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Elon musk explained many times how Dragon will land with helicopter precision. Currently it lands with precision of a few kilometers( because of the wind, they use parachutes ).

They can do that because even on a symetrical capsule you can have lift vector control.

I can't find the video, but you can look it up with google. It is very easy to find.



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