FLIGHTGEAR AIRPORT HOW TO

Remember to center all ailerons and rudder!ĥ. Eventually as the plane gains enough lift, the whole plane will be off the ground. At first, the front wheel will lift off the ground, but the rear wheels will still be on the ground. This will pull back on the yoke, and your jet will start to liftoff. Tap the 'Down' cursor key about 3-4 times. Usually the take off run is quite short, and you would have gained enough speed to take off. Don't worry too much about this part, as the plane will more or less stay quite straight.Ĥ. Try to stay on the runway, as excursions will destroy the landing gear on some aircraft. Remember to return it to center position. Tap 0 once to correct left a little, and Enter to return the rudder to position. The 0 and Enter key on the number pad of the keyboard is the planes rudder. You might need to correct a bit to the left or right due to wind conditions. Once you have the throttle powered up, you will realize that you are now moving along the runway and gaining speed. You can go up to 100%, but this is not necessary because 80% is enough to get you airborne, and most real planes don't go 100% to save on tear and wear and also prevent failures.ģ. Do this by press PageUp key repeatedly until the throttle reaches about 80%. Assuming you're starting out on the default runway, and the engine has started (use Help > Autostart feature), the first thing you should do is to get power to the engines (we will leave all the preflight check etc for purposes of QuickStart guide). This gives you a virtual display of the plane's informations such as rudder and aileron position, throttle position, altitude, speed and heading.

FLIGHTGEAR AIRPORT HOW TO

Here's a tutorial I did mainly for a friend who's completely new to FlightGear on how to get started off the ground.ġ.

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