diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/lumareth/improvedAerodynamics/ConfigCommands.java b/src/main/java/dev/lumareth/improvedAerodynamics/ConfigCommands.java
index 5d95674..ec6f445 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/lumareth/improvedAerodynamics/ConfigCommands.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/lumareth/improvedAerodynamics/ConfigCommands.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import com.mojang.brigadier.arguments.StringArgumentType;
 import com.mojang.brigadier.builder.LiteralArgumentBuilder;
 import com.mojang.brigadier.tree.LiteralCommandNode;
 import dev.lumareth.improvedAerodynamics.exhaust.NozzleCommands;
+import dev.lumareth.improvedAerodynamics.flight.ControlMode;
 import net.minecraft.commands.CommandSourceStack;
 import net.minecraft.commands.Commands;
 import net.minecraft.commands.SharedSuggestionProvider;
@@ -21,7 +22,8 @@ import java.util.List;
 /**
  * /improvedaerodynamics (or /aero) to read and change the most important server config values in game.
  * {@code /aero} lists them, {@code /aero <option>} shows one, {@code /aero <option> <value>} sets and saves it.
- * Needs operator rights, except for the owner of a singleplayer world, who may use them without cheats.
+ * The config options need operator rights, except for the owner of a singleplayer world, who may use them without cheats.
+ * {@code /aero controls keyboard|cursor_aim} is open to every player and picks how they fly.
  * All of them are read live, so changes apply immediately.
  */
 public final class ConfigCommands {
@@ -73,21 +75,47 @@ public final class ConfigCommands {
 
     @SubscribeEvent
     public static void onRegisterCommands(RegisterCommandsEvent event) {
+        // The root is open to everybody for /aero controls, the config options check for rights themselves
         LiteralArgumentBuilder<CommandSourceStack> root = Commands.literal("improvedaerodynamics")
-                .requires(ConfigCommands::mayUse)
-                .executes(context -> list(context.getSource()));
+                .executes(context -> mayUse(context.getSource()) ? list(context.getSource()) : denied(context.getSource()));
         for (Option<?> option : OPTIONS) {
-            root.then(optionNode(option));
+            root.then(optionNode(option).requires(ConfigCommands::mayUse));
         }
-        root.then(SeedgenCommands.node());
-        root.then(NozzleCommands.node());
+        root.then(SeedgenCommands.node().requires(ConfigCommands::mayUse));
+        root.then(NozzleCommands.node().requires(ConfigCommands::mayUse));
+        root.then(controlsNode());
         LiteralCommandNode<CommandSourceStack> node = event.getDispatcher().register(root);
         event.getDispatcher().register(Commands.literal("aero")
-                .requires(ConfigCommands::mayUse)
-                .executes(context -> list(context.getSource()))
+                .executes(context -> mayUse(context.getSource()) ? list(context.getSource()) : denied(context.getSource()))
                 .redirect(node));
     }
 
