff. I'll put the kettle on, you've earnt yourself a cuppa.

[@DarthChief1995]

This Episode's "But" Count: 9 Buts

[@Sigmar_Heldenhammer]

That's alot of butts *Buts

[@Byehk2047]

Some good buts some bad buts lol

[@theemperorofdrifts5854]

1000 years later the pilots descendants: Today the dream came true. The eagle. A real life review...

[@theemperorofdrifts5854]

@@BerkerIzmir35TR Michelson Port as an example

[@DEFkon001]

After he's done reviewing the ships, he's on to reviewing all the stations. I think there's about 35,000 of those so it should keep him busy . On a slightly more serious note, I wouldn't mind a pilots report or mini bio on each of the major faction leaders. What it's like to work for them, the perks, their characteristics back story, personalities etc.

[@napoleondmytrowich5205]

Can't wait for the next vid! I just got my corvette 2 weeks ago and haven't looked back. Love all of your work so far!

[@gabbisan360]

Omg I love your videos. Please never stop making them. I'm sad to see your discord go but I understand. I love your content keep up the amazing quality and great work.

[@WarHawkAU24]

Glad to hear you have plans for after! We cannot wait!

[@bleach-chan3199]

I have to say I absolutely love your editing style, your sense of professionalism in how you talk and how you don't go with everyone says and you give your honest opinion, so now if I'm interested in a ship I go to your channel to see if it's a good choice. Keep up the good work man.

[@urbansparxTheonly1]

Informed and beautiful as ever. Excellent camera work also.

[@BobbyDazzler490]

That video was very entertaining and fabulous to watch

[@yzf.blvnch]

I’m a brand new commander I just started for the first time this past weekend. It’s been awesome and I’m so hyped to be on this journey. These reviews are all so good man. You have a really cool personality man you got me laughing at times whoever is friends with you is lucky! Thank you for making these, 10/10.

[@inokainemis]

im just imagining a "retirement" from ED ship reviews, into the lucrative business of silly videos like "the marked man", or expanding into new games and genres all together. keep up the good work pilot, i know im along for the ride.

[@omightyyoda]

This was the first ship I bought. And although I learned (the hard way) how fragile it is, also learned how good it can become. This ship taught me so much, how and what to outfit, what and when to engage, which enemies to avoid altogether. As starting pilot, this has to be the king of RES[Low], and yeah is drop dead gorgeous.

[@jaylittleme]

The "I have no idea if what wor~Ohhh..." made that whole bit!

[@mohawkgarry]

Without a doubt my favourite ship. Is it efficient? No. Is it fun? Ohhhh hell yes.

[@michaelkring1705]

Honestly, as an amateur Elite player, since I've discovered your videos I always come here to check out your review whenever I'm considering buying a new ship. Reddit and other sites are always so subjective, "i prefer this" etc. but your "no bullshit to the point" reviews have helped me in every single purchase I've made since getting into this game.

[@buggerall]

The thing is, Pilots video's are about so much more then just the nuts and bolts on a ship. I bought the Krait Mk. II mostly for the beautiful way he described it. I knew I would love it and he was right. He's my number one when it's about buying ships. Just bought an iEagle...

[@Frito_MF_Jenkins]

I absolutely love your videos... and im surprised there isn't one for the Federal Corvette

[@Viscarah]

That was a good chav impression.

[@kobrraful]

I love to use this ship when I go down to the ground for those FPS missions, I like to zoom zoom with it and gives you a small bounty hunter vibe if you use graphite paint and a certain armor loadout.

[@m42walker09]

Finally a new one yay! Still waiting for the Vette but please don’t rush! I know you will take your time and do it justice. Hard to wait though. Cheers!

[@squirrellordsgaming2772]

Wonderful video, I LOVE your work....

[@KevinJones-xh5yk]

I've been away for a while. Still loving these tho dude. Keep it up

[@rolandmilev4545]

I've just gotten back in ED and I somehow ended up with one of these, it was the first ship i bought and i still have it, i just love the way it looks better than the standard eagle, and its not a bad little in system run about or bounty hunter, and it kinda reminds me of riding my motorcycle lol

[@pavelpechacek3380]

and it does not have those two annoying triangular obstruction of view where the front window meets sides and fuselage...

[@franklinfjm]

Awesome video! Like always :) You're my number one source when it comes to buying a new ship ;) Greetings from Germany

[@ThePilot_]

Not sure that's the best idea! I tend to be a bit wrong with the numbers. :-) But thank you. Greetings from California!

[@patmurphy7266]

used to troll shieldless with rails in 2015 in the then new iEagle... EPIC video

[@DJ_Dett]

I really began to love the Imperial Eagle after putting high performance thrusters on it and engineering G5 dirty drives. A boost speed of ~650 m/s is makes for a great hit and run ship.

