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• Open Track View

• Expand your airplanes tracks and select the Percent Track:

• Go to the Function Curves level.

• Your function curve should look like this:

• In order to make your object stay still at a certain point along the path, you need to make a flat (horizontal) section in your curve. If a function curve does not move up or down, then there is no change of value, and the object remains motionless.

• In Track View, click Create Key:

• Now click on your Curve at the point where you want your object to stop. This will create a key frame.

• Now choose the Move Keys tool (horizontal):

• (This button is part of a drop-down button)

• Now hold down SHIFT and Click and Drag your Key frame to the right to create a copy.

• Because we are only moving it horizontally, the value of both key frames remains the same.

• Now select all of your key frames and change their Tangent Types to Linear.

• You should now have something like this:

• Your airplane should now stop at the first new key frame and start again at the second new key frame.

• Be aware that because of this pause, the rest of the movement will be speeded up.

• You can now add keys and move them around to achieve whatever result you require.

• Experiment with different Tangent Types to see if you can make the airplane accelerate/decelerate.