A Booster Plane Study :: Taking Off
- Hit
9
to deploy the flaps.
- Hit
F12
to activate the Force Vectors.
- Blue is lift from wings.
- Red is drag.
- Yellow is lift from control surfaces. Note how deploying the Flaps increase lift, but makes it turn backwards - this is because it also adds drag.
- Hit
T
to activate auto-pilot.
- This will keep the aircraft stable while taking off, making your life easier.
- It's harder by hand on a keyboard, believe me.
- Hit
Space
once to fire up the Booster
- She will take off by herself.