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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 like a vessel in a medium such as water or air. Without it, a pilot would need to manually counter every application of thrust with an equal, but opposite, application in order to change direction. | 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 like a vessel in a medium such as water or air. 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 | 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 journeys. | ||
Flight assist is always '''ON''' by default, though there's an option to turn it '''OFF'''. However, Flight Assist and fly-by-wire is always partially on to keep the ship movement in specified limits.<ref name=":0" /> For more information see the [[Flight Model]]. | Flight assist is always '''ON''' by default, though there's an option to turn it '''OFF'''. However, Flight Assist and fly-by-wire is always partially on to keep the ship movement in specified limits.<ref name=":0" /> For more information see the [[Flight Model]]. | ||