diff --git a/mods/PLAYER/mcl_playerplus/init.lua b/mods/PLAYER/mcl_playerplus/init.lua
index e09c463f7f..84a1af04f1 100644
--- a/mods/PLAYER/mcl_playerplus/init.lua
+++ b/mods/PLAYER/mcl_playerplus/init.lua
@@ -300,15 +300,15 @@ minetest.register_globalstep(function(dtime)
 				player:set_pos(vector.offset(player:get_pos(), 0, 0.8, 0))
 			end
 			mcl_player.player_set_animation(player, "fly")
-			local slowdown_mult = 1 -- amount of vel to take per sec
-			local fall_speed = 10 -- amount to fall down per sec in nodes
+			local slowdown_mult = 0.2 -- amount of vel to take per sec
+			local fall_speed = 20 -- amount to fall down per sec in nodes
 			local speedup_mult = 10 -- amount of speed to add based on look dir
-			local max_speed = 300
+			local max_speed = 100
 			local direction = player:get_look_dir()
 			local player_vel = player:get_velocity()
 			local turn_amount = anglediff(minetest.dir_to_yaw(direction), minetest.dir_to_yaw(player_vel))
-			local direction_mult = clamp(-direction.y + 0, -1, 1)
-			if direction_mult < 0 then direction_mult = -(direction_mult^2) end
+			local direction_mult = clamp(-direction.y + 0, -0.8, 1)
+			if direction_mult < 0 then direction_mult = -(direction_mult^2) / 2 end
 
 			local speed_mult = elytra.speed + direction_mult * speedup_mult * dtime
 			speed_mult = speed_mult - slowdown_mult * dtime -- slow down
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ minetest.register_globalstep(function(dtime)
 				elytra.rocketing = elytra.rocketing - dtime
 				if vector.length(player_velocity) < 40 then
 					-- player:add_velocity(vector.multiply(player:get_look_dir(), 4))
-					speed_mult = 30
+					speed_mult = 10
 					elytra.speed = speed_mult
 					add_particle({
 						pos = fly_pos,
@@ -347,15 +347,15 @@ minetest.register_globalstep(function(dtime)
 				x = clamp(new_vel.x, -max_speed, max_speed),
 				y = clamp(new_vel.y, -max_speed, max_speed),
 				z = clamp(new_vel.z, -max_speed, max_speed)}
-			new_vel = vector.multiply(new_vel, dtime * 30)
+			-- new_vel = vector.multiply(new_vel, dtime * 30)
 
 			-- slow the player down so less spongy movement by applying half the inverse vel
 			-- NOTE: do not set this higher than about 0.7 or the game will get the wrong vel and it will be broken
 			-- this is far from ideal, but there's no good way to set_velocity on the player
-			player_vel = vector.multiply(player_vel, -0.4 * dtime * 30)
+			player_vel = vector.multiply(player_vel, -0.1)
 			new_vel = vector.add(new_vel, player_vel)
 
-			new_vel.y = new_vel.y - (200 / math.max(speed_mult, 2)) * dtime
+			new_vel.y = new_vel.y - (100 / math.max(speed_mult, 1)) * dtime
 			new_vel.y = new_vel.y - fall_speed * dtime
 			player:add_velocity(new_vel)
 		else