Auto pilot shouldn't rip wings off a B-17, but it does. Here is why it shouldn't; A B-17 has a crew of 10, in AH you must do all 10 of those jobs. When you leave the pilots seat to do another job, such as gun, navigate or drop bombs, auto-pilot becomes engaged. In real life, the pilot, or copilot, would not engage auto pilot just so that the gunners could gun, espescially when the planes attitude is dangerously fast or steep, and could rip the wings off if engaged. Auto pilot in a B-17 (or B-26) should at least simulate a copilot who is intelegent enough not to immediatly yank back on the stick hard enough to rip the wings off! Perhaps a 2G limit should be put on the auto pilot. The aircraft that are most likey to lose their wings in AH due to autopilot level are the very planes that whould have enough of a crew to prevent such stupidity.
eskimo
