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Help with funky trees for direction of travel alignment on tailess aircraft

20.7k JessaLeih  4.5 years ago

So I've recently uploaded a genuine tailess aircraft that uses airbrakes for yaw authority and preventing unwanted yaw behavior, it flies pretty well and it's very stable, but it often flies at a slight angle as if facing a crosswind due to lacking a stabilizer to weathervane it.

Is there a function that would make an aircraft align itself to it's direction of travel? Something that can be applied to control surfaces and rotators should also work on my brake arrangement.

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    20.7k JessaLeih

    @Flightsonic
    Thanks again, I made a successor that can align itself using brakes now https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/m7Ch4I/Raccoon-MK-12
    @TrislandianAlliance

    4.5 years ago
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    49.1k Flightsonic

    @CenturiVonKikie you could even do thrust differential for yaw stabilization, it gets a little complicated with engine spool up though

    4.5 years ago
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    20.7k JessaLeih

    @Flightsonic thanks so much, I didn't know it was referred to as AngleOfSlip, I'll try to implement that.
    @TrislandianAlliance it would definitely be very cool

    4.5 years ago
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    49.1k Flightsonic

    AngleOfSlip determines your angle in comparison to your heading on the yaw axis

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    That would be cool too, so it will be some sortof fly by wire system

    +1 4.5 years ago