Just bought Sturmovik. Need some help from veterans.

[The Stalker]

Right, I figured out the problem today in the quick editor. For some reason whenever I start a mission the rudder and ailerons are slightly trimmed to the right. When I hit trim neutral buttons for ailerons and the rudder the plane flies straight.

Anyone have an idea why would this be? Why are they always already trimmed when I start any mission?

EDIT: It looks like the cause of this is that the surfaces are already trimmed to counter gyro and torque. Since I disabled those the forces were not there but the auto trim stayed.

[AndyJWest]

Ah, I'd never noticed that. I'd try to get used to flying with torque etc enabled, as soon as you can though - you can develop bad habits otherwise. Some planes are a lot more prone to torque-related problems than others - try the Hurricane it is fairly forgiving. Or you can fly the P-38, where the contra-rotating props effectively cancel each other out.

[Darbo]

ill give you a for instance

if your flying a spitfire
it has quite alot of engine torque
trim in some rudder and it helps counteract it though you still need to do some manual input to fully stabilise

also just fly what feels right to you
push it till it stalls
workout the limits over time
always have a good leadtime on your shots
being close to the enemy helps as you dont need to fire so far infront to shoot em down
short bursts!
if your not getting hits aim further in front
love your cannons they are your friend

get a stick with rudder control
have fun