Thrust follows your path
If the bike is climbing, the booster pushes up and forward. Past the peak, as you start to fall, it pushes down and forward. So whether a tank of fuel buys height or distance depends on which way you are pointing when you fire it.
Order of use
| Goal | When to fire | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum height | Right after take-off, nose pointing up | Most of the push goes upward |
| Maximum distance | Near the peak, roughly level | Push goes forward, speed rises and the wings make more lift |
| Saving a landing | Briefly, just before touching down | Adds forward speed and flattens the path slightly |
| Saving fuel | Avoid firing while falling | Much of the push points down |
How fuel refills
Learn the refill sources before you burn everything at once. Many games top you up a little on every landing, so several short hops can beat one long burn.
Stalling on the ground
If you are about to grind to a halt on a climb and the run is about to end, that is the most valuable place to spend leftover fuel. Fuel left at the end of a run is worth nothing.
In WingBike
Booster in the air
While you hold in the air, fuel burns at one unit per second. The base tank lasts about 1.3 seconds and every Fuel tank level adds 0.5 seconds. Thrust grows with the Booster part and the Afterburner skill. Right after hitting a bird or a storm cloud, the booster won’t fire for a moment.
Refills: landings and fuel pickups
Each landing refills 25% of the tank (plus 7% per level of the Pit stop skill). Fuel pickups floating in the sky refill 40%. Boost rings add a lot of speed, so spending a little fuel to steer through one can pay off.
Restarting from the ground
When your ground speed has dropped a lot (below about 29 km/h, 18 mph), holding fires a ground booster instead of tucking, and it can push you up any slope. Once on, it stays on until about 58 km/h (36 mph) and burns fuel more slowly than in the air. With fuel left, a stalled run waits up to 8 seconds before ending, so hold during that window.
Numbers are from WingBike 1.0. Balance may change in later updates.
FAQ
The run ended with fuel still in the tank.
Either you didn’t hold while you were slow, or you were still too fast for the ground booster to kick in. Once you have slowed down enough on a climb, holding switches to the booster.
Fuel tank or Booster first?
The tank is how long you can burn; the Booster is how hard it pushes. If you fire in short bursts after take-off, Booster feels bigger; if you spread fuel over many hops, the tank does. See upgrade order.
WingBike: Fly and Jump Racer
No account, fully offline, played with one finger. Free on Android.