Flying question

[mikeswi]

How do I know what pitch my airplane is flying at? When land is out of sight, I can never tell if I'm going up, going down or flying level. I crashed a Hydra last night because of that. The thing on the radar doesn't seem to be any help.

 

If I move the mouse to look at the airplane from the side, the stupid game moves the camera right back where it was before I can see anything. WTF is up with that anyway? Who's playing the game, me or the computer?

[GodGell]

How do I know what pitch my airplane is flying at? When land is out of sight, I can never tell if I'm going up, going down or flying level. I crashed a Hydra last night because of that. The thing on the radar doesn't seem to be any help.

 

If I move the mouse to look at the airplane from the side, the stupid game moves the camera right back where it was before I can see anything. WTF is up with that anyway? Who's playing the game, me or the computer?

there isn't an actual pitch meter, but on the left of the GPS there is a little bar that shows your altitude. it doesn't really show your "real" altitude as it rescales itself, it's there so that you can easily see changes in altitude. so if you're not sure whether you're going towards the ground or towards the sky, take a quick glance at the altitude meter. if it's rapidly decreasing it obviously means you're rapidly descending.

[Enigma_Tl]

Only way I know of is by looking at teh alt reading to see if your going up or no. Been told there is an auto level with choppers but not sure on planes.

[Cojawfee]

Look at the radar. There is a while line that shows your roll, and below that is some green space. The meeting between the green and clear is level. If green is above the white line, then you are pitched down, if the green is below the white line, then you are pitched up.