+    private static int denied(CommandSourceStack source) {
+        source.sendFailure(Component.literal("Use /aero controls keyboard or /aero controls cursor_aim"));
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    /** /aero controls [keyboard|cursor_aim], for every player (permission level 0). */
+    private static LiteralArgumentBuilder<CommandSourceStack> controlsNode() {
+        return Commands.literal("controls")
+                .requires(source -> source.getEntity() instanceof ServerPlayer)
+                .executes(context -> {
+                    ServerPlayer player = context.getSource().getPlayerOrException();
+                    boolean cursorAim = ControlMode.isCursorAim(player);
+                    context.getSource().sendSuccess(() -> Component.literal("Controls: " + (cursorAim ? "cursor_aim" : "keyboard")), false);
+                    return 1;
+                })
+                .then(Commands.literal("keyboard").executes(context -> setControls(context.getSource(), false)))
+                .then(Commands.literal("cursor_aim").executes(context -> setControls(context.getSource(), true)));
+    }
+
+    private static int setControls(CommandSourceStack source, boolean cursorAim) throws com.mojang.brigadier.exceptions.CommandSyntaxException {
+        ServerPlayer player = source.getPlayerOrException();
+        ControlMode.set(player, cursorAim);
+        source.sendSuccess(() -> Component.literal("Controls set to " + (cursorAim ? "cursor_aim" : "keyboard")), false);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
     private static <T> LiteralArgumentBuilder<CommandSourceStack> optionNode(Option<T> option) {
         return Commands.literal(option.name())
                 .executes(context -> {
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/lumareth/improvedAerodynamics/ImprovedAerodynamics.java b/src/main/java/dev/lumareth/improvedAerodynamics/ImprovedAerodynamics.java
index 8cde909..bf0119e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/lumareth/improvedAerodynamics/ImprovedAerodynamics.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/lumareth/improvedAerodynamics/ImprovedAerodynamics.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ public class ImprovedAerodynamics {
         MinecraftForge.EVENT_BUS.register(PhysicsBridge.class);
         MinecraftForge.EVENT_BUS.register(ConfigCommands.class);
         MinecraftForge.EVENT_BUS.register(ExhaustSync.class);
+        MinecraftForge.EVENT_BUS.register(dev.lumareth.improvedAerodynamics.flight.ControlMode.class);
         ModLoadingContext.get().registerConfig(ModConfig.Type.SERVER, Config.SPEC);
         ModLoadingContext.get().registerConfig(ModConfig.Type.CLIENT, Config.CLIENT_SPEC);
         // Own file name: the default one is taken by Config.CLIENT_SPEC
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/lumareth/improvedAerodynamics/client/aim/AimKeys.java b/src/main/java/dev/lumareth/improvedAerodynamics/client/aim/AimKeys.java
index f97a8d9..bb1fdca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/lumareth/improvedAerodynamics/client/aim/AimKeys.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/lumareth/improvedAerodynamics/client/aim/AimKeys.java
@@ -10,10 +10,8 @@ import net.minecraftforge.eventbus.api.SubscribeEvent;
 import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.Mod;
 import org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFW;
 
-/** Keys of cursor aim. The free look key is not shift: in a seat, shift gets the player out of it. */
+/** Keys of cursor aim, which is switched on with /aero controls cursor_aim. The free look key is not shift: in a seat, shift gets the player out of it. */
 public final class AimKeys {
-    public static final KeyMapping TOGGLE = new KeyMapping("key.improved_aerodynamics.toggle_cursor_aim",
-            KeyConflictContext.IN_GAME, InputConstants.Type.KEYSYM, GLFW.GLFW_KEY_K, "key.categories.improved_aerodynamics");
     public static final KeyMapping FREE_LOOK = new KeyMapping("key.improved_aerodynamics.cursor_aim_free_look",
             KeyConflictContext.IN_GAME, InputConstants.Type.KEYSYM, GLFW.GLFW_KEY_LEFT_ALT, "key.categories.improved_aerodynamics");
 
@@ -27,7 +25,6 @@ public final class AimKeys {
 
         @SubscribeEvent
         public static void onRegisterKeyMappings(RegisterKeyMappingsEvent event) {
-            event.register(TOGGLE);
             event.register(FREE_LOOK);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/lumareth/improvedAerodynamics/client/aim/CursorAimClient.java b/src/main/java/dev/lumareth/improvedAerodynamics/client/aim/CursorAimClient.java
index a62ae84..2f9b252 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/lumareth/improvedAerodynamics/client/aim/CursorAimClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/lumareth/improvedAerodynamics/client/aim/CursorAimClient.java
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ public final class CursorAimClient {
     private static final double FREE_LOOK_RETURN_RATE = 10.0;
 
     private static boolean active;
+    // Chosen with /aero controls, told by the server
+    private static boolean cursorAimMode;
     // Cursor as components along the craft's forward (gun reticle), right and up axes
     private static double cf = 1.0;
     private static double cr;
@@ -93,14 +95,14 @@ public final class CursorAimClient {
         }
         Minecraft minecraft = Minecraft.getInstance();
         LocalPlayer player = minecraft.player;
-        while (AimKeys.TOGGLE.consumeClick()) {
-            if (active) {
-                deactivate(minecraft);
-            } else if (player != null) {
+        if (!active) {
+            if (cursorAimMode && player != null && seated(player) && serverHasMod(minecraft)) {
                 activate(minecraft, player);
             }
+            return;
         }
-        if (!active) {
+        if (!cursorAimMode) {
+            deactivate(minecraft);
             return;
         }
         if (player == null || !seated(player)) {
@@ -110,6 +112,11 @@ public final class CursorAimClient {
         send(minecraft, true);
     }
 
