When I get hit and my engine flames out, the AI tends to disappear and will gradually turn gently until it crashes. It doesn't seem to happen when the engine outs without a fire involved. I saw a single link for a workaround online but the link is dead. Any advice from the veterans on here?

To clarify, a single engine burns and shuts off, three other engines running. I can easily fly it in manual mode but I can't do any other position unless I trim the plane juuuuuust right.

To clarify further: When an engine out occurs in which it catches fire, the AI seems to fail and refuse to input flight controls into the plane. While I can manually fly the plane and have control of all surfaces, the AI just won't fly it and it will gradually fall to the ground in the direction it is trimmed. Time skipping doesn't seem to work.

As far i rember you can lock out engine control for AI and unlock with move them. Just point on RPM handle of desired enginr and hit L key. Try experiment with it. I think some info about this is in patch read me.

for example:


Cowl Flaps needed more detail to allow players to balance Carburettor Air Temperature properly. Cowl Flaps are now operated on a percentage basis (tooltips will confirm) with the Left Mouse button opening them and the Right Mouse button closing them. Of all the engine instruments, cowl flaps alone cannot be used to hand an engine back to the AI. This is due to their dual Left and Right mouse button functionality. If you change the settings of a cowlflap manually, then AI control WILL still be locked out, but you will need to right click on any other control related to that engines performance in order to hand the engine back to the AI Due to graphical limitations cowlflaps set to 40% or less will appear closed and those set to 41% or more will appear open.

So you need unlock controls with right click. As soon you opetate engine control it locks from AI or if you hit L on it. unlock with right click