[@LiveseyMD]

Nice as always. Imperial eagle looks really awesome!

[@evelynuwu]

Amazing content as always, o7

[@Loki-pd3zj]

Happy Tuesday great video

[@SergePupko]

Thine empirial vulgate was impeccable, good sir.

[@zanith56]

I have to say you make some of the most engaging and beautiful ship spotlights of all the E:D content creators. Well done. I hope to see more of your work as more relevant content is released. A content creator can throw stats at me all day long, but if the video does not engage my mind and hold my attention, they are damn useless to me.

[@dennis020886]

Can’t wait for the Corvette.

[@ThePilot_]

Coming up next. Hope you'll like it.

[@dennis020886]

The Pilot loved all your Videos so far. I know you won’t let us down on the next one ;-) Let me guess: you need to grind fed rank in order to get the corvette before making the video? XD

[@ThePilot_]

@@dennis020886 Thankfully, no. But there is something else I'm planning that takes a bit of logistics. To be honest, I'd rather do the Fed Rank again.

[@dennis020886]

The Pilot let the community help, if possible!

[@pottyputter05]

@@ThePilot_ ya ya, I'm in the middle of fed rank and my route ended up in a full lockdown so cry me a river.... so I can drown myself

[@antithesis4715]

"ya get me fam" so beautiful

[@TheJack4000111]

Cheers for these videos they help us jaded commanders keep interest in Elite.

[@BrianThomas]

Awesome job CMDR

[@trilic7]

Your videos are works of art.

[@Screwtxpe.]

Quality vid mate, good bit of humour me scrilla don lol

[@rakka3747]

Take your time sir. We know you're going to kick ass. In the mean time ill kick back and relax in my Python and wait for the notification.

[@hairychris21]

Loving your work @the pilot. Any ideas or plans for your next body of work yet?

[@theshinken]

You can get the FSD to 40 ly. Exploring in style with a small agile imperial eagle. It's a bit impractical though so I ripped out the AFMUs and scanners etc. replaced them with extra fuel tanks and flight assistance computers. Makes the prettiest bubble bus you can imagine!

[@nochilljay6369]

I was wondering if you made an iEagle video last night after I watched the eagle video and here it is lol

[@Gniarkman]

KZbin's notification : new video of The Pilot Me : Get the popcorn

[@Emanemoston]

Thanks for the video.

[@Griffstar77]

That FDL was a novice so it's not really indicative of any flight capability and blah, blah, blah. P. S. I love your content. Keep up the great work and looking forward to your New Era announcement.

[@Daniel_SWE]

The Imperial Eagle is the only fighter I ever felt safe in. Need to buy one again. Awsome video as always!

[@itsfrankly4866]

those reviews remind me of the "rise and shine"-motivational videos

[@Irish_all_day]

It's a beautiful ship! It has that x-wing / viper feel.

[@jacksonpavlich8198]

DEEPFOXJUDE kindaaaa, hit and run works really well so I’d say so

[@robhapeman4163]

the imperial eagle is one of my personal favorite flyers. especially taking on bigger clunkers

[@larkshadow5317]

Awesome video, now o need to get one

[@Canadian_Ale]

I recently picked up one of these so I can fly around shinrarta dezhra. it's really not meant to fight anything it's just to normally mess around and stuff and I really don't have to worry about the rebuy at all

[@williamrapp6676]

Just started playing and immediately grabbed an imp eagle, purely for looks obviously, but boy this puppy be flying fast. Still trying to figure out a solid mix of components and hard points for solid design without too much overheating. I think I'll have to figure out engineering to get the desired result im looking for.

[@wither5673]

pretty much the only imperial ship that i like because it has the right mix of angular and rounded design rather then just curves. very cool ship.

[@LieFieLiFi]

"I've been practicing..." YaLrEeT

[@CyarSkirata]

I bought this version of the eagle instead of the base model as I worked my way up the ladder to the Mamba. I lost count of the number of vultures I hunted down and outmanoeuvred.

[@stomybugsy12]

Hi there, please tell me the name of the song that's being played in the beginning of this nice upload video? I enjoyed watching your ships playlist contents... great job. Thanks a lots my friend.

[@mdsf01]

Laughing throughout the video as you say it's pretty and keep it in the garage for a quick trip around the station.... laughing because you are 100 percent correct! It's the only reason I flew into Imperial space (I'm a Fed 4 life player) to buy this ship... the only one I really coveted for no reason other that it is gorgeous. Well done, sir!

[@walterwright9418]

Im fairly new to this game myself, however I fly with members of a community finding bounties, and this is the ship I run, and I like it.

