I've figured out you don't even need a ledge to do zips.. at least in this location it works.. And to great effect.. Cuts out 1094 frames, but this is a primitive version likely to be improvable?
Here to the elevator. I think level 2 is a lot smaller on a straight shot than the level feels, and a minute is a pretty long time. I think I'll be okay making it to the boss. Hopefully.
#47857104999592493 - Aero the Acro Bat 2 Proof of Concept
Better ladder trick leads to 4 frames saved in Bell Castle 3. I think more could be squeezed out as I had inconsistent results on some stuff afterwards.
#47767641323495232 - Aero the Acrobat 2 Disco Fever
Used Exonym's boss fight input since he hits the boss on all first frames, the boss pattern's set and I can't think of anything to outdo his entertainment
#47538354941062653 - Aero the Acrobat 2 Through Fort Redstar Act 2
44 frames faster than Exonym's test run in this level alone. Most of the time save came from getting a better balloon bounce at the beginning. I also determined that activating the final lever from below was faster than shooting above it.
#47430150908236888 - Aero the Acrobat 2 All of Boardin' Zone
Managed to shave three frames off my previous WIP. The difference is I delayed the jump on the skid after entering the secret passage in the wall, allowing me to take advantage of more negative acceleration.