PitchAngle
The angle in degrees an aircraft drops its nose by while it is flying fast enough.
- Applies to
- AircraftTypeBuildingTypeInfantryTypeUnitType
- File
rules.ini- Section
[<ObjectType ID>]- Value
- floating point
- When omitted
20
The value is written in degrees and converted to radians as it is read. Only the fly locomotor consults it, and for anything but a dropship only while the aircraft is off the ground.
An ordinary aircraft holds this nose-down attitude for as long as its throttle is above PitchSpeed, and levels off below that. A HunterSeeker=yes type is excluded from the nose-down and always flies level. An aircraft that has been rocked by a nearby jolt adds the angle on top of whatever the jolt is doing to it.
An IsDropship=yes type ignores that rule entirely and treats the figure as a ceiling instead: it tips over gradually as it comes in to land, reaching the full angle four tenths of the way through its SlowdownDistance, and once down it levels off again at 0.02 radians per frame.