+    /** Called when the server tells the client how its player flies. */
+    public static void setMode(boolean cursorAim) {
+        cursorAimMode = cursorAim;
+    }
+
     private static boolean seated(LocalPlayer player) {
         return ModList.get().isLoaded("valkyrien_warium") && AimSeat.seatOf(player) != null;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/lumareth/improvedAerodynamics/flight/ControlMode.java b/src/main/java/dev/lumareth/improvedAerodynamics/flight/ControlMode.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0adff1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/lumareth/improvedAerodynamics/flight/ControlMode.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package dev.lumareth.improvedAerodynamics.flight;
+
+import dev.lumareth.improvedAerodynamics.network.ControlModePacket;
+import dev.lumareth.improvedAerodynamics.network.Network;
+import net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.player.Player;
+import net.minecraftforge.event.entity.player.PlayerEvent;
+import net.minecraftforge.eventbus.api.SubscribeEvent;
+import net.minecraftforge.network.PacketDistributor;
+
+/**
+ * How a player flies: with the keyboard (Warium's own seat controls) or with cursor aim. Chosen per player with
+ * {@code /aero controls}, kept in the player's persistent data and told to their client, which does the rest.
+ */
+public final class ControlMode {
+    private static final String KEY = "improved_aerodynamics_cursor_aim";
+
+    private ControlMode() {
+    }
+
+    public static boolean isCursorAim(ServerPlayer player) {
+        CompoundTag persisted = player.getPersistentData().getCompound(Player.PERSISTED_NBT_TAG);
+        return persisted.getBoolean(KEY);
+    }
+
+    public static void set(ServerPlayer player, boolean cursorAim) {
+        CompoundTag data = player.getPersistentData();
+        CompoundTag persisted = data.getCompound(Player.PERSISTED_NBT_TAG);
+        persisted.putBoolean(KEY, cursorAim);
+        data.put(Player.PERSISTED_NBT_TAG, persisted);
+        sync(player);
+    }
+
+    public static void sync(ServerPlayer player) {
+        Network.CHANNEL.send(PacketDistributor.PLAYER.with(() -> player), new ControlModePacket(isCursorAim(player)));
+    }
+
+    @SubscribeEvent
+    public static void onLogin(PlayerEvent.PlayerLoggedInEvent event) {
+        if (event.getEntity() instanceof ServerPlayer player) {
+            sync(player);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/lumareth/improvedAerodynamics/flight/CursorAimServer.java b/src/main/java/dev/lumareth/improvedAerodynamics/flight/CursorAimServer.java
index 32bbb47..042e212 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/lumareth/improvedAerodynamics/flight/CursorAimServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/lumareth/improvedAerodynamics/flight/CursorAimServer.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public final class CursorAimServer {
         }
         long nodeKey = basis.nodePos().asLong();
         double length = Math.sqrt(cf * cf + cr * cr + cu * cu);
-        if (!active || !CursorAimConfig.ENABLED.get() || !(length > 1.0E-6) || !Double.isFinite(length)) {
+        if (!active || !ControlMode.isCursorAim(player) || !CursorAimConfig.ENABLED.get() || !(length > 1.0E-6) || !Double.isFinite(length)) {
             CursorAimRegistry.clear(nodeKey);
             return;
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/lumareth/improvedAerodynamics/network/ControlModePacket.java b/src/main/java/dev/lumareth/improvedAerodynamics/network/ControlModePacket.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1efc518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/lumareth/improvedAerodynamics/network/ControlModePacket.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package dev.lumareth.improvedAerodynamics.network;
+
+import dev.lumareth.improvedAerodynamics.client.aim.CursorAimClient;
