The Fer-De-Lance [Elite Dangerous] | The Pilot Reviews

Review of The Fer-De-Lance from Elite Dangerous. The quintessential combat ship. The Fer-De-Lance is what you fly when you need something to disappear. Nothing more needs to be said. The Pilot Reviews The Fer-De-Lance. #EliteDangerous #ThePilot #FDL
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[@miraak542]

Fer-De-Lance actually means Tip of the Spear (direct translation is Spearhead) in French, which actually makes sense considering the ship's shape.

[@crimsonquill4255]

*Halo Reach soundtrack Intensifies*

[@Pauly421]

Oui that makes a lot of sense

[@illusioNery]

Wouldn’t Spearhead make even more sense? Since it looks more like a spear head than just the tip of one?

[@zaretya9091]

This is a bit stolen

[@toddbatchelder9380]

Not to mention that the phrase "Tip of the Spear," refers to elite special forces groups.

[@JapHands]

I love the people complaining about you getting sponsered. I'd prefer to say congratulations. Your amazing content is finally being recognised and you are getting paid for it.

[@chilliewhk]

Yeah, good job on getting a sponsorship. Means you are doing something right.

[@epithet052]

I always skip over sponsor messages and if it were only up to me I would wish there were none of them. But it's not only about me.

[@KoriNicole]

I dont hate youtubers getting sponsorships, but it threw me for a loop when he started talking about star conflict lol I was like "isn't this a review for a different space mmo?"

[@davidunderscore9916]

When you said "This video is sponsored by..." I nearly shit myself because I thought you were gonna say "Raid: Shadow Legends." holy shit

[@Vlaew]

Thats nice he's got sponsered, but as someone who played Star Conflict for a good while, its definitely one of the worst pay2win games next to war thunder.

[@Griffstar77]

"The thrust ring nozzle spins during acceleration. LOOK AT THAT!" LOOOOOK AAAAAT THHHAAAAT.

[@logandarklighter]

JEREMY CLARKSON: "POWAAAAAH!!!!"

[@Ploskkky]

I had no idea it was doing that. I have flying the FDL for years.

[@epeli0035]

logandarklighter 😂😂😂

[@iwuanadie1058]

cuz you can deffinitely see it in the first person, right? when i said centered seats should be an option for every ship as a QoL, some random idiot complained to me that devs shouldn't waste their time with that. meanwhile devs: spinning ring nozzle

[@diamondflaw]

@@iwuanadie1058 I can see it on the FDL that I'm behind in combat while I'm in first person... kinda like the articulating effect on the Courier's engines.

[@atlas7309]

That chair offset is driving me mad just by watching this video. Still is the biggest reason I didn't get one yet.

[@doomsend8999]

ATLAS I got one and also hated it, I might drive a car on the right but, in the Fer-de-lance it's one of the only downsides

[@Alniemi]

Yeah I hate that as well, but you get used to it, it really is a great combat ship

[@mattmonster8402]

And that will be the reason I'm not interested ether

[@ssjsjb]

I hate the seat and that damned arm when not in VR. In VR I don't really notice it as much.

[@onefastsled]

Jake W. Thats why the Mamba exists

[@Ariana321]

8:20 *...And suddenly he starts channeling James May.* This really is the "Top Gear" of Elite ship reviewing.

[@theterminalstupidityvariet1629]

**C H E E S E**

[@theoriginalkeysto]

As a huge fan of top gear, I love this. He totally goes full James May, that's great

[@pravusprime]

Fer-De-Lance is also French for tip of the spear, or spearhead. Given the shape of the ship, it's quite appropriate. Then you get the double meaning fun that it's also a species of snake. Love the show references, Knight Rider, Tron, Airwolf, etc.

[@Gniarkman]

I was going to explain this ! Thanks for having done this =D This ship is really well named, but it's my french opinion

[@thefrenchbastard1646]

which is also an out of fashion saying in both french and english for something or someone so well know it's the first thing people think about wen discussing what they are part of like steve job is for Apple or the Tiger for WW2 tanks

[@thomass2505]

To be honest, i didn't even know it was the name of a snake, I knew the French thing first

[@Beer_Dad1975]

All the ships in the original 1984 Elite were named after Snake references other than the Thargoids and Thargons.

