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Flight Assist

2018-01-14T18:53:20Z

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'''Flight Assist''' is a system in a starship that helps maintain control of a craft by automatically countering rotation and controlling trajectory when a pilot applies or releases input on his or her controls. Space, having no atmosphere, has no forces which can stabilize a craft aerodynamically, and so all rotational forces and trajectory changes applied will continue to have an effect unless acted upon and changed again.

This effect is noted in ''Newton's First Law of Motion'', or in ''Galileo's Law of Inertia'': '''An object in motion will remain in motion until acted upon by an external force. '''A Flight Assist system will counter rotational forces and change a ship's trajectory to make it behave more as a vessel in a medium such as water or air would. Without it, a pilot would need to manually counter every application of thrust with an equal, but opposite, application in order to change direction.

Some combat pilots choose to master flight assist off to increase their potential in combat as it increases the thrusters' maximum turn rate by a substantial amount. Traders may also use flight assist off to liven up docking on otherwise monotonous journey's.

Flight assist is always '''ON''' by default, though you do have the option to turn it '''OFF'''.

== Flying with flight assist OFF ==

[[File:FlightAssistOff.jpg|thumb|300px|Flight Assist Off HUD indicator]]

Flying with flight assist disabled is a somewhat trickier affair which requires a lot more skill and experience to master. With flight assist off your speed and rotation will continue until you provide counter-thrust. So you will have to manually adjust the thrusters to control the forces of inertia to counteract the angular momentum. The ''flight control computer'', however, is still active and will prevent the vessel from accelerating to unsafe speeds in real-space or entering a spin that could cause substantial damage to the frame of the vessel.

In the client control options you are able to set a button or key control to enable/disable flight assist. The flight assist button, or key, can be assigned as an on/off or toggled function.

Cargo mass will also affect the manoeuvrability of your ship.

== Videos ==
<gallery>
File:Elite_Dangerous_-_%22Flight_Assist_Off_Training%22_Beginner_Proficiency_1
File:Elite_Dangerous_-_%22Flight_Assist_Off_Training%22_Beginner_Proficiency_2
File:Elite_Dangerous_-_Flight_Assist_Tutorial_%26_Bonus_Anaconda_Killing
</gallery>

[[Category:Guides]]
[[Category:Technology]]

Flight Assist

2018-01-14T18:52:40Z

92.233.73.47:

'''Flight Assist''' is a system in a starship that helps maintain control of a craft by automatically countering rotation and controlling trajectory when a pilot applies or releases input on his or her controls. Space, having no atmosphere, has no forces which can stabilize a craft aerodynamically, and so all rotational forces and trajectory changes applied will continue to have an effect unless acted upon and changed again.

This effect is noted in ''Newton's First Law of Motion'', or in ''Galileo's Law of Inertia'': '''An object in motion will remain in motion until acted upon by an external force. '''A Flight Assist system will counter rotational forces and change a ship's trajectory to make it behave more as a vessel in a medium such as water or air would. Without it, a pilot would need to manually counter every application of thrust with an equal, but opposite, application in order to change direction.

Some combat pilots choose to master flight assist of to increase their potential in combat as it increases the thrusters' maximum turn rate by a substantial amount. Traders may also use flight assist off to liven up docking on otherwise monotonous journey's.

Flight assist is always '''ON''' by default, though you do have the option to turn it '''OFF'''.

== Flying with flight assist OFF ==

[[File:FlightAssistOff.jpg|thumb|300px|Flight Assist Off HUD indicator]]

Flying with flight assist disabled is a somewhat trickier affair which requires a lot more skill and experience to master. With flight assist off your speed and rotation will continue until you provide counter-thrust. So you will have to manually adjust the thrusters to control the forces of inertia to counteract the angular momentum. The ''flight control computer'', however, is still active and will prevent the vessel from accelerating to unsafe speeds in real-space or entering a spin that could cause substantial damage to the frame of the vessel.

In the client control options you are able to set a button or key control to enable/disable flight assist. The flight assist button, or key, can be assigned as an on/off or toggled function.

Cargo mass will also affect the manoeuvrability of your ship.

== Videos ==
<gallery>
File:Elite_Dangerous_-_%22Flight_Assist_Off_Training%22_Beginner_Proficiency_1
File:Elite_Dangerous_-_%22Flight_Assist_Off_Training%22_Beginner_Proficiency_2
File:Elite_Dangerous_-_Flight_Assist_Tutorial_%26_Bonus_Anaconda_Killing
</gallery>

[[Category:Guides]]
[[Category:Technology]]