[RRuger]

Try reducing your realizm settings, head shake, stalls, etc and slowly work up form there until you get the feel of the A/C. Use the flaps, use the throttle, use the rudder, just like in a real plane you have to kind of know what you're doing. When I first got IL2 years ago I remember I couldn't take an F4u (or any other plane) off from a carrier deck. It was so frustrating that I gave up doing it. I even had problems taking off from a landing strip but slowly I got better. It's what Potenz said, practice, practice, practice!!! I'm sure that EVERYONE that got in this game in the beginning had some of the same problems, this is not like some of the other sims that are more arcade than this. So be patient and just learn to fly (sim) good luck...