[@artyparis]

Didnt know Fer-de-Lance is a snake. Now obvious with Cobra, Viper... I'm too French to see this I guess.

[@ImplodedAtom]

8:06, bottom left. Am I the only one seeing the unhappy looking cockpit fitting? Seriously, it looks like it needs a hug!

[@jedig2560]

Oh my goodness your right! It needs a hug.

[@ThePilot_]

Good eye! There might be more hidden faces in other videos...

[@WH40KHero]

@@ThePilot_ Its sad because its off center.

[@NightOwlGames]

i litterally would not complain if they rebuilt the cockpit to make it look better

[@victorhugo-wo2ci]

You know a cool way to remake it and make it cntered would be making it so the seats are mounted in a stair sort of way

[@tudorg22]

@@victorhugo-wo2ci like the chieftain

[@victorhugo-wo2ci]

@@tudorg22 sometimes Zorgon Peterson gotta take it to the chin and learn a lesson or two from lakon, their canopys are pretty easy to shot but they at least work on the centering part

[@tudorg22]

@@victorhugo-wo2ci yes. I play this game in vr only so all the time I am basically inside the cockpit. and although lakon cockpits are not my favoutite (very rudimentary design and too much open space), they are much better than the fdl

[@FirssenSimracing]

@@victorhugo-wo2ci nah... That's kinda makes this ship unique...

[@TheRioJesus]

I absolutely adore this ship. It was my first “big” purchase, I grinded out the 51 million for it in my Cobra 3 doing Data deliveries between two systems in close proximity at the bottom of the bubble. I wanted it so desperately I didn’t even save enough cash for its insurance or part upgrades. I slapped on some pulse lasers and went hunting at a Rez site and damn near lost it, only had 13% integrity left when I barely managed to jump out. Needless to say, I didn’t touch it again until I fully outfitted it. 2 years later and the shields have only ever popped one time (due to drunken negligence.) Still my most engineered ship by far. I named her “Morpho” after my favourite species of Butterfly. I love that your videos bring back memories like this. Congrats on the sponsor, and keep up the good work :)

[@dariusduesentrieb]

Morpho, mein kleiner Morpho Du sitzt so still und hast die Flügel zugeklappt Das machts du, Morpho, mein kluger Morpho Dass nur kein Feind dich sieht und auch noch schnappt!

[@Msl390]

This is me, but i lost the ship, so I had to buy another.

[@thulegezelschap5884]

I almost had this with my Chieftain I sunk about 100 mil in My ship died at the Maia system due to AFK reasons That was my last rebuy and I had to get back to farseer like that...

[@ShaighJosephson]

I'm doing the same... I'm up to 70 mil grinding out courier missions and mining in the starter systems with a cobra... There are much faster ways, but I'm enjoying doing it the hard way for the appreciation factor...

[@paulreckner1806]

The shot of the FdL with the habitation ring rotating underneath it (about 07:40)...just gorgeous!

[@Nebraski03]

“The billion dollar disco ball” is the name of the type 10 will all beam lasers + fully engineered everything

[@logandarklighter]

"It looks like it was ripped from the pages of a campy pop sc-fi comic of old Earth-that-was. I half expect the world to turn into a neon grid while I'm flying it!" Okay - at least a couple of references here - "Earth-that-was" = Firefly Neon Grid = Tron How am I doing? :) EDIT: The Knight Rider/Airwolf references almost were TOO obvious. But I loved them anyway. 😎

[@docartemis2878]

logandarklighter I think the Neon Grid is a reference to old Vector Graphic games, like the original Elite.

[@distantsoil599]

""It looks like it was ripped from the pages of a campy pop sc-fi comic of old Earth-that-was. I half expect the world to turn into a neon grid while I'm flying it!" It is for this reason alone I now want one

[@ThePilot_]

There's a couple hidden ones throughout...so far so good, though. :-)

[@egirlSkeletor]

Rinzler is Tron's evil name in the second movie :D

[@alexheyne5496]

Rinzler is also the virus version of Tron.

