Editing Creating Aircraft (section)

== Basic Aircraft Build ==
=== 1 Create a simple air frame===
It is far easier to create most of the basic shape of the aircraft while its still connected to the main world because it won't float away or try to [[Recombination|recombine]]. This airframe can be build of any [[Passive Blocks|passive block]]. This example will build it out of [[Stone|stone]], that well known aircraft building material

[[File:basic airframe.png|400px]]

=== 2 Add thrusters to the airframe ===

[[Thruster Block|Thrusters]] provide... thrust. They provide an easy way to move machines around. You'll want two on the back to move the machine forward and one on the left and right at the front to rotate the machine.

[[File:add engines.png|400px]]

Of course as the ship is still connected to the main world it can't be moved yet

=== 3 Add an anti gravity and stabiliser block ===
The [[Anti Grav Block|anti grav block]] allows the machine to float, turning it into an aircraft. The [[Stabiliser block|stabiliser block]] applies a force to the machine to try to keep it flat and level, you'll want that for most aircraft.

[[File:antiGrav and stabiliser.png|400px]]

=== 4 Disconnect the machine from the main world ===
If you remove all the connections between the machine and the main world it will break off and start to float away (or if you didn't add the [[Anti Grav Block|antigrav]] block, it will fall down)

[[File:disconnection.png|400px]]

=== 5 Wire up the thrusters to buttons ===
In the simplest case you can control the thrusters using [[Button|buttons]]. Add buttons directly onto the left and right engines and a single button for the rear engines. Then use wires to connect that rear button to the rear engines.

[[File:basic aircraft.png|400px]]

Be careful of how the wires are connected to the thrusters, this thruster is connected to the wire:

[[File:wire connected.png|200px]]

But this thruster isn't connected to the wire, it just has a wire above it:

[[File:wire not connected.png|200px]]

The aircraft should work at this point [[Controls|interact]] with the buttons to turn the engines on and off and take it out for a flight.

=== 6 Replace the buttons with a command chair ===
The buttons are "fine" but don't give you natural control over your aircraft. A [[Command Chair| command chair]] will allow better control. Remove all the buttons and place a command chair in line with the left/right engines.

[[File:replace with command chair.png|400px]]


=== 7 wire up the command chair ===
Connect the left engine to the left side of the chair, the right engine to the right side of the chair and both the rear engines to the back of the chair (you'll need to branch off a second wire to connect to both engines

[[File:wire up command chair.png|400px]]

At the point where the wire splits a [[Junction Box|junction box]] will have formed, be aware that a junction box has one input and the rest are outputs. Make sure the input come from the command chair, [[Controls|interact]] with the side of the junction box that you want to be the input. 

The input side looks like this:

[[File:junction box input side.png|200px]]

You can now sit in the chair by [[Controls|interacting]] with it. At this point you can use the W, A and D keys to control the aircraft. You can use the [[Controls|manage]] key to change what keyboard keys are bound to which output.

=== Summary ===
This aircraft will work and can take you from place to place, but can't control its height. You'll likely want to add more thrusters to allow you to go up, down and backwards. You might need the [[Command Chair Extender Block|command chair extender block]] to have more than 4 outputs.