Fotpedaler och pinnar är en stor del av det, men hjälmen inkluderade ett neuralt gränssnitt som möjliggjorde den mer finesserade kontrollen. Max Sterlings exceptionella förmågor som pilot var delvis hänförlig till hans förmåga att släppa in i lämpligt mentalt tillstånd (jag vill säga Theta-vågor) bättre än den genomsnittliga personen.
Några citerar för att stödja detta:
Genesis, Robotech novelization # 1 (First Generation), sidan 89:
It brought to mind what Roy had told Rick about the Robotech flight helmet - the thinking cap: "You don't just pilot a Robotech ship, you live it."
Genesis, Robotech novelization # 1 (First Generation), sidan 90:
"The secret's that helmet," Roy said. "You generate general movements or sequences with your controls, but the Robotechnology takes its real guidance straight from your thoughts. You've got to think your ship through the things you want it to do."
Battle Cry, Robotech novelization # 2 (första generationen), sidan 187:
In what was certainly the most complicated set of mecha-motions executed to date, Max Sterling had managed to clothe his Battloid in the uniform he had taken from the Zentraedi private. That he had succeeded so completely in wedding his mind to the mecha controls was justification enough for the many articles later devoted to the feat, but the fact that he had accomplished this within the confines of a utility closet was what ultimately led to his legendary status as a VT hero.
Invid Invasion, Robotech novelization # 10 (tredje generationen), sidorna 29-30:
the Cyclone required the full interaction of its pilot, whose "thinking cap" and specially designed armor were essential to the functioning of the vehicle's Protoculture-based mechamorphic systems.
