VTOL

The VTOL is a lightweight aircraft in Astroneer that allows the player to travel long distances across the planets by flying over the surface of the planet.

Source
Players will obtain a free VTOL and its Schematic from completing a long chain of Missions:


 * By completing either Fuel for Thought or Onboarding, players obtain Vertical Thinking.
 * Finding and blowing up the Vehicle Data Recorder on Vesania and retrieving its EXO Chip will unlock the mission Bootstrapping and reveal the location of the MAT.
 * Finding the MAT and slotting an EXO Chip will unlock two missions to bring two each of Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Graphite, Titanium, and Tungsten.
 * Once all ten resources have been provided, another mission unlocks to provide the MAT with two of each Silicone and Tungsten Carbide.
 * Completing this mission unlocks one more to provide the MAT with three EXO Chips.
 * For the last mission, Finished Product, the player just needs to activate the MAT, in order to be able to collect the rewards: The VTOL, its Schematic, as well as two Hydrazine.

Uses
The VTOL takes off vertically by double-tapping the take-off button ( on PC), and holding the same button allows the player to ascend higher. The VTOL can descend by holding the descend button ( on PC). Double-tapping the descend button when near the ground will land the VTOL.

Holding the forward movement key will accelerate the VTOL forward, speeding up after 10 seconds of holding for faster flight. The left and right movement keys will strafe the VTOL, while moving the camera will turn the VTOL in the direction the player wishes to move.

The VTOL uses Hydrazine as fuel, and will auto-pull canisters if the current one runs out.

Trivia

 * VTOL stands for Vertical Take Off and Landing.