[@thespectator1243]

"It's so good... it's boring." Sums up the FDL for me. Would fly it more often when I need a Combatship to get Biowaste done, but that STRUT.... triggers my OCD so hard, I forgot where the _actual_ trigger is. :P Well done review as always, thanks! :D

[@McLoven-vm1ck]

The FDL is easily one if my favorite mediums and I absolutely love the audio feedback; the distinctive growls and screams of the primary thruster are one of it's more endearing features. 😊

[@R_I_C]

Although I rarely engage in combat, doing it on an FDL tricks me into thinking I actually know what I'm doing. Also, congratulations on the sponsorship!

[@Luna_Kirisame]

There's literally everything in space! - Rick

[@onceuponadime978]

"And it really only works if you're already chewing the gum" best quote ever.

[@matthieuzglurg6015]

I remeber the times when the FDL was considered a tough ship to fly, when there was only Cannons and Plasmas as class 4 weapons, when this ship only had a class 5 powerplant, and no engineers. I really miss those days, where you didn't have to farm the hell out of components and shit to have a decent brawl in PvP.

[@tsetsgiindelbee1340]

Me too, I love this game and I have warmed up to engineering as a system but I had an fdl after it first was released and loved the fact I could wreck all but a good anaconda build. Ngl it felt like a slap in the face when I came back from my hiatus and my 100 or so million credit fdl couldn't handle conflict zones anymore and I learned to make it perform like it used to I was gonna have to spend another couple hundred hours farming mats and scanning frameshift wakes

[@lordscarfinger267]

As always I love your choice of synthwave music, and you've captured some pretty darn amazing shots in this video! Great work! And congrats for having a sponsor 😉

[@YesItsTom2U]

Man, that's some damn good camera work and editing! Do you do this for a living? Very polished.

[@ThePilot_]

I hope to one day. Hence the sponsor.

[@YesItsTom2U]

@@ThePilot_ Keep at it, you have serious talent.

[@Aiur4HB]

​@@YesItsTom2Uthis is just depressing to read now

[@LeonardoDaVinci01]

If the Red Baron was a pilot in 3306, he'd fly this ship

[@Mp57navy]

It's comparatively slow and short range. No. He would not.

[@LeonardoDaVinci01]

@@Mp57navy ok hot-shot, then what ship would he fly then?

[@marcusborderlands6177]

@@LeonardoDaVinci01 mamba in bright red

[@sakatababa]

@@marcusborderlands6177 crimson vulture

[@asdf_8589]

All this reminded me of is a Top Gear car film, perfection. The old Top Gear though, as in Grand Tour now.

[@2ndsnake899]

The Fer-de-Lance: The only ship that's original paintjob is the best paintjob.

[@tekfunk6299]

Mamba?

[@csh5414]

Python is decent

[@KogaTora25]

Sadly the FDL is still one of the high-end ships that has a very limited selection of paint jobs... is as though frontier hates FDL pilots. It's sister ship the mamba has more and better choices for livery...

[@johnpooky84]

Midnight black for mine.

[@carlelitz8430]

"We have transparent aluminum." yes but do you know how many inches thick it would have to be to achieve the same strength.

[@polarbear2684]

MUH IMMERSION

[@digbick437]

Plasma accelerators and fer de lance go together so well. Let me paint a picture for you: 1. You go into a resource site on rings 2. Cobra III nerd comes and vows to murder your entire family 3. Cobra turns back after finding no cargo 4. The Cobra is reduced to a molten slag heap, nothing more than complete and utter wreckage like the force of 1000 suns have been exerted upon the shield generator, blasting through the shield like a blazing hot knife through a toddler, the hull already whining and creaking from the absolute force of the 4A plasma slug annihilator careening towards it, vaporising immediately as the unstoppable force of the unbelievably hot, dense plasma comes into contact with the inferior hull, its commander now nothing more than a spray of ashes, red mist and a complete utter FOOL. 5. Easy bounty voucher

[@Gurren813]

I'd really like to see this kind of content for ships from star conflict as well. I played a couple years back and even though PVP was pretty dead the PvE missions were quite fun esp. when you had a destroyer on your team and now you're it's fighter screen. Never really got into the open world part though. Glad to see it still kicking!

