Airbrake | |
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Useful for when you need to go from being chased by your enemies, to chasing them. Learn how to perform the air brake maneuver in combat, and reduce its Gumption cost. | |
Skill Category | Flight |
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Requires | Aerobatics |
Unlocks | none |
Cost for 1st Level | 5 FP |
Cost for 2nd Level | 15 FP |
Cost for 3rd Level | 40 FP |
Cost for 4th Level | 120 FP |
Cost for 5th Level | 380 FP |
Need to immediately get behind that pirate on your 6? Imagine tossing a huge parachute out that cockpit window and quickly reeling it back in. That's an Airbrake.
Airbrake is perhaps the most commonly used Combat Maneuver. It briefly drops your speed to 1/2 of your plane's normal stall speed.
Combat Maneuver Recipe | |
Airbrake Hotkey: 1 | |
1st Keystroke | SHIFT+⇓ |
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2nd Keystroke | SHIFT+⇓ |
3rd Keystroke | SHIFT+⇓ |
Known planes that cannot perform this maneuver | none |
Skills | |
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Flight | Aerobatics · Afterburner · Airbrake · Cartography · Flight License · Fuel Efficiency · Sideslip · Skyland Trust · Perception |
FP/TP | Tax Evasion |
Trade | Black Market · Creative Storage · Cutthroat Business · Farm Mogul · Industry Tycoon · Luxury Schmuxury · Negotiation · Trade License · Trade Prestige |
TP/CP | Salvage Operations · Smuggling |
Combat | Barrel Roll · Combat Infamy · Crack Shot · Eagle Eye · Gumption · Immelman · Loop · Precision Fire · Split S |
FP/CP | Wingover |
All | Leadership |