How to keep the DC-3 at a flying altitude?

I use the improvement mod on PC and don’t have much trouble, but it may have tweaked the flight model somewhat. I normally fly with vintage avionics, so only the gyropilot, which is generally good enough unless it’s really bad weather.

Flew in a DC3 (as passenger) a few months back and it was definitely bumpy. One person vomited and I felt a bit queezy to start off.