Where are we flying?
Take off from the grass airstrip at Niegowoniczki (runway 02/20, 492 m) or from another airfield, or start straight in the air above a chosen place.
Conditions
Season, weather and time of day. Changes take effect immediately, even during a flight.
Gusts near the ground and over forest, thermals on sunny afternoons (circling buzzards give them away), lift on windward slopes.
World
What happens around you: traffic, wildlife, weather. Every extra can be turned off (on a phone it saves memory).
Traffic
Nature and countryside
Weather and effects
Quality
Graphics and sound; quality is chosen automatically for your device, and you can change it.
Display
Sound
Controls
Keyboard, mouse, gamepad or touchscreen.
Flight
- SW
- stick back / forward
- AD
- bank (steering on the ground)
- QE
- rudder
- RF
- throttle + / − (mouse wheel)
- HomeEnd
- full throttle / idle
- VK
- flaps down / up
- Space
- brakes
- G
- landing gear (Orlik, Boeing)
Helicopter
- RF
- collective (up / down)
- WSAD
- cyclic: fly in the chosen direction
- QE
- pedals: turn on the spot
Driving
- W
- throttle
- S
- brake / reverse
- AD
- steer
View
- C1–5
- cameras
- I
- photo mode: time frozen, free camera, save a photo
- M
- map of attractions
- OU
- minimap / instruments
- Esc
- menu (pause)
Touchscreen
- left thumb
- stick: down is nose up, sideways is bank
- right thumb
- throttle lever (when driving: throttle and brake pedals)
- buttons
- flaps, brake, camera, map, menu; an action button (drop, jump, release, gear) appears when needed
- tilt
- switch above; the crosshair button sets the centre
Take-off: flaps 10°, full throttle, at ~90 km/h briefly pull the stick back. Landing: about 110 km/h, flaps 30°, throttle to zero over the threshold. Full guide to the controls, gamepad, VR headsets and tips for every aircraft