Altitude when George is flying

[cobrabase]

I had an interesting thing happen to me yesterday and I thought I'd ask about it.   I was flying in Cold War Germany in rain from the back seat - I switch to the front to perform a task and notice we are ascending from around 150 feet to 300 feet.    I pull up the george pilot AI menu and ask to sink down to around 110 feet.   No response. 

 

I jump to the pilots seat and take her down to 110 feet myself.    I switch back to the gunners seat and we start to ascend back to 300 feet where we stop.   This is something new that I have never seen before.  I am not sure if it is:

a. new update that has changed George pilot behavior

b. some AI protocol that kicks in when it is raining

c. an issue only seen in the Germany map

Give it a try and see if you get the same issue. Like I said, I've never seen it before the 5/21/25 update.

Edited May 22 by cobrabase
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[ShuRugal]

Maybe ED sent George to flight school, and now he only wants to fly at the MEA or MOCA?

[cobrabase]

5 minutes ago, ShuRugal said:

Maybe ED sent George to flight school, and now he only wants to fly at the MEA or MOCA?

Yeah maybe!  He did not appear to be doing a 300 feet AGL but barometric.  It's weird. 

Edited May 22 by cobrabase
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[cobrabase]

This issue appears to happen only in the Germany map.   

[JimmyWA]

I have had the same problem, flying in Germany. Except George ascends up to about 2000 feet! Immediately makes me a target when I ask George to go from a hover at 20 feet to start flying. I have attached my track file - this happens all the time since the last update.

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[JimmyWA]

Tonight I flew on the Sinai map, Falklands and Caucauses and George behaved perfectly. Tried the German map again, and George just wants to keep going up!