Os pedais e bastões são uma grande parte dele, mas o capacete incluía uma interface neural que permitia o controle mais delicado. As habilidades excepcionais de Max Sterling como piloto foram, em parte, atribuídas à sua capacidade de cair no estado mental apropriado (eu quero dizer ondas Theta) melhor do que a pessoa média.
Algumas citações apoiam isso:
Genesis, Robotech novelization # 1 (Primeira Geração), página 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, novela # 1 da Robotech (primeira geração), página 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, novela de Robotech # 2 (primeira geração), página 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, novela Robotech # 10 (terceira geração), páginas 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.