Flying

=Flying in Second Life=

 Flying is often the preferred method for moving around in SL. As you will soon realize, it is much quicker than walking or running. Every avatar can fly and even though it may seem difficult to control at first, you will certainly get the hang of it.

There are some areas in SL designated as No Fly Zones. These are areas where the land owners have chosen not to allow flying. In these zones you will see a symbol representing a white down arrow on a red circle, at the top of the user interface.

//**Note:**// If your chat window is open...it must be closed. Otherwise the directional commands required to fly will appear as public chat. > > > > 
 * 1) To set your avatar in fly mode, simply click the [[image:flybutton.jpg]] button located on the lower menu of the SL user interface or press **Ctrl-F**.
 * 1) To turn off fly mode, click the [[image:flybutton.jpg]] button once again or press **Ctrl-F**.
 * 1) When in fly mode use the following keys on your keyboard to control your avatar :
 * **W** or **Up-Arrow Key** - Fly forward
 * **S** or **Down-Arrow Key** - Fly backward
 * **A** or **Left-Arrow Key** - Rotate or turn left
 * **D** or **Right-Arrow Key** - Rotate or turn right
 * **E** or **Page Up** - To fly higher (avatar s can fly 50 meters above the level of the ground)
 * **C** or **Page Down** - To fly lower

**//Practice://** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Fly around your current location. Try <span class="wiki_link_ext">flying forward, backward, rotating and at various altitudes.

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> **Additional Resources:** The following resources are <span class="wiki_link_ext">SL training videos created by Russel Stannard (2008)
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Second Life Part 1 - Basic Movement - <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">to view this video click on the link and a page will appear with a menu on the left side. The videos will begin playing automatically but to view the correct video for this section select //**7-Basic Movement**//.

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