John Gaquin writes:

Well, in the category of "beyond that", in light aircraft the rapid
altitude loss is usually preceded and/or accompanied by an abrupt pitch
down. One caveat: there may be some newer light craft designs that don't
pitch too abruptly. I don't know about that. But in the great bulk of
light aircraft, such as the Baron you were discussing, there will be a nose
drop. I don't think you're dealing with a major design flaw in your sim
program, perhaps just a question of degree or intensity.

As long as the sim is faithful to the real aircraft, I'll deal with
it. I just want to make sure that it's not a sim artifact, as I don't
want to build bad habits based on errors in simulation, just in case I
ever actually do have an occasion to pilot a real aircraft.

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