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How to fly the Y-32 Xi'an for stupid people.
By Rejesto
Yo, I'm not a pilot.

But I know how this thing goes up and down without being unable to go back up again after.
   
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Welcome fellow fools.
This horrific beast is what we have came to know as the Y-32 Xi'an.

Recently its flight thingy has been changed. I don't know what its called. Flight controls? Flight movements? All I know is that it does not fly how it used to. Here is my take on how to fly it now. I never claimed to be a good pilot, and I am not claiming to be now either. If you know how to pilot it, why are you here? To gloat? Go make a better guide than me.
Take off!
This is pretty easy to be honest. I always fly with auto vectoring off, so I will presume you have turned it off like me. I also use my keyboard to fly instead of my mouse, so I will be including the key

There are two ways to do this:

Like a plane:

If you have alot of space and need/want a fast takeoff, this is probably the option for you.
Asuming the vehicle is untouched and you have just entered, you are going to want to find a suitable runway, or long, flat stip of land.
  1. Press X to disable auto vectoring.
  2. Start your engine, and quickly hold 'Z' to kill all thrust and stop any movement and disasters.
  3. Use the mousewheel to access the top-left menu and decrease vectoring until the jets face fully forwards. Alternativley, you can use 'Right Ctrl + K/L' to increase or decrease vectoring.
  4. Hold shift until you reach speed, then hold W to gracefully rise in to the air.
  5. Woah! You are flying! Nice job!






Like a badly engineered helicopter:

This takeoff is ideal for short space takeoffs, and is loads more versitile than the previous method. It looks pretty cool, and is more ideal in cramped urban enviroments or places where a runway isnt avaliable.
  1. Press X to disable auto vectoring.
  2. If possible, face an open area so any miscalculations can be resolved, and will decrease the chance of immediate and spontaneous creation of a fireball.
  3. Make sure that vectoring is increased to the maximum. (Spam 'Right Control + K)
  4. Hold shift. Once in the air you'll probably want to decrease vectoring to enter jet mode.
  5. Woah! You are flying! Nice job!

Landing...
Now I won't be the first to admit that landing is harder than taking off. But I could be the first to say making a text guide is even harder. So go watch this video I took the time to make, and turn captions on becuase I couldn't be arsed to put text on. Make sure they are english, non-auto generated.


Or visit the link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEVPS3nMACI&t=21s
4 Comments
Aberdolf Lincler Aug 15, 2021 @ 10:10pm 
Thanks bro helped me a lot
yoloninja Apr 18, 2018 @ 9:44am 
I think rating this 9/11 would be just too good to miss. meanwhile, I bet i would miss them anyway.
Ogun Apr 17, 2018 @ 10:55am 
Thanks for the guide!
musthavecake Apr 15, 2018 @ 12:20pm 
10/10 guide