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Ok, so I'm pretty new to combat simulators (I know some of you aren't going to qualify BoP as a sim, but whatever) and I'm kind of lost at some of the finer points.

Why, oh dear god why, does my plane stall out on a simple bank?!?!? Maybe I'm not getting the physics of it, but I just don't see what I'm doing wrong. I try taking the bank more gradually, use less speed (which is totally counter intuitive) and use more speed. Some times the plane loves me and handles awesomely, other times it stalls, I sort of get it back and it stalls again.

I hate playing on "Arcade" settings, it makes me feel like a child, and I love a challenge, but I find no resources to help me know what I'm doing wrong.

Please help. :)
Cheers,
thundermuffin

Have you tried adjusting the sensitivity of the controls? I've heard this does the trick and the limited range of motion for the gamepad joystick makes it really easy to stall. I don't know personally because I'm waiting for the PS3 demo, but this is based on what I've read elsewhere on the forum.

Other than, you could always buy a flight stick. Just check some of the other threads on the forum.

Turn down your elevator sensitivity and make sure you have speed before you do tight turns. You LOOSE speed when pulling tight turns.

PLEASE read before posting though.

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=8483

If you try lowering the Senstivety ( horrible spelling i know ) it helps ALOT. Before i did this i stalled out quite a bit also. Now i hardly ever stall out on Sim mode. Hope this helps,

~~Sparlan007~~

Oh, yeah. +1 LOL

Ok, thanks for the link... appreciate the consensus... too much sensitivity = bad.

Yeah, even with a flight stick, the lower sensitivity helped me a lot. I'm a flight-sim noob as well. I managed to play for a couple hours the other night without a stall or spin.

changing your sensitivity is going to hurt your dogfighting abilities

Stalling in a dogfight is going to hurt your prospects for a happy and fruitful life. :P

Only if you turn them down too far. What's the point of having so much range on the stick if you can only use half of it before stalling?