[@JExotic69]

"It is so good, it's boring..and if nothing else, that's something special" Greatest quote I've ever heard

[@christopherbrown7230]

I love your videos man... absolute top notch across the board... I also enjoy your “Clarkson-esque“ presentation too... keep it up... I just wish there were more ships so you could do these for a lot longer

[@thedawkturr4481]

Your videos are the Top Gear of Elite Dangerous, from the quaint remarks of the ship, to an more-than-in-depth analysis and personal thoughts on the ships. I love it!

[@flyingfree333]

You left out the sponsored link in the description.

[@lottievixen]

I'd recommend (if you don't already do this) making a new password, as they email it to you in plain text at registration...

[@CreeperDude-cm1wv]

Did most of my corvette grind in this ship. And she's taken me far to, from barely being able to hold my own to killing my first Corvette. While she may be retired for now I'm going to turn her up to 11 as my dedicated ganker hunter ship with engineering.

[@lodusrex]

Some of the most gorgeous editing to date! Keep up the great work!

[@Sacowa]

Crazy I'm in the middle of outfitting an FDL right now and it refresh my youtube main page and this vid comes up. Awesome.

[@richdeblasio2124]

Such a great video! Amazing camera work, awesome narration and 80s references.... So many 80s references! (transparent aluminum, my favourite 😂) you are amazing, keep up the great work!

[@1980StevieJ]

Such a shame there isn’t more ships to review, I’ve watched this series way to much like 2-3x on each ship review. The delivery is great and me being from the UK it’s like watching Jeremy Clarkson doing Top Gear in space. 👌🏻👌🏻

[@weldonwin]

But if it was in the Clarksonian style, there would be a lot more screaming *POWAH!!!!!*

[@jessejones6409]

I think the snake naming convention might be a reference to the paths the ships take. Like Quetzalcoatl, the feathered snake. That’s what I pretend, at least.

[@googleuser8717]

my days, you make great videos. thanks man!

[@jeffreymelton2200]

All of you videos have awsome production quality and, are extremely well written.

[@angeltomik]

Found your channel 4 days ago and Im watching one video after another.. Great content Pilot!!

[@blakeirvin3011]

Your rant at the end was pure gold man!

[@spccyrus6112]

I love your reviews and I am speaking the truth is that your channel is the first and only channel I "hit the bell" on. Please continue making these. Wish you could do a fed corvette review. I find your style of reviewing are more intriguing then people reading off the ships stats and description that EVERYONE can see before they buy it. You go into more detail and the possibilities the ship can do effectively.

[@ThePilot_]

Well, thank you very much. I appreciate it. 😄 Oh, and the Corvette is last. Sorry.

[@spccyrus6112]

@@ThePilot_ Thank you for the reply. Sad to hear about the corvette being last but it is up to you. Well can you at least drop a hint about the next one?

[@ThePilot_]

@@spccyrus6112 Sure can. The Type-6 is up next. Out on Tuesday. :-)

[@soundfx68]

8:25 - hahahaha, love the going off on one. Subbed!

[@knives01ng]

There really needs to be a Fer-De-Lance II... with a CENTER PILOT CHAIR!!!!

[@heebldorf5333]

You mean the Mamba?

[@93gamrx]

Loved that low-key reference to knight rider 🥰

[@Terrr05]

This review reminds me a lot of the old school Top Gear car reviews from Clarkson; the language, the intonation, the cinematography, the humour.

[@olemansailor6519]

Let me tell you, Pilot. You are a lot more entertaining than a lot of those gamers with a million subscribers. I used to play Elite Dangerous in days gone by, but had to quit about a year ago. Other things got in the way (She is now 2 and very cute) (Takes after me) and I am just getting back into it. I had even forgotten the controls! I know, I know. Any pilot worth his salt wouldn’t admit to that, but I just wanted you to understand how serious I am. So as I started watching videos to see how much the game had changed in my absence, you know, to get back into the swing of things, I stumbled onto your videos. You’re doing a great job. I laughed out loud and woke her up as I watched you and two other Knuckle Heads race through space. PS: Your doing very well with the editing too.