[@BespinGuard1]

There's something about thinking about aisling duval speaking slang that gets me

[@ShaighJosephson]

Well done... 👍👍👍

[@McLoven-vm1ck]

Okay, you got me on this one; the Imperial Eagle is quite eye catching. This is the one imperial ship I can call pretty. If only this airframe was a medium, competitive with the Krait and Python. (Or hell, a strong small class option at the least)

[@pavelpechacek3380]

oooooooh, that would be great. 2 small on pilons, 1 medium on the bottom and 1 large on the top....

[@_Wiseguy7]

I recently bought one of these when I was in Imperial space. I've named mine Rebel.

[@mjchannel6810]

Awesome as always o7

[@althaz]

Thumbs up for that "ooooh, nailed it".

[@Ivellios23]

I got it... watched someone else's video awhile back... all they did was bash it... they basically said it was the scout and the Eagle II was the explorer... I didn't care. It just looked so cool, and I had fun flying it. Was it the "best?" Nope. Did I have fun flying it? Yes. And, in the end, that was all that mattered.

[@xymaryai8283]

it's a 1st gen Tesla Roadster. well able to prove itself, but the original manufacturer of the chassis still has the crown when it comes to making it purr, even if you ignore the engine. But now its just another pretty ship in the lineup of the prettiest ships (yeah, we're ignoring the 1st gen model S and model X in this analogy) so you can't help but want it in your dream garage, lined up with all the other ships in the line.

[@knightworld3019]

Yes it's a good looking ship with a very nice sounding engine boost

[@mikereyes2488]

"ya get me fam?" 😂😂😂

[@DdahTradeSecond]

Great great video...!!!

[@paavobergmann4920]

Oh God, I love this ship. I painted it racing green and named it "Ellen Ripley"

[@Aliamus_]

7:06 i thought i was the only one that did that :D

[@josephabraham4058]

An Imperial Eagle outfitted with 3A Enhanced Thrusters from Felicity Farseer engineered to grade 5 can cruise at 600m/s and boost at 800 m/s. It's fucking fast, and if you fly in FAO while trying to encircle a fed at a federal Orbis Station - well, give it a try. You'll love it or die.

[@sotalife6230]

* ~Space Time~* I use my IE as an SR-71, where speed is both it's primary armor as well as it's weapon, which means killing anything was never the point. The point is the speed.

[@Morbian13]

Both the Eagle and Imp Eagle are very fun to fly.

[@LunarBloodRose27]

I really really really want to turn the Imperial Eagle into my main combat ship, it's beautiful and fun to fly. I'll definitely guarantee I'll use it if I ever find a group of friends to play with on playstation in a wing, but since I'm having trouble finding people to play with at all I'll just build it as best I can and focus on my Krait Mk II

[@heramaaroricon4738]

I recently got me the imperial eagle and I am pretty happy with it. Ok, PC gameplay is something else than console and right now I can't play public due to my NAT code... But upgraded and equipped with some explosives on the 2 class wp rack you can be pretty annoying in gunfights with 1 or more ships as backup. 1v1 however can be different of course.

[@stalevyy_shchur]

Basically "Imperial English" is cockney! That was awesome mate

[@thomasluke-wp8or]

I've built mine for mostly speed but some utility. All speed everything except max full, good FSD and a size 1 bi weave shield. Not engineered yet. Haven't got anything engineered on any of my ships because I don't really think it's worth the stupid grind but ~900 mps is worth it and the engineering grind makes for a fun change of style compared to the usual. Speedway red is best skin on Imperial eagle btw

[@ECyborg.]

I hope you review the corvette soon

[@ghostzero1993]

You really need to start some audiobooks or podcasting. I would listen everyday .

[@Kettlewulf]

My Imperial Eagle was my favorite ship, in fact, it was the only ship i could fly do to how long i used it, i simply wasn't able to fly or use anything bigger. Not that it ever bothered me, i was able to solo Anacondas and a pair of chieftains with it, and now that I'm getting back into the game, I'm worried I'll do the same thing. Jk, not worried about that at all, time to do some sick stunts.

[@Continus]

This ship reminded me of Stargate's Gliders.... Hence why I bought it. I use it to explore.

[@SDK2584]

Been flying a Keelback for a while, outfitted as an armed merchant/miner... And after I got tired of getting outturned by fucking everything (because I'm stupid and I won't run away from a fight), I stored that thing away and got an Imp Eagle, so I can pull 400G turns for no reason. Love it.

[@TheNpcNoob]

Imma gonna try a build on this ship

[@JPROP-vb7sv]

It reminds me of a ship from the racing game wipeout