A few notes on flying the Star War's X-Wing Fighter
Chris Evans
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The X-Wing model is available through the CyberSky Aircraft page
(http://www.linknet.net/tomcat/page4.html).  These notes are from the
read me included as part of the distribution ZIP file.

The 'real thing' has VTOL (vertical takeoff & landing) capability. At first I
created a VTOL version. This was fine except that it's high speed performance
was severely compromised because of this. I felt that high speed performance
was more important for this aircraft. Because of this I gave up on any attempt
to give this craft VTOL capabilities. She lands & takes off like a conventional
aircraft.

The flaps are functional & will produce a lot of lift. Coupled with a massive
power to weight ratio, she'll climb like a rocket. The flaps are useful for low
speed, low power flight. Be warned that at full power with flaps fully
deployed, she may tend to loop the loop. Use the throttle sparingly when the
flaps are deployed. Note that the flaps should be thought of as "anti-grav
units". There is no external representation of these.

The spoilers are operational & are useful for killing speed. There is no
external representation of these either.

The four 'Fusial Thrust' engines give this craft true ballistic capabilities.
You can point the nose strait up & she'll continue to accelerate. This affect
will diminish with altitude. She'll do well over mach 2.5 but that's not
recommended. You'll get an overspeed warning at mach 2.5.

Once past mach 2 you may start to experience reduced stability & an over
sensitivity to control inputs. This is to be expected at high mach speeds. Just
keep your control inputs small & smooth.

She'll maintain level flight at over 85,000 ft. With some luck & the right
timing, it's possible to climb to over 100,000 ft. She won't maintain that
height though.

Note for rudder pedal users: This craft is all aileron. She has no rudder or
vertical surfaces, there for rudder input has little effect. There's just
enough to allow for taxing control.