The developers kept Croft's hair tied back because they felt a real person would not want it flying around while performing dangerous manoeuvres.
In recent years many universities have shown quadrotors performing increasingly complex aerial manoeuvres.
Hence, producing a flying dove gives them an opportunity to perform other hidden manoeuvres.
The elite of the cavalry, the alae, were expected to perform complex manoeuvres that required extensive training.
The highlight of the morning was the flight display in which several aircraft performed intricate manoeuvres.
Once he managed to make an atomic-powered space-pursuitship perform wild manoeuvres in the air against the will of its pilot.
The ability to lock the rope quickly is also very useful when searching for the next stance, or else in performing diagonal manoeuvres.
Delta-v budget - speed needed to perform manoeuvres.
This is especially valuable to space flight when the spacecraft is performing complicated manoeuvres.
They can increase their mass (becoming as heavy as a black hole), which allows them to perform devastating body-crash manoeuvres.