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Basic Flight and Controls
By Critical Failure
Some basic keyboard commands to get you airborne.
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Category: Gameplay Basics
Languages: English
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4 Dec, 2017 @ 6:02pm
27 Sep, 2022 @ 11:48am
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Guide Index
Overview
Getting up in the air 
Charts from the Manual 
Further Reading 
Change Log 
Comments
Getting up in the air
First thing you have to do is disengage the break by pressing 'W',

Then hold down the '+' key on the number pad until the guage on the right hand side of the dashboard hits about 80. ('+' and '-' are throttle controls).

After that, Press the '.' key on the numberpad (drop chaff) to start forward motion. Once you are rolling the arrow keys should get you up in the air.

Charts from the Manual


Further Reading
The Amiga Manual
This is as close as I have come to the legit manual. It has the best source of reading for this game.
https://openretro.org/file/a4b2f7c0b865c48a60f658f22a0868cfa08fb701/Manual%20%28en%29.pdf

Old 3.0 Manual:
This appears to be a PDF of the manual that came with the PC version of one of the later games. It was quite a reference work with charts and detailed controls. Most of the controls seem applicable to this version. It's useful given the limited amount of reading available for this game.
http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/429520/manuals/Falcon_3_-_Manual_-_PC.pdf?t=1452043693

Amiga Instructions:
A text only guide for what appears to be the Amiga version of this game. The controls seem to apply here.
http://www.lemonamiga.com/games/docs.php?id=611
Change Log
12/4/2017 - Created and posted.
12/30/2017 - Went back and double checked the links under further reading were still working.
3/30/2022 - Made sure the links still work.
9/27/2022 - Made sure the links still work.
6 Comments
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Michael Myers🗡 9 Oct, 2024 @ 9:08pm 
I couldn't fly with

First thing you have to do is disengage the break by pressing 'W',

Then hold down the '+' key on the number pad until the guage on the right hand side of the dashboard hits about 80. ('+' and '-' are throttle controls).

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Critical Failure  [author] 25 Dec, 2023 @ 10:01am 
@dfsdfs3df1sdf321 Yeah thats the Amiga version. Good read. Amiga keyboard was slightly different from a PC, but that's where these images came from.
Cool Day 25 Dec, 2023 @ 2:07am 
Manual download here: https://www.oldgames.sk/downloads/oldgames/simulator/Falcon/Falcon-Manual-amiga-en.pdf
Agathosdaimon 22 Mar, 2021 @ 6:28am 
you dont know to hit the delete key on the numpad to start forward motion. Once you hold down the throttle key to get it to 100 the F16 will move forward and thn once it gets to a speed over 150 and before it gets to 200, take off
Xracer 8 Jul, 2020 @ 4:56pm 
Thank You so much !
Mikaela 1 Aug, 2019 @ 10:03am 
Thanks a lot