This game is amazing, also take note of any changes to your pledged craft. I know my Freelancer has been revamped along with my 315p. Several Hornet tweaks were made as well.
Using a joystick at the moment, hoping for a shiny new HOTAS to be unveiled once SC goes gold.
I assume you have to have already pledged to receive this? Does it only let you fly the aircraft from your own hangar or can you fly the various fighters?
Right now there are only 3 ships in the dogfighting module(Arena Commander).
Those are:
Aurora (low end)
300i (mid range)
Hornet (high end)
If you own one of those, you will get that ship to fly. If you don't own one, you will get a loaner ship that is closest to the price of your ship. If you own two ships that are in different ranges but not in DFM, you will get both. For example, if I own a Constellation and an Avenger, I'll have a Hornet and a 300i in my DFM hangar.
And yes, you have to own the game. The cheapest package $40.00 located here. You also have to get a $5 pass to the DFM if you want to try it out.
That Aurora package comes with: