Flight surfaces would obviously not function the same on all planets, as ailerons and rudders that work on Earth do not work on Mars and Venus, for example. So how will ships' Earth-atmo-like flight control surfaces fare in other atmospheres, like high-density or low-density worlds?
TL;DRControl surfaces and thrusters are blended by atmospheric density, so thrusters handle turning in thin air, control surfaces take over as it thickens, and dense atmospheres give controls more authority.
I mean, high density is good for aerodynamics, because then the rudders, or your controls, get much more authority. Low density is basically the same case as when you come down to a planet, and the air in this case is so thin that you actually cannot turn your ship. So in this case, the thrusters actually help you out. The current control surface model actually has this transition period between 0 and 0.2 bar, or atmospheres. Sorry, I think it's the same. Whatever, I'm not a physics guy. The inputs, or the acceleration outputs, from the control surfaces and your thrusters are actually mixed, and they're being shrunk down the closer and denser the atmosphere is. So when the atmosphere is dense enough, then the control surfaces fully take over. Until then, the thrusters still rotate you and so on. So there's this transition period, so it should work out of the box. If you go to a moon with no atmosphere, it's your thrusters that are doing the work, not your control surfaces.