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Flying Machine

by SophiaHoney

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SophiaHoney

Started playing back in Pandaria, when the pandaren were still a novelty. Got stuck on Monk because it's the only class where you don't get dizzy after a dash. Tries to manage both tanking and kicking enemies in the face.

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Overview

The Flying Machine is a flying mount crafted with the Engineering profession. The mount was introduced in patch 2.3 of The Burning Crusade expansion and is a classic gnomish gyrocopter with ski landing gear, side engines, and a top rotor. There is also an upgraded version — the Turbo-Charged Flying Machine — which requires a higher Engineering skill to build. Both mounts bind on use, so they can be sold at the auction house or handed to other players.

Why You Want This Mount

Affordable cost — all of the materials for the Flying Machine can be bought from vendors, for a total of less than 30 gold. It is one of the cheapest flying mounts in the game
Unique animation — on the ground the top rotor folds up and the side engines pivot vertically. When you use the /mountspecial command, the mount lands and shuts off all of its engines, then comes back to life on the next command
Sellable at the auction house — because the item binds on use rather than on pickup, you can craft Flying Machines for sale and earn gold
Low requirements — to use the mount you only need level 10, the Riding skill, and Outland Engineering (1). Building it requires only a basic Outland Engineering skill
Scaling speed — the mount automatically adjusts to your Riding skill: from +60% on the ground to +310% in the air

Requirements and Prerequisites

To craft the Flying Machine you need:

Requirement	Value
Profession	Engineering
Skill	Outland Engineering (1)
Recipe	Learned from an Engineering trainer

To use the Flying Machine you need:

Requirement	Value
Character level	10
Riding	Apprentice (ground), Expert (for flight)
Profession	Outland Engineering (1)

How to Craft — Step-by-Step Guide

Flying Machine

Make sure you have learned Outland Engineering. If not, visit an Engineering trainer in any capital city or in Outland
Learn the Flying Machine recipe from any Engineering trainer. The recipe is available as soon as you train the Outland branch
Gather the required materials (see the table below). All components can be purchased from vendors in Nagrand, Netherstorm, and Blade's Edge
Open the profession window and craft the item
The resulting Flying Machine can be used yourself or put up for auction

Required Materials

Flying Machine

Material	Quantity	Source
Fel Iron Casing	2	Crafted (Engineering)
Elemental Blasting Powder	20	Crafted (Engineering)
Handful of Fel Iron Bolts	20	Crafted (Engineering)
Star Wood	8	Magical goods vendors

Full Raw Material Breakdown for the Flying Machine

If you craft the intermediate components yourself, you will need:

Raw material	Quantity	Source
Fel Iron Bar	46	Smelted from ore / Auction house
Mote of Earth	2	Earth elementals in Outland
Mote of Fire	1	Fire elementals in Outland
Star Wood	8	Magical goods vendors

Where to Find Trainers

The recipes for both mounts are learned from Engineering trainers. The main Outland Engineering trainers are:

Trainer	Faction	Location
Lebronski	Neutral	Area 52, Netherstorm
Niobe Whizzlespark	Alliance	Wildhammer Stronghold, Shadowmoon Valley
Jonathan Garrett	Horde	Shadowmoon Village, Shadowmoon Valley

Tips

1

Buy from vendors instead of crafting — the intermediate components for the Turbo-Charged Flying Machine (frames, rods, stabilizers) are sold by Engineering vendors in Area 52 and at the Stormspire in limited quantities. This is significantly cheaper and faster than mining rare ores

2

Star Wood is sold by enchanting vendors — this material is not gathered but bought from reagent vendors for magical supplies in any capital city

3

The Flying Machine is a great auction item — the cost of crafting the mount is minimal, while the sale price can be several hundred gold, since many players don't want to level Engineering just for a single mount

4

A dancing figurine is required for the Turbo-Charged Flying Machine — this unique item is sold only by Griftah in Lower City of Shattrath for 100 gold. The figurine is displayed on the mount's dashboard and is part of the recipe

5

Don't confuse the versions — the Flying Machine and Turbo-Charged Flying Machine look identical, but the Turbo-Charged version is an epic item. In the mount collection they count as two separate mounts

6

Leveling Outland Engineering to 75 for the Turbo-Charged Flying Machine — if you are starting from scratch, use Engineering leveling guides. To move on to the Outland branch you only need at least 1 point in base Engineering

7

The mount scales — the mount's speed depends on your Riding skill, not on the quality of the mount itself. The Flying Machine flies just as fast as any other mount at the same skill