Better autopilot

[coral quiver]

I'm not gonna be "hostile" about this. I just want a better and controllable autopilot feature that I can change stuff as throttle, heading, altitude,... so in future MP we can play in formation, cruise to target location idle,...

[weary wolf]

yeah in SP1 the "auto pilot" if you could even call it that, is a glorified wing leverer that dosnt even work verywell.

[coral quiver]

fr

[daring hawk]

yes, in SP1 all my aircraft cant be controlled by the auto pilot, they go up and down

[abstract haven]

it only works in planes that are as maneuverable as ww2 heavy fighters

and only if they are as slow as heavy bombers from ww2

[weary wolf]

your really defending the auto-"pilot" in sp1? a real autopilot flys the planes for you not just revoke all conrole from you and nose dive you

[abstract haven]

If you actually read my message you'd realize I wasn't defending it

[dense hound]

The sp1 auto pilot really just needs a gain control or a tuneable PID to be ok. If you make a reasonable FBW the AI has no problem but to fly a "simple plane" it needs some sort of tuning.

[weary wolf]

so what did you comment for? you add nothing to the conversation. we dont care that it works on "ww2 heavy fighters" we care its not even an autopilot

[umbral reef]

glad to see everyone is having a nice, calm, friendly day over here

[umbral reef]

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[trail pine]

they're saying that the PID controller stabilizing the plane only really works for planes as slow, heavy, and unmanueverable as WW2 heavy bombers

[weary wolf]

yes i see however autopilot irl flys you somplace for you not just level wings wich in most cases just sets you slightly below the horizon making you hit the ocean

[hearty minnow]

Not always. In fact, most autopilot systems just hold whatever they're set to and are limited to just holding attitude, altitude and/or heading, so the SP1 autopilot holding altitude and heading is actually pretty accurate.

Only on more complex aircraft like airliners do you start seeing complex autopilots that fly you to specific locations.

[abstract haven]

yes i meant it as that

i never meant to defend its being called an auto pilot just that as a wing leveling assist it could work in the situation described

in in the end it disables player input until disabled

[coral quiver]

alt, speed, heading
original SP1 AP is designed to do a straight line ig

[safe brook]

this can be done already in vanilla SP

although, having a built-in one (possibly with modular controls you can add to your cockpit) would allow more users to add one to their plane

[rotund jungle]

You'll be quite surprised since the addition of modern avionics like garmin ect... Autopilot in smaller GA aircraft are becoming increasingly advanced

[coral quiver]

but with complexity
check out geofs's autopilot, they're easier

[hollow tartan]

The autopilot now will make the aircraft pitch up and down for no reason unless you level the aircraft near perfect to level and flat before activating it 😭

[hollow tartan]

Yeah, the SP auto pilot only works with like bombers and stuff that doesn’t have a lot of pitch control

[abstract haven]

dawg can it

we already went through this

[hollow tartan]

the dawg cannot in fact can it

[hollow tartan]

[onyx temple]

can we add a emergency autoland button and just a regular autoland

[umbral reef]

Holding the W key for a few seconds usually works pretty well for that