[Junkers]

Maybe I've got something wrong here but the level stabiliser has no effect in my game. I thought it was supposed to keep your plane at a certain altitude for bombing but it doesn't work for me. Have I misunderstood the function of the level stabiliser or something? :?:

[P/O W. 'Moggy' Cattermole]

level stabiliser is the only auto pilot i use -- in some aircraft (but not all) it will level the aircraft and fly it in a straight line; good for gunnery practise and bomb aiming practise. However, it tends to only work in medium and heavy aircraft; fighters won't have a level autopilot. As opposed to normal autopilot that flys the aircraft on its mission, and autopilot automation, which to the best of my knowledge automatically switches autopilot onto the different positions as you cycle through them. Me, i don't use it, so i fly my aircraft while being rear gunner as well, since I seem to be better at taking evasive manoevers than the ai.

[Oh_Frustration]

The level stabilizer is only built in aircraft that are defined as 'bombers' so it's not able to be used in planes like P-38, J8A or Bf 110.

[P/O W. 'Moggy' Cattermole]

one thing
if you have prop torque on, you'll need to power down your right most engine a bit more than the others.

For example, leveling off a B24, the props all spin in the same directing, and this pulls the bomber to the left. So You have to decrease the throttle of the rightmost engine quite considerably to counteract this (you can't adjust rudder in level stabiliser mode)

[Junkers]

Thanks very much.
I had it confused, I thought that the level autopilot was the level stabiliser. Thanks for clearing that up and thanks for the advice on differential throttle control. This will make level bombing so much easier.

[seaniebeag1983]

(you can't adjust rudder in level stabiliser mode)

You can in some aircraft, dont know about all of them tho.
I usually level bomb in the He-111 and you can use rudder trim to keep your target in the crosshairs

[VC-81_BOLTER]

You can adjust your yaw trim on most aircraft that have level stabilizers. Its not neccesary to rob your aircraft of power to trim it out. A properly trimmed aircraft flies faster and more stable then one which is not. Ever wonder why some people in the same type can out run you?

Rule of thumb; if it has a vertical bomb sight then it has level stabilizers. Trick is to have the aircraft perfectly trimmed and ready to fly hands off. If you don't under stand how to do this then anything else you learn will not work as your aim and altitude will be off. High altitude precision bombing is very technical and difficult but can be done accurately. Witness all the crying in AAA any night the {HVY} boys go overhead at 25,000 feet.

If your interested in high altitude bombing then you should seek out anyone with {HVY} before their call sign on the AAA server most nights. They'd be happy to tutor you on this.

[P/O W. 'Moggy' Cattermole]

I would trim my aircraft, but for somereason the buttons i configured to trim the control surfaces had no effect.

Its why i had to dock power from an engine...

[_Hans]

Never had any troubles getting a 111, 25, or 24 to trim out using the rudder trim and identical engine settings...

I think a few, VERY FEW, fighters in game have this feature as well. The Do-335 has it, and so does the new 190D13. I think our "Level Stabilizer" is a stand in for some of the basic WWII autopilots.

Historically IIRC very planes had a form of an autopilot, some versions of the 190 (I think the torpedo bombers and long range G models) had autopilots. I've heard that some very late war P-47's had a simple 3 axis autopilot as well. Also it seems at least one version of the Bf-109G10 was fitted with an autopilot of some kind for use as some kind of a nighttime or foul weather interceptor.

[P/O W. 'Moggy' Cattermole]

RAF Medium and Heavy Bombers had a stabilised auto pilot to fly it level; the aircrews nicknamed it George.

[BF-109 F4]

B6N2 and B5N2 need a level stabilizer or trim controls urgently!! Its very hard to fly them without these controls.

[TH0R]

one thing
if you have prop torque on, you'll need to power down your right most engine a bit more than the others.

For example, leveling off a B24, the props all spin in the same directing, and this pulls the bomber to the left. So You have to decrease the throttle of the rightmost engine quite considerably to counteract this (you can't adjust rudder in level stabiliser mode)

Or you can just use elevator and rudder trim to hold your aircraft on desired heading.

[P/O W. 'Moggy' Cattermole]

Didn't work for me. Countless trim adjustments had no effect at all, and they should have done since i bound the bloody buttons i was using in the first place. Oh well...

[salac_78]

My lvl stabilizer works ok exept for one thing/plane is in level flight,as much as i can level it and than i activate the lvl stabilizer.All is fine exept for one thing-my bombers start to loose altitute abt 10 meters every,say 10-15 sec.This happens to all the planes exept for pe series/they work just fine .
I think this prob was discusted somewhere/i think it was somewhere on the aaa but i culdnt find it :oops:
So does anybody knows how to fix this prob

[caldrail]

Didn't work for me. Countless trim adjustments had no effect at all, and they should have done since i bound the bloody buttons i was using in the first place. Oh well...

It depends on the modelling of an original WW2 areoplane. Some aircraft of that day never had trim in one axis or another, so you really did have to hand fly it.