Profile image

Plane keeps flipping backwards

2 TheSpaceViking  4.4 years ago

My plane keeps flipping so that the back is pointing forward. The center of lift and mass are close together but can they cause a problem if they are too far to the back of the aircraft?

  • Log in to leave a comment
  • Profile image

    Yay. Glad you worked out the problem. :) @TheSpaceViking

    4.4 years ago
  • Profile image

    @jamesPLANESii I figured it out (I think). There was a larger amount of drag on the front of the aircraft than on the back. I’ve had this problem when I designed rockets in simple rockets 2. I added some more stuff to the back of the plane and it now flies fine.

    4.4 years ago
  • Profile image
    44.3k rexzion

    git gud

    +1 4.4 years ago
  • Profile image

    Ok so here’s the situation.
    Imagine you’re going really slow, and are about to stall. What do you want to happen to the plane? Do you want it to:

    1. The nose to drop so when it breaks away you gain airspeed And the stall is recovered?
    2. Stay level, with the attitude of the stall getting even worse, causing it to be unrecoverable?
    3. The plane to pitch up even further causing a hyper, unrecoverable stall every time you pitch?

    The answer is obviously 1. So, noting that the lift force is the supporting force, going upward, and that the weight force is the force going downward, how do you reckon you’d make the nose go lower when you stall?

    4.4 years ago
  • Profile image

    You might want to read the in-game tutorials

    4.4 years ago
  • Profile image

    If you publish the plane I can take a look at it, this will usually happen if the center of mass is behind the center of lift.

    4.4 years ago