[@ThePilot_]

Thanks, man. :-) And I'm happy you're training the next generation of pilots there. You sound like one of the good ones. FWIW, if you know how to get those millions of subs, let me know.

[@KickyFut]

I actually laughed at quite a few parts of this video!😁 Another good job!👍

[@philoalpha369]

"I would like to offer a rebuttal." Perfect. Love your videos!

[@TodgerMann]

Dude, your vids are wicked! Plus you've got a great tone to your voice. Writing is good and jokes are funny. Congrats on the sponsor!

[@wiaf8937]

I love the style of your videos and your trancripts eloquence. Subbed and belled :3

[@toryalbertson877]

Soooo good, as always! Thank you. I do wonder though, what is the chance of being able to get uncut editions of these rants.... Hahahahaha! Love em!

[@ThePilot_]

Ya know, you're not the first person to ask. I just might at some point.

[@KogaTora25]

Been waiting very patiently for this review.... Not disappointed 👌😁👍

[@tidlywank]

An easy ghetto rig for better centering is to buy the holographic alphabet dashboard bauble pack and place two letter 'V's in the middle slots on your dashboard. This will place them centered in front of the radar, with the 'V's almost touching right below the center of your screen, and about as vertically close as the conda's 'ironsight' seen on it's tip. Hope this helps.

[@vaangardshield3932]

Love the videos keep them coming.

[@SpaceDruid999]

Fer De Lance is also a fancier term for military spearhead maneuvers. Food for thought.

[@thecoolio9167]

Congrats on the sponsor bud! I'll check it out. Please please pleaaaaase do the Corvette next!

[@aazelion5189]

The Coolio He’s doing the corvette last

[@thecoolio9167]

@@aazelion5189 ah. Well guess I'll just sit and wait then.

[@PsycoDwarf9]

I needed a Bright Spot in my day. Thanx.

[@FlyingMonkeyDeathGod]

Snake Charmer, my favorite show out of the [math] 3270s!

[@CommanderAscorbius]

Great video. I've never really flown the fdl outside of a video but they look amazing and you did it justice.

[@ThePilot_]

Thanks, Scorb. Morning, btw!

[@CommanderAscorbius]

@@ThePilot_ good morning to you. Your ship reviews get better and better. Nice Rinzler feature too. He's a good lad is Rinzler.

[@maunz5791]

Reeee... and there goes another great Pilot video!

[@dh8364]

Love your review style! Getting proper TopGear vibes here.

[@davidblackman1586]

Bravo. Truly entertained by this one. Subbed.

[@urbansparxTheonly1]

I new this review would be good, but as ever, knocked it out of the park. Loved the Knight Rider-esc start. Clipper next week please.

[@V8A8L8]

Watched quite a few of your videos and I love them, but this is the one right here that made me click on that subscription button.

[@christain-andrewbagby-wrig7300]

I felt like I was watching an old episode of Top Gear, great video!

[@deadflagxi801]

Cngts on getting a sponsor. Your videos are awesome!!

[@googolenullite6175]

Great video ! Being a "fer-de-lance" is a French expression, meaning being the most dynamic element / the most efficient element. In a military way, this simply describe the best element, those who make the proud of the army.

[@stealthinator00]

The Fer-De-Lance is like a Italian supercar but with a Gatling guns mounted to it's bonnet.

[@Voidling_System]

That Fer-De-Lance fight showcase was perfect as a trailer for the combat for Elite Dangerous.

[@lostphotographs3936]

Great dogfight footage. I'm impressed by the creative panning and rotations you pulled off. Cheers. I agree with the cockpit window split crowbar comment. Python would be perfect with a single piece cockpit window. If Gutamaya can pull it off... o7 Cmdr Well done please continue producing killer content.

[@ThePilot_]

Thanks. If you liked that sequence, you should check out the T-10, the Cutter, and the Dropship videos. I had guest pilots for those too.

