From post: 136205, Topic: tid=9239, author=Maarschalk wrote:If you use Alt+F it will take you there but your approach angle to the gate might be wrong regardeless if you had set pitch and angle to 0 degrees depending if the gate was at an angle(right-left) or above or below(pitch angle) from your original possition! It does not Automatically align you with the gate or station as F2 does when you set your pitch and angle to 0 degrees!.....
Which is why you only use autopilot if the distance is beyond the reach of your jump drive. 