Non-level flight

[wayreth]

Hi there.

Whenever I start a mission, my plane always leans toward the left or the right hand side. This happens in campaign and quick missions, and regardless of aircraft model/make.

As far as I know, my joystick is properly configured (I checked the game's calibration menu and it reacts normally to my input).

Is this issue related to the idea of "trimming" the aircraft (by pressing CTRL + left or right arrows)? When I do that I don't notice any real improvement... or perhaps it's related to the realism settings (torque?)?

For instance, on the runway, after applying moderate power to the engine, the plane starts to strongly lean to one side, like I'm pulling the stick on that direction. I need to use Z and X keys to compensate for this and it makes for crappy take-offs

To sum it all up, why isn't the goddamn plane flying level and how do I fix it?

I'm sure this is just utter noobishness on my part... Alas, such is the world.