diff --git a/src/camera.rs b/src/camera.rs
index 39189a0..bfda144 100644
--- a/src/camera.rs
+++ b/src/camera.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ pub trait Camera {
 
 pub struct Flycam {
     // input
+    // currently held keys
     is_world_up_pressed: bool,
     is_world_down_pressed: bool,
     is_cam_up_pressed: bool,
@@ -18,18 +19,26 @@ pub struct Flycam {
     is_backward_pressed: bool,
     is_left_pressed: bool,
     is_right_pressed: bool,
+    // accumulated mouse movement yet to be processed
     mouse_dx: f32,
     mouse_dy: f32,
+
     // state
+    // timestamp
     last_update: Instant,
-    euler_y: f32,
+    // camera orientation
     euler_x: f32,
+    euler_y: f32,
+    // camera movement state
     velocity: Vec3,
     position: Vec3,
+
     // constants
-    turn_sensitivity: f32,
-    thrust_mag: f32,
-    damping_coeff: f32,
+    // camera movement
+    turn_sensitivity: f32,  // coefficient for mouse_dx/dy -> euler_x/y
+    thrust_mag: f32,        // coefficient for thrust acceleration vector
+    damping_coeff: f32,     // coefficient for damping acceleration vector
+    // camera frustum
     aspect: f32,
     fovy: f32,
     znear: f32,
@@ -52,8 +61,8 @@ impl Flycam {
             mouse_dx: 0.0,
             mouse_dy: 0.0,
             last_update: Instant::now(),
-            euler_y: 0.0,
             euler_x: 0.0,
+            euler_y: 0.0,
             velocity: Vec3::new(0.0, 0.0, 0.0),
             position: Vec3::new(0.0, 0.5, 1.0),
             turn_sensitivity,
@@ -68,6 +77,7 @@ impl Flycam {
 }
 
 impl Flycam {
+    /// update stored keyboard state for use in update()
     pub fn process_keyboard(&mut self, key: VirtualKeyCode, state: ElementState) {
         let is_pressed = state == ElementState::Pressed;
         match key {
@@ -99,6 +109,7 @@ impl Flycam {
         }
     }
 
+    /// update accumulated mouse movement for use in update()
     pub fn process_mouse(&mut self, mouse_dx: f64, mouse_dy: f64) {
         self.mouse_dx += mouse_dx as f32;
         self.mouse_dy += mouse_dy as f32;
@@ -108,6 +119,7 @@ impl Flycam {
         self.aspect = (width as f32) / (height as f32);
     }
 
+    /// apply input and update camera movement
     pub fn update(&mut self) {
         let dt = self.last_update.elapsed();
         self.last_update = Instant::now();
@@ -135,8 +147,8 @@ impl Flycam {
         }
     }
 
+    /// update velocity and position from acceleration using forward differences
     fn update_kinematic(&mut self, dt: f32) {
-        /// update velocity and position from acceleration using forward differences
         let net_acc = self.get_thrust_acc() + self.get_damping_acc();
 
         let delta_vel = net_acc * dt;
@@ -146,12 +158,15 @@ impl Flycam {
         self.position += delta_pos;
     }
 
+    /// use keyboard key pairs to trigger directional thrusters in camera and world coordinates
+    /// thrust_speed is the max speed (under drag) with a single thruster, but combinations can
+    /// produce higher speeds (e.g. forward and right, camera down and world down)
     fn get_thrust_acc(&self) -> glam::Vec3 {
         let axis = Self::key_axis;
 
-        let thruster_cam_x =    axis(self.is_left_pressed, self.is_right_pressed);
-        let thruster_cam_y =    axis(self.is_cam_down_pressed, self.is_cam_up_pressed);
-        let thruster_cam_z =   -axis(self.is_backward_pressed, self.is_forward_pressed);  // forward is -z
+        let thruster_cam_x   =  axis(self.is_left_pressed, self.is_right_pressed);
+        let thruster_cam_y   =  axis(self.is_cam_down_pressed, self.is_cam_up_pressed);
+        let thruster_cam_z   = -axis(self.is_backward_pressed, self.is_forward_pressed);  // forward is -z
         let thruster_world_y =  axis(self.is_world_down_pressed, self.is_world_up_pressed);
 
         let thrusters_cam = Vec3::new(thruster_cam_x, thruster_cam_y, thruster_cam_z);
@@ -163,10 +178,14 @@ impl Flycam {
         self.thrust_mag * thrusters_total
     }
 
+    /// calculate a damping force (proportional to velocity)
+    /// the damping coefficient is calculated in the constructor, which is parameterized in terms
+    /// of more physically meaningful values
     fn get_damping_acc(&self) -> glam::Vec3 {
         self.damping_coeff * -self.velocity
     }
 
+    /// a helper function to turn a pair of key states into a sign for thruster direction
     fn key_axis(negative: bool, positive: bool) -> f32 {
         if negative {
             if positive {
@@ -183,8 +202,10 @@ impl Flycam {
         }
     }
 
+    /// the current camera orientation, which can be seen as a rotation (in quaternion form) from
+    /// camera axes to world axes
+    /// glam's YXZ ordering matches the standard roll-pitch-yaw Euler angles
     fn get_orientation(&self) -> glam::Quat {
-        // returns rotation from camera axes to world axes
         Quat::from_euler(glam::EulerRot::YXZ, self.euler_y, self.euler_x, 0.0)
     }
 }