NooB and Vehicle issues...

Hello everyone!

This is probably a noob question, but I've been working on making a Hover Bike. The basic idea is that, when the bike is close to the ground, it acts like a normal motorcycle, but, when the user pushes the button to lift, the vehicle goes buoyant and lifts into the air.

Getting the ground controls working was no problem. I found a great basic motorcycle script that's been working very well for me. Getting the vehicle off the ground hasn't been much of an issue either..

Here's the thing... I use llApplyImpulse for my vertical lift (my forward and backward accel too), and that gets me off the ground, but my vehicle's nose starts to lift into the air. When I start to decend, my nose drops, and in both cases, the nose never levels, and I can't figure out why!

Any suggestions?

On a side note...
Sometimes as I get off my vehicle, it falls into the ground. This is a pain in the ***. I have it set to shut off physical when I get off the vehicle, but it still falls! Any ideas?

Thanks everyone!!

Anyone, please? I'm sorry it was a poor choice of title. My creativity was burnt