Contact the ATC and ask for permission to take off : Backslash, F5, F1, F1.When both engines are idling at 70% RPM the plane is ready!.Start Taxi/Landing Lights: Right Alt + L.Start Navigation Lights: Right Control + L.While you wait for your engines to fire up:.You will see your engine RPM and Temp gauges kick in, one engine at a time.Just a quick tip for those who start one engine at a time, there's a small bug so in order to be able to start both engines you have to move your throttle forward and back again before you start them, othrewise one of the engines will refuse to start make sure your throttle is all the way off, (if you are using a keyboard it is already off by default).(the tower should confirm your request, if not, do it anyway as they sometimes don't respond).Contact the air traffic control tower and ask for permission to start up: Backslash, F5, F1, F3.Start Electrical Systems Right Shift + L.If you press F2 you can see that we are already armed to the teeth so we can start up immediately.Try to remember this for when you finally get into the air and have reached cruising speed and altitude :) But beware resenting trim can cause your plane to suddenly and wildly turn or pitch, as it is the equivalent of suddenly pushing your stick back to center position. If that doesn't help, you can always reset the trim back to normal with Left Control + T. the autopilot has done its own trimming, or you have also trimmed and not too sure whats going on, press Right Control + ENTER to bring up a display that shows you where the in-game controls are, and you can compare this to where your real life joystick is angled. If the controls start to feel strange, e.g. It seems tedious at first, but it will become second nature after a few hours, and you won't even know you are doing it.
It is a good idea to trim your aircraft back to level flight after you have finished any maneuver, or weight has changed. Trim Left and Right will be quite handy too, as once a missile is released from one wing, the opposite wing begins to dip. (also allows you to press things on the keyboard without the plane going out of control when letting go of the stick).īut these aren't very reachable while you fly, so at the very least, have your Trim Up and Trim Down buttons set up on your joystick or somewhere very convenient. The more speed you have, the more lift is generated by the wings, so unless you want to hold your joystick forwards for long periods of time to keep the plane level, you will want to add some downwards trim, allowing you to recenter your stick and give your hand a rest. Since the new and more realistic flight model has been released, the aircraft now requires trimming fairly regularly as you change your speed.