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improving pitch of a plane

929 Hugo1plays  7.9 years ago

is there a way to improve the pitch of my plane? its pretty much impossible to fly and i have no idea how to fix. i tried making the rear wings bigger and adding RCNS but nothing helps.

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    55.4k Beefy

    I support @AstleyIndustries.
    Along with his suggestions...

    1. Unless a replica, the elevator should be around 40-60% of the chord (wing length from front to back) if not using stabilators.

    2. The wing load should be 20 lbs/ft² at max. How to reduce it? If on finetuner tap on the Y slider so the wing moves 0.01. Then part mirror it. Repeat as desired, then mirror the whole plane. Look at my Étendard for reference.

    You should now have a very dank agile plane.

    7.9 years ago
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    1. Move the CoM and CoL around. A CoM further in front is more stable and a CoL further at back is more agile.
    2. Keep the wing loading low. Reduce weight of aircraft and increase wing area if possible
    7.9 years ago