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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 journey's.  
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]].