I did try applying the basic forces of lift, thrust, gravity & drag (see this ground school webpage for some excellent information), but in the end found it too complex for a simple 2D game.
So I scrapped the above, and started with a simple equation:
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Vector2 vector = new Vector2()
{
X = (float)Math.Sin(Angle),
Y = (float)Math.Cos(Angle)
};
return (Vector2.Normalize(vector) * Speed);
This gives me a movement vector, given the plan's angle & speed. Next, after adding code to reduce speed when flying up, gain speed when flying down, stalling, low speed flight and some ground handling, I got this:
Its a bit jerky, due to fraps (maybe I need a faster machine?) Anyway, the game is not jerky when playing.
By the way, my youtube channel is 2DFlightSim, I'll be adding more dev blog videos here soon.