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The Cyclone is more fantastical than the Tornado for multiple reasons but lifting the disbelief isn't too difficult since there is real world counterparts to how the Cyclone is designed. The first jet powered plane to fly was the German Hienkel which essentially is the same design as the Cyclone. (Turbine engine is directly part of the fuselage, basically the part where the pilots and passengers/cargo is held.)

Now turbine engines are quite a bit more complex than combustion engines since they work off of a continuous burn rather than sequenced and cyclic combustions. How turbines do this is by sucking in the air through the front and having that air get compressed more and more using fins and venturi tubes until the pressure within the turbine is so high that the introduction of fuel in the combustion chamber instantly causes ignition and sustained burn when fuel is continuously introduced. This is why, if you ever noticed, jet planes will have a constant flame coming out the exhaust.

Due to how this all happens a turbine engine actually has two forces that allow the plane using it to maintain flight.
The weaker effect: The function of the turbine sucking in so much of the air pulls the entire aircraft forward due to pressure differential.
The stronger effect: Due to the sustained burn and sheer force that the exhaust is firing out it pushes the craft forward through the air.

Now to actually answer your question, yes in a real world scenario the Cyclone isn't really engineered to be handled and steered well when flying not due to how stocky it is (this actually works in favor of steering because there is less surface area to steer against the wind) but due to the fact that nearly 90% of the plane's body is literally just the turbine engine which by itself produces way too much torque and speed for any human to be able to steer against it's trajectory. Essentially imagine driving a car going 500+ MPH and trying to steer with it.