Multiple Types of Flight Pads in Banjo Kazooie
I have realized that there are three types of flight pads in Banjo Kazooie. To observe that, you need to skip learning to fly, in Treasure Trove Cove. All of its flight Pads will remain transparent and inactive. This is the first type of a Flight Pad; the one that can only be activated by talking to Bottles in Treasure Trove Cove, on the ship. The exact same type of Flight Pad exists within Clanker's Cavern. There is only one Flight Pad there. Both Flight Pads of Freezeezy Peak are of the same type.
However, a second type of flight pad exists. When you go into Gobi's Valley, the Flight Pad on Jinxy's body is of the first type, but all three Flight Pads in the bottom of the sand pit are a second type of Flight Pad. They are active anyway, either you talk to Bottles, or not. So you can use them to actually fly. You can obtain the Beak Bomb from Freezeezy Peak and use it normally. So you can collect everything in Gobi's Valley. Using the Pad, Bottles will inform you that you may push A to gain some height, as he would in Treasure Trove Cove, the first time you would use a Flight Pad. You need to be careful though, as once the pit is filled up with water, those Flight Pads won't work anymore. That second type of Flight Pad is the only Flight Pad type that is found in Mad Monster Mansion (both of them) and in Rusty Bucket Bay (a single one). Click Clock Wood has only the first type of Flight Pads, however this affects the level to a minor degree. The second type of Flight Pads are always activated, and therefore opaque.
There is a third type of a Fight Pad, and it appears only once. It is the Fight Pad that appears temporarily when you activate a switch that is located just outside the entrance of Freezeezy Peak. That particular Flight Pad appears to be active (it is opaque), but is it not.
The Flight Pad that appears during the battle against Gruntilda can not be accessed; without flying you cannot collect enough Jigsaw Pieces to open the door that leads to Dingpot. So we don't know its type.
Gomess512 (talk) 09:29, October 10, 2021 (UTC)