google earth flight simulator mac laptop controls

One thing this instructable might do is to open the idea to others that we can control things we use in our lives, things that surround us, and this idea may spawn ideas in others and an understanding of the way things can be explored.ĭiscovery of the flight simulator, a not so hidden feature in Google Earth, as I was reviewing past stories in Makezine vectored my behavior for a while. The highest elevation that you can start at seems to be around 69,300. If you enter the simulator with your altitude higher than 31,500 feet or so, the plane will be in a stall, until it reaches an altitude low enough to support flight, but dropping into the atmosphere from such a high altitude is pretty cool, you can lift the nose up to see the curved horizon. Be sure to rotate the view before you start the simulator or give yourself altitude or your plane heading straight down, if you were zoomed too close to the ground you may not have enough altitude to pull out of the stall. You can also place a plane anywhere you want by going to the location first and press and select 'Current Location' as your start point.

After I wrote this instructable, I decided to select the option 'Current location' from the Start location in the settings panel, it kind of makes this instructable useless to anyone other than those interested in practicing takeoffs and landings in their home town. This instructable will show you how you can make a new airport anywhere and takeoff from the new location.

After doing some NOE flying and after many attempts at landing, I decided I wanted to fly around more familiar places. After discovering there is a hidden flight simulator in Google Earth, part of a beta test for some future online game, it was only a matter of time ( two days) before I thought about hacking the simulator on a minor scale.

Google earth flight simulator mac laptop controls