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Plane is pitching down

152 lolry13  3.6 years ago

my planes is pitching down even if i roll upside down it still pitches down and the center of thrust is inline with the center of mass so what could the problem be?

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    152 lolry13

    http://www.simpleplanes.com/a/K98WV3/Aircraft

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    152 lolry13

    should i post the aircraft?
    @LieutenantSOT

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    152 lolry13

    @LieutenantSOT when it reaches high speeds on the ground the landing gears just get slammed to the ground

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    The CoL is the point the aircraft goes up from. If it is too far forwards, you spin out of control. If it is too far back, you would never take off (it would just push down on the front gear). You want it right nudged in the middle. And the CoM is the point the aircraft could be perfectly balanced on. You want it down, and ahead of the CoL. This makes it so it wants to go down, but it keeps going up anyways. Trim is what is used to fix it. NEVER use a gyroscope unless it is on a helicopter (even then... never use a gyroscope)

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    @lolry13 Hmm. Adding landing gear should fix it. You want the CoM slightly lower than the CoL

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    152 lolry13

    @LieutenantSOT heres a screenshot of the plane
    https://snipboard.io/bSILgB.jpg

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    You need at least one, and what do you mean by "pitching down?" Is it a slow, progressive pitch, or is it a "spin out of control and hope you don't die?"

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    And that's your problem. Do you have any drag points?

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    @lolry13 The center of thrust does not matter

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    152 lolry13

    @LieutenantSOT ok

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    @lolry13 you have to click "reply" to tag me, I didn't know you responded

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    152 lolry13

    https://snipboard.io/OyKv8C.jpg
    this is the center of lift mass and thrust

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    152 lolry13

    @edensk the only thing thats really sticking out is the cockpit and i have already disabled mass and dragscale using xml but it still happens

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    @lolry13 ![](link image)

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    16.5k edensk

    if by pitching down you mean relative to the aircraft it could probably be drag if you have something big sticking out, but if it's relative to the ground then it's just how planes work

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    152 lolry13

    how do i post a screenshot?

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    152 lolry13

    ok

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    I'll try to help my best though!

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    Put a screenshot here. An explanation isn't enough.

    It is likely your CoL, not the CoT

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