if they are acting like that it means the airfiles probably have been copied from a bi plane. You can try switching the airfile with that of another steady fighter plane. or just hold out for better f-18 downloads. 8)

I very much doubt that even the most inexperienced designer would base their F-18 project on a biplane. LOL

There's a little more involved than simply swapping AIR files with a completely different aircraft. FS flight dynamics is a complex subject which I never fully understood after messing around with them for something like 4 years.  If you have FS2002 Pro you could try adjusting the Tuning variables in FSEdit.

Hi Tipster. I remember you recently posted a crystal clear explanation of the relationship betwen AIR file & Aircraft.cfg in FS2002. These should be treated as a matched pair. It's no use swapping the AIR file without its corresponding Aircraft.cfg, or at least the relevant entries. The main problem with using the FD of a completely different aircraft (even of the same type) is that the [contact_points] entries would almost certainly be wrong. The complete entry could be pasted in from the original CFG but this is where it starts getting complicated.

FSEdit mainly edits or adds Aircraft.cfg entries although some say it also changes certain AIR file parameters.

Most designers spend a great deal of effort in making their aircraft fly as realistically as possible. They're not all experts in this area but I'm sure they do the best they can. I often wonder if many of these "problems" could be fixed by tweaking the joystick/yoke Sensitivity settings.

OOPs sorry for giving the wrong information on dealing with that issue SOAR

I am still used to Fs2000 database as opposed to FS2002's database. In Fs2000 you were able to swap the airfile of one aircraft of the same with another.

Example. There was a dornier aircraft that had issues with it's airbrakes and reverse thrusters not working properly. But there was another Dornier aircraft similiar to it and all I had to do is just switch the airfiles. The Dornier craft I liked worked like the one that had the corrected files.

everyone is right and I am wrong, you have to alter the CFG and Airfile of the actual aircraft that you wish to change it's flight dynamics. I wish I could help you with that issue. But it is very difficult.

Asks Fisharno (from here) for some assistance with that. He modified an f-16 airfile so that the airbrakes work properly. I don't know how he did it, but I think he is the one that might be able to help you! Start a new topic and title it "FISHARNO, I need your Help"

Sorry. One other thing I didn't mention.....

You would be suprized how accurately the authors of some of those add on fighters model their aircraft. And what they go thru to research what is correct in the real world. Some of the finer models come quite close to the real thing. If you've got any aircraft from Chuck Dome, Dino Cattaneo or Giuseppe Chiacchietta, you can pretty much bet they are as close as possible to their real world counterparts.

I know what you mean, Soar... It's a pain.

Now, I'm no expert in flight dynamics, or physics or anything. But, I do know that the faster you fly, the laws of Relativity, and Inertia multiply, exponentially.