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Maneuverability

1,787 Cipher  8.7 years ago

Generally, I know thrust vectoring helps, low wings, low wing loading, anhedral etc, but how can I make my planes more maneuverable in general, like other tips? I'm sure I have been improving but its not enough. I can make very maneuverable planes, but they become much more unstable after a point!

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    27.8k bskngshrk

    Pull the center of mass closer to the center of lift. Decrease weight and minimize drag. Increase wing area. Flying wings are naturally maneuverable because of their huge wing area in comparison to their weight

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    1,787 Cipher

    @AviownCorp true!

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    56.2k AviownCorp

    @Cipher from my point of view, there is no good plane without good wings

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    1,787 Cipher

    I did some research, yes gonna look more on that @AviownCorp

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    56.2k AviownCorp

    concentrate on wings. study about airfoils

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    4,164 Glaceon

    Use my B-33 for inspirations, the thing maneuvers like a feather :3 (Intense sarcasm intended)

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    7,696 Halfstrike

    like he said low wing bearing (weight/surface area of plane per m^2) see my 48 boom 50 heavy bomber to see what i mean and bear in mind its about 250,000lb on mid full

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    Make them As light as possible

    8.7 years ago