This is gonna sound stupid

[Spude]

But is there a way to play planes with mouse aim and NOT have the instructor on, which I suppose always tries to level out the plane in rolls and landings.

[CheeseCake]

yeah go to aircraft controls and in the top section "Control mode" their should be a virtual instructor option

[Spude]

Originally posted by CheeseCake:

yeah go to aircraft controls and in the top section "Control mode" their should be a virtual instructor option

Ok, I tried that but when I switch the instructor off it switches my controls automatically to full-real controls.

[Spicy Meatball]

The only way is to have the mouse behave like a virtual joystick with realistic or full-real controls.
Why are you trying to disable it? Unless you're flying sim you do not want to fly with the instructor disabled, and certainly not with a mouse.

[Spude]

Maybe I've understood the whole instructor wrong.

I'm gonna dumb it down because I am bad at explaining.

I'm using mouse-aim for planes.
Say I'm using I-16 Type 27 which rolls like mofo.
I've set up my controls so that A yaws to left and D yaws to right.
But when I yaw to either side I have constantly keep tapping the key to hold it in that position because otherwise the plane automatically levels out.
Is there a way to negate that automatic leveling and having mouse-aim at the same time?

I've watched some WT videos of planes being played recently and many seem to use mouse-aim (I think) but can keep the yaw steady without it being constantly leveling out.

[Spicy Meatball]

Originally posted by Spud-Mann:

Maybe I've understood the whole instructor wrong.

I'm gonna dumb it down because I am bat at explaining.

I'm using mouse-aim for planes.
Say I'm using I-16 Type 27 which rolls like mofo.
I've set up my controls so that A yaws to left and D yaws to right.
But when I yaw to either side I have constantly keep tapping the key to hold it in that position because otherwise the plane automatically levels out.
Is there a way to negate that automatic leveling and having mouse-aim at the same time?

I've watched some WT videos of planes being played recently and many seem to use mouse-aim (I think) but can keep the yaw steady without it being constantly leveling out.

I've never tried it, but setting the roll control to "relative control" might help even with the instructor, otherwise you're out of luck since it's the instructor that flies the plane as best as the AI can towards where you point your mouse. Some planes work well with this AI, and others like the Mustang are terrible.

[Spicy Meatball]

Originally posted by Curst:

@Spud-Mann . The thing instructor does is prevent you from entering flat spin, and that function is active only when the word "Instructor" is flashing red. If the word is grey, the instructor is not doing anything.

The instructor flashing red is when it's ignoring and overriding your input entirely, but it is certainly doing it's thing when it's grey. The incredible stability that the planes have with the instructor enabled is impossible for a human to replicate, which is why deflection shots in RB can happen from 1km or more out, whereas in Sim it's rarely even 400m.

[kamikazi21358]

There is an option somewhere to turn off instructor.

[halolo39]

you can only turn fully off the instructor buy using full realism joystick or relative controls. it aint worth it for arcade or realistic since mouse aim will be 99% better in all situations.

[kamikazi21358]

Originally posted by halolo39:

you can only turn fully off the instructor buy using full realism joystick or relative controls. it aint worth it for arcade or realistic since mouse aim will be 99% better in all situations.

I think there is something in options, or whatever, I turned it off years ago and it works for me.

[Kwoh]

Originally posted by Spud-Mann:

But is there a way to play planes with mouse aim and NOT have the instructor on, which I suppose always tries to level out the plane in rolls and landings.

You use the keyboard or something? I personally find Instructor annoying and makes all maneuvers worse. If you flying near the ground you gonna die because the instructor thinks you are trying to land. (by near the ground I mean really close to it)

[Redtail666]

The wings wanting to return to level during flight is a design element of aircraft wings built with dihedral.

What is dihedral angle on an airplane?

Wing Dihedral is the upward angle of an aircraft's wing, from the wing root to the wing tip. The amount of dihedral determines the amount of inherent stability along the roll axis.

If the wings of an aircraft are vertical, then you aren't flying. You are usually falling like a rock, lol.

However, it is just a game. So if you want it to be weird then go for it.

[Spude]

Originally posted by k w o h:

You use the keyboard or something? I personally find Instructor annoying and makes all maneuvers worse. If you flying near the ground you gonna die because the instructor thinks you are trying to land. (by near the ground I mean really close to it)

Well partially, I do use mouse-aim but I have A for yaw left, D for yaw right, W to pitch up and S for pitch down.

[Zalzany]

Its not really the instructor I can fly at wierd angles its the mouse controls your not shooting a turret so its gonna try to aim your fixed gun to the target it assumes you want ot be mostly level doing so, if you don't just use the roll controlls to twist it up some more. I never had an issue in arcade, I cork screw and what not all the time doing inoman turns and what not to chase planes.

the defualt works great use A and D with E and Q to really roll your plane though like to flip faster do the opposit rudder to what ever direction so do A and E to roll faster or corkscrew one way, D and Q to corkscrew fast the other way.

[Spicy Meatball]

Seems to be a lot of confusion here so i'll try to clear it up. The instructor is the AI that flys the plane for you and chases where you point your mouse. The instructor options you can disable are only a few small OPTIONAL features of the instructor, and thus don't actually disable it. Try taking off with Full Real controls and you'll see just how much your instructor is doing for you, and that you don't to disable it in AB or RB.

[torindechoza]

about that what the OP is saying. In my experience if you deviate the course enough it will stop the plane from defaulting to the route.
I believe that the plane goes where the mouse was aiming but moving far enough away from that point will change the aim from your keys imput.