Autopilot Level Flight

[sondo214]

I have noticed a strange thing.

 

While activating the Autopilot level flight while flying the autopilot indeed does a good job in maintaining the level flight. But when you enable it while in a steady hover the autopilot eventualy will pull full aft the cyclic and crash. And the more aft the nose rises the more aft it moves the cyclic.

 

Is this a bug? I mean it does wrong correction while hovering, but in flight it does the correct ones. Isn't this strange?

 

Next thing to discover is from what speed and above works correct and what speed and below crashes. Curious to find.

 

Shall I report this to the bug section?

[DeJohn]

I doubt its a bug, since it wasn't designed to be an actual autopilot. it was meant to simulate your copilot taking the controls for a short while you worked the radios or some other task.

 

To the best of my knowledge, when coming in for a landing or hover, policy was both pilots be on the controls.

[sondo214]

Not exactly... Every given moment one person has the controls (PAC) either the pilot or the copilot. The other not at controls is the PNAC. They swap how often they like but each time only one has the controls. I have hundrents of times in RL as a copilot been ordered to stay in hover while the captain does other things. If I did what my ingame copilit does I believe I would end up flying... Out of my window... Lol

Edited February 15, 2015 by sondo214

[TAW_Impalor]

I noticed it cannot go straight in Level mode, always wanders gradually to the right. Bug or feature?

[WildBillKelsoe]

I don't think its a bug. The autopilot is a simplification and does not feature hover hold like the Ka-50. With that said, I don't know why devs omitted a hover simplification along with the other 2 modes (orbit, attitude). I mean we seldom even get the controls (the reds) to stay as the autopilot indication input (the whites). Even a little itch on my leg causes me to lose autopilot guidance.