My Squad did HEAVY testing with the air start in both the fully loaded B24 and B17 tonite... Here is what we discovered... PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR PILOTS KNOW...
When you spawn, do the following as fast as possible and in this order...
GEAR UP
Hit 'X' twice.
Sit back and enjoy the ride
You see, when you air launch *(at least in Training Arena)* you are default in 'Speed Auto' (auto climb) mode... If you leave the fully loaded plane in that mode it will tear the wings off trying to seek its speed.
Most of you know the first 'x' cancels the current auto mode... The second 'x' sets LEVEL auto pilot.
We have determined that the level auto pilot will stop the descent as fast as hand flying and with less risk. Please, try this out and get used to it in TA before showing up for FSO.
We also discovered that leaving the default spawn flaps set is the best recovery... Retracting the flaps causes excessive speed after spawn...
So to recap... Gear up, 'X' two times, and wait...
Once the plane passes level you can enter an ALT-X if you want to climb a bit... Don't add throttle until you are under 200 mph (INDICATED).
