Turbothrusters could also be used on them to improve their top speeds. Due to their power and difficult controls, they had many flaps and control vanes to aid in controlling the vehicle, but due to the unpredictable nature of swoops, few used them.
While some could travel several hundred kilometers above a planet's surface, they generally kept a low altitude. Swoops were capable of traveling at over six hundred kilometers per hour. A female Rodian and Human escape on a swoop bike