So in the future, is that going to extend even to things like ailerons? Is it going to get that granular?
TL;DRYes, control surfaces such as ailerons are planned; an internal non-3.10 version already lets ships fly on aerodynamics alone, and wing loss is supported.
Yes.
Yes. In 3.10, like Rich said, you can glide, but the thrusters sort of take over. Unless you're at the point where all your thrusters turn off, you will glide nicely. It depends what you're doing before your thrusters turned off. But the version we have locally that isn't 3.10, where the control surfaces actually take effect, you can turn off every single maneuvering thruster and just rely on your mains and your ailerons. I think maybe the Gladius ones are actually flaperons or something like that because they do both behaviors. You can fly purely on the aerodynamic forces.
I saw Dave Colson flying the Gladius without any thrusters the other day.
Actually, it's even more interesting when you fly and have a wing ripped off or so because that is also supported. So you get really asymmetric lift then and you can easily crash if somebody rips off your wing.