+import net.minecraft.network.FriendlyByteBuf;
+import net.minecraftforge.api.distmarker.Dist;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.DistExecutor;
+import net.minecraftforge.network.NetworkEvent;
+
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+
+/** Tells a client whether its player flies with cursor aim, see {@code /aero controls}. */
+public final class ControlModePacket {
+    private final boolean cursorAim;
+
+    public ControlModePacket(boolean cursorAim) {
+        this.cursorAim = cursorAim;
+    }
+
+    public void encode(FriendlyByteBuf buffer) {
+        buffer.writeBoolean(cursorAim);
+    }
+
+    public static ControlModePacket decode(FriendlyByteBuf buffer) {
+        return new ControlModePacket(buffer.readBoolean());
+    }
+
+    public void handle(Supplier<NetworkEvent.Context> context) {
+        boolean value = cursorAim;
+        DistExecutor.unsafeRunWhenOn(Dist.CLIENT, () -> () -> CursorAimClient.setMode(value));
+        context.get().setPacketHandled(true);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/lumareth/improvedAerodynamics/network/Network.java b/src/main/java/dev/lumareth/improvedAerodynamics/network/Network.java
index 0506920..e0ad349 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/lumareth/improvedAerodynamics/network/Network.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/lumareth/improvedAerodynamics/network/Network.java
@@ -39,5 +39,10 @@ public final class Network {
                 .decoder(AimPacket::decode)
                 .consumerMainThread(AimPacket::handle)
                 .add();
+        CHANNEL.messageBuilder(ControlModePacket.class, 51, NetworkDirection.PLAY_TO_CLIENT)
+                .encoder(ControlModePacket::encode)
+                .decoder(ControlModePacket::decode)
+                .consumerMainThread(ControlModePacket::handle)
+                .add();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/improved_aerodynamics/lang/de_de.json b/src/main/resources/assets/improved_aerodynamics/lang/de_de.json
index 4368fba..202f1db 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/assets/improved_aerodynamics/lang/de_de.json
+++ b/src/main/resources/assets/improved_aerodynamics/lang/de_de.json
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
   "message.improved_aerodynamics.afterburner.throttle": "Der Nachbrenner braucht mindestens Schub %s",
   "message.improved_aerodynamics.afterburner.no_seat": "Setz dich in einen Warium-Steuersitz, um den Nachbrenner zu nutzen",
   "message.improved_aerodynamics.afterburner.no_node": "Dieser Sitz ist mit keinem Vehicle Control Node verbunden",
-  "key.improved_aerodynamics.toggle_cursor_aim": "Cursor-Steuerung umschalten",
   "key.improved_aerodynamics.cursor_aim_free_look": "Cursor-Steuerung: Freie Sicht (halten)",
   "message.improved_aerodynamics.cursor_aim.on": "Cursor-Steuerung an",
   "message.improved_aerodynamics.cursor_aim.off": "Cursor-Steuerung aus",
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/improved_aerodynamics/lang/en_us.json b/src/main/resources/assets/improved_aerodynamics/lang/en_us.json
index d34b330..9d4d32d 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/assets/improved_aerodynamics/lang/en_us.json
+++ b/src/main/resources/assets/improved_aerodynamics/lang/en_us.json
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
   "message.improved_aerodynamics.afterburner.throttle": "The afterburner needs a throttle of at least %s",
   "message.improved_aerodynamics.afterburner.no_seat": "Sit in a Warium control seat to use the afterburner",
   "message.improved_aerodynamics.afterburner.no_node": "This seat is not linked to a vehicle control node",
-  "key.improved_aerodynamics.toggle_cursor_aim": "Toggle cursor aim",
   "key.improved_aerodynamics.cursor_aim_free_look": "Cursor aim: free look (hold)",
   "message.improved_aerodynamics.cursor_aim.on": "Cursor aim on",
   "message.improved_aerodynamics.cursor_aim.off": "Cursor aim off",