[@typhousneon-777]

Reeeeee loving thr nod to willburber there 👍👍,nice vid great visuals

[@sirlurksalot4454]

Didn't you know? They took the bar off the windshield and now they call it a Mamba, another Snake name.

[@fashig06]

This series has rekindled my love of this game. Faults and all.

[@tatianalongrove8388]

The rant made laugh hard, thank you for that!

[@chrisjones-dj6lb]

I love the Fer de Lance, I might even say its my favorite ship in game. It looks awesome, sounds really cool and is ultra destructive. Plenty of utility slots for those shield boosters too. Great vid as always Cmdr o7

[@alex_panthea]

This is a fun channel, had to subscribe

[@tiberiancostal1358]

I started playing Elite Dangerous just because of the description of the FDL in the Dark Wheel, all the way back in 1984. I just wanted one! It soooooo doesn't disappoint. I've done everything in it - even the things that it is terrble at, always with a smile on my face.

[@C-JLChannel]

That rant about ship names was perfect! XD

[@admiralrng6506]

just bought one of these yesterday the words *holy* and *fuck* is combined whenever I fly it, it feels amazing to fly this has to be a Group B rally car hidden beneath a tank, it feels exactly like how I imagined it to be

[@Noruzenchi86]

okay so imagine a M41 Walker Bulldog

[@admiralrng6506]

@@Noruzenchi86 I wanna go *fast*

[@pickcomb332]

Pro-tip on the aligning sight problem. Go right into the control settings and turn on mouse cursor. Then you will have a dot always on your HuD right in the center of your invisible cross hairs.

[@BrandonOsborn404]

I just bought one, hull tank, shield tank, huge beam and multicannons - this makes me so happy! I can't wait until I engineer this jewel of a fighter.

[@markrobertson6664]

Two best days you have with your FDL: the day you bought it and the day you sold it.

[@shinyobsessed1271]

What's better than this for its intended purpose?

[@Inignot12]

This season has been top notch so far!

[@flatmarssociety5707]

I personally love how it's off center it give it a nice feel and a lovely look inside but that's just my opinion

[@spenceanderson]

8:56 any chance you can tell me where this beauty of a view might have been? Nice video btw I've been awaiting this one for a while!!

[@Kurogumo]

Literally in the bubble, just fly far away from any stars in the system and the surrounding the galaxy will brighten up.

[@TheLegitAlpha]

You forgot to mention this is the ship of choice for Tod Mcquain.

[@BlackTalonz]

I wanna add to your list of "certain definitive experiences that must be had": detonatng an asteroid while playing the finale of the 1812 Overture

[@Tozo97]

Pilot, I absolutely love all your vids, and any time they come up on my recommended I always watch them. But I really can't get behind or understand your beef with the serpentine naming convention of the ships lmao. Either way, still love the videos, and keep up the excellent work!

[@mcgibs]

The janky cabin is an absolute deal breaker. It will 1000% drive me nuts.

[@wolfMetall]

Have to appreciate Rinzzler naming his FDL the "REEEEEEE" :D

[@bulletstop100]

Lmao the exhaust nozzles rotate , nice video... Ok, Ok your rant made me snort coffee, well played, " I can't remember the last time I saw a snake in Space" roflmao!!

[@Rykaas]

3:54 i had to shazam that song and add it to my combat playlist immediately

[@benedge2202]

I just keep coming back for the snake rant!

[@Tarmaccafe]

You should do these type vids on the ship launched explorers!

[@lordodanobunaga9815]

Snakes are beautiful!

[@zachg6805]

The ost he uses is amazing as well

[@Amon69it]

Every new video is better than the one that came before. Beautiful work. The sponsored stuff, not that much.

[@ThePilot_]

Everyone's gotta eat, man.

[@Amon69it]

I know man.

[@OrtexofWill]

Watching that FDL is like watching master ballet dancer. Its enthralling!

[@philingram4810]

Ok got to get me one of these lol great video

[@hellcat320]

great videos dude love your commentary you always leave me guessing as to what your going to say next haha sub'd