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Prop Flight School

Learn to fly a small propeller plane in side view: take off, climb and descend through the gates, then line up with the far runway and land inside the marked window. Real lift and stall rules, six lessons of growing difficulty.

Prop Flight School

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A real run of the game, recorded with captions and no sound.

How to play

  1. Hold Right or D to add throttle until the plane is rolling fast. When the speed is high enough, pull the nose up with Up or W and the plane lifts off.
  2. Fly through each orange gate in turn, climbing or descending to its height with gentle nose-up and nose-down moves. The last gate sits on the glide slope to the far runway.
  3. Cut the throttle, hold a steady glide and ease the nose up just before the runway. Touch down inside the yellow window, then hold Space to brake to a stop.

Controls: mouse, touch or keyboard. Made by CalcoTools.

Tips and strategy

  • Do not yank the nose up. Raising the angle too far at low speed stalls the wing, and the plane drops until you push the nose down and pick up speed.
  • A small, steady pull changes your climb much more smoothly than a big one. Make the move, then ease it back and see what the plane does.
  • The speed shown at the top is your airspeed. Keep it well above the stall speed in the science panel, especially close to the ground.

FAQ

Why does the plane stall?
The wing makes lift only while the air flows smoothly over it. Past a certain angle of attack the flow separates and lift drops away. The game models this, so pulling up too hard at low speed makes the plane sink instead of climb.
Is it a real aircraft model?
It is a simple one: a single point with the real lift, drag and thrust formulas, a fixed wing and engine, and a runway. It leaves out turning, wind direction and flaps, so the flying stays in the vertical plane.

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