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Dragonfly Yellowjacket Guide, Specs & Features

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Dragonfly Yellowjacket Guide, Specs & Features
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The limited-edition Dragonfly Yellowjacket is an open-canopy gravlev built for fast surface travel and racing. Quick gravlev response lets the Dragonfly Yellowjacket carry speed across rough ground without losing the line through the next turn.

Fleet Guide Manufacturer: Drake Interplanetary racing Role: Racing

Dragonfly Yellowjacket specifications

RoleRacing
CareerCompetition
Crew1-2
CargoNo cargo grid
Length7 m
Beam2.5 m
Height2 m
Mass5,600 kg
StatusFlight ready

Repeatable speed in the Dragonfly Yellowjacket

The Dragonfly Yellowjacket is built around a complete course, turning the race-prepared setup and distinctive finish into repeatable speed through control response, braking, and predictable handling. Light weight, responsive controls, and performance-focused propulsion give the Dragonfly Yellowjacket the precision needed across a complete course. The Dragonfly Yellowjacket's gravlev system carries it over broken terrain and low obstacles that would slow a conventional wheeled vehicle.

Dragonfly Yellowjacket - Dragonfly YJ flying fast over sandy world in Star Citizen

Control and feedback aboard the Dragonfly Yellowjacket

The Dragonfly Yellowjacket's light gravlev chassis skims over broken ground and rewards smooth height, lean, and direction changes across a surface course.

Dragonfly Yellowjacket - Drake Dragonfly in Star Citizen

Development note: The Dragonfly Yellowjacket is flight ready and entered the live game in Alpha 3.0.0. Because Star Citizen remains in active development, specifications, features, and imagery may change over time.

The Dragonfly Yellowjacket's racing package

The Dragonfly Yellowjacket uses the race-prepared setup and distinctive finish to carry speed into the next turn, while strong braking and precise control keep the pilot on line.

Race tuning on the Dragonfly Yellowjacket

Light weight, responsive controls, and performance-focused propulsion give the Dragonfly Yellowjacket the precision needed across a complete course.

Gravlev

The Dragonfly Yellowjacket's gravlev system carries it over broken terrain and low obstacles that would slow a conventional wheeled vehicle.

Dragonfly Yellowjacket's launch response

The fastest start is useful only if the vehicle remains settled for the first turn.

Dragonfly Yellowjacket's mid-corner control

The pilot uses light inputs to keep the vehicle stable through the fastest sections.

The Yellowjacket competition edition

The Yellowjacket gives the versatile Dragonfly a competition-focused identity and special livery. Its open gravlev frame remains light and responsive, rewarding a rider who can carry momentum across both straight sections and abrupt surface changes.

Dragonfly Yellowjacket - Dragonfly Yellow under attack in Star Citizen

A race-prepared Dragonfly with a distinctive finish

Launch Launching the Dragonfly Yellowjacket

Use the race-prepared setup and distinctive finish to build speed without compromising the Dragonfly Yellowjacket's position for the first turn.

Carry pace Stay settled between direction changes

Use smooth control inputs to carry the speed from the race-prepared setup and distinctive finish through linked corners and gates.

Review Review the race-prepared setup and distinctive finish after each run

Check heat, damage, and control response after the run before asking more from the race-prepared setup and distinctive finish.

Run a full course in the Dragonfly Yellowjacket

The Dragonfly Yellowjacket turns the race-prepared setup and distinctive finish into a complete lap through careful setup, clean control inputs, and the discipline to preserve speed through the final sector.

Dragonfly Yellowjacket - Dragonfly-Left in Star Citizen
  1. Set the gravlev response for the course

    The Dragonfly Yellowjacket is set up around the hardest braking zone, direction change, or surface transition on the course.

  2. Build speed cleanly from the start

    The Dragonfly Yellowjacket builds speed cleanly enough to leave the pilot a clean line into the first difficult section.

  3. Flow with the Dragonfly Yellowjacket

    The Dragonfly Yellowjacket's pilot gets the most from the race-prepared setup and distinctive finish where braking, rotation, and acceleration have to connect without wasted movement.

  4. Review the Dragonfly Yellowjacket's racing line and control inputs

    The pilot reviews the Dragonfly Yellowjacket's braking points, line, heat, and control inputs to find where the run actually lost time.

The Dragonfly Yellowjacket, from launch to finish line

The Dragonfly Yellowjacket combines its race-prepared setup and distinctive finish with low mass, predictable controls, and stable braking so the pilot can carry speed through the whole course.

01 Flight Modes on the Dragonfly Yellowjacket

A modular lower chassis can shift between ground, zero-gravity, and compact configurations.

02 Dragonfly Yellowjacket's emergency armament

Two forward Size 1 guns give the Dragonfly Yellowjacket's pilot basic protection, while the rear seat carries a passenger with a clear view of the route behind.

03 Dragonfly Yellowjacket gravlev thrust

The Dragonfly Yellowjacket uses strong acceleration to carry speed from one corner or gate to the next.

04 Dragonfly Yellowjacket's hover and lean response

The Dragonfly Yellowjacket rewards small, deliberate inputs that keep the chosen line intact from one gate to the next.

The Dragonfly Yellowjacket turns preparation into repeatable speed

The vehicle rewards a pilot who can repeat precise braking and steering inputs throughout the course.

Control the Dragonfly Yellowjacket at racing speed

The pilot sets up the Dragonfly Yellowjacket's race-prepared setup and distinctive finish for the course, then links braking, steering, and acceleration into a faster lap.

Setup Tune the Dragonfly Yellowjacket for the slowest corner

For the Dragonfly Yellowjacket, control response, heat, fuel, and the hardest turns should guide the setup.

Line Keep the vehicle settled through each turn

The Dragonfly Yellowjacket's pilot keeps the race-prepared setup and distinctive finish usable by linking each braking point to the next acceleration zone.

Review Find the section where the Dragonfly Yellowjacket lost time

For the Dragonfly Yellowjacket, after the run, the pilot reviews braking points, line choice, and how the race-prepared setup and distinctive finish behaved before adjusting the setup.

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