Planes--How to?

[1-Adam-12]

How do you fly a plane with mouse and keyboard? I seem to only be able to crash them with great abandon.

[CursedPanther]

I prefer the classic control scheme to be honest. There's a toggle so you may give both old and new schemes a go. Still it takes quite a bit of practice to get used to the maneuvering. That's why I always prefer flying a chopper instead unless the mission requires the plane.

[LPM]

for learning, u need a good distance to land. take any plan and try to fly low

but mmm... keep using plane and u will masterice it :)

[🐺Tormund Giantsbane]

Originally posted by Goats No Goats:

How do you fly a plane with mouse and keyboard? I seem to only be able to crash them with great abandon.

W (up or down)
S (up or down)
A (rotate left)
D (rotate right)

there is NO pedals when you are in the air , only on the ground (dont ask why, nobody knows)
to make a turn , you basicaly need to rotate 90degree to the side using A or D , then pull back with W or S depending on which one raises the nose up, this will bring you to the side you are trying to turn towards.

hopes this makes sense ?

PS. bring parachute.

[😎Astran😾]

It takes time to adapt and a long distance to aim into landing strip. A very long distance...

[upcoast]

Up/down arrows for speed, left/right arrows for roll turn whatever, right next to arrows on the right Num keys 2 and 0 for pitch up / down.

No need for mouse at all.

[Crossaber]

mouse is for looking around, so not necessary to use.

press shift for speed up, Ctrl to reduce speed, S to ascend W to descend, A/D to roll the plane

To turn direction, use A/D with S to turn into desired direction, and remember to roll the plane back after turn.

When you are about to land, try pressing Ctrl with couple tap W until u are about to touch down.
tap couple S again to avoid crashing into the ground. Hold Ctrl until the plane is stopped.

[76561198007484948]

I'v e never managed to fly the plane, and I used to hold a PPL! (THe Chopers are far easier). I always end up spinning it in to the ground

[makkun・マックン]

When you're turning, never ever go full vertical or more than vertical. 45-50 degree angle is the safest angle for turning. Going vertical will most definitely make you spin out and fall.

When approaching landing, try to line up your plane with the landing strip or whatever you're planning to land on from a few hundred meters away. 500m sounds about right.
Then when you think you're close enough, hold throttle down while adjusting the plane's body. Make your plane as horizontal as possible.

I don't have precise measurements for these as I'm just used to GTAV flight controls. The new flight control is close to that so it's quite easy. I never even need to touch the mouse for the whole flight. I wish this game have yaw, though.

[Maprikan]

https://youtu.be/veyZNyurlwU

[LycheeMango]

To drive a plane you only need a keyboard

S + Shift to fly up
W + Ctrl to land
A turn left
D turn right
but for me to turn either right or left I hit either A or D then S + Shift to navigate to the direction I want to
Shift to accelerate

[AdmiralTigerclaw]

The planes are squirrely as all get out, and the landing strips weren't really made for flying to them normally.

Luckily, the planes have unrealistically short take-off speeds and landing distance. They're also a bit more rugged on their gear than you'd actually ever allow in a sim. So once you get yourself at tree height over the strip, you hit the brakes and drop down for a nice, rough touchdown. Then you just make sure you don't slam the plane into something.

I'm a flight sim geek, so aside from wanting to map plane controls to a joystick (which I haven't done), the flight model isn't too bad to handle.

[-|Nur|-]

Yeah landing is the hardest part but even that's not too much of an issue once you realize they don't give you style points. I've never had a nice, clean landing but neither have I ever failed a landing.

Flying itself is very simple. It handles pretty much the same as in Battlefield 3/4.

[onomastikon]

These are the most unintuitive, bizarre, and crappy controls I've ever seen.
A helicopter handles intuitively and I needed no help whatsoever, not even looking in the (non-re-bindable?!?) controls.
I've had a mission to steal a plane and two times in a row I've been unable to get it off the ground. WTF so frustrating

[Saving Souls Ministries]

Originally posted by onomastikon:

These are the most unintuitive, bizarre, and crappy controls I've ever seen.
A helicopter handles intuitively and I needed no help whatsoever, not even looking in the (non-re-bindable?!?) controls.
I've had a mission to steal a plane and two times in a row I've been unable to get it off the ground. WTF so frustrating

i think i only successfully landed a plane one time in my 120 hours playing LOL. i normally party up with a try hard who insists on flying so i just sit back and puff on some green stuff and watch the beautiful game with a hands off perspective

[Elegance ♠]

Originally posted by onomastikon:

These are the most unintuitive, bizarre, and crappy controls I've ever seen.
A helicopter handles intuitively and I needed no help whatsoever, not even looking in the (non-re-bindable?!?) controls.
I've had a mission to steal a plane and two times in a row I've been unable to get it off the ground. WTF so frustrating

is it a mission in Koani for Boston Reed?