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Leaning plane

26.1k TheGuyYouMightKnow  7.3 years ago

Anyone know why planes lean? My current project is perfectly symmetrical and all weight is centered yet while take off it turns to the right and once in the air it leans to right. I've concluded that the problem is in the rudder, when I remove the entire vertical stabilizer it turns to the left on take off but to the right when in the air. Anyone got an explanation for this? (it's a jet btw so it can't be torque)

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    @ChiChiWerx problems already solved

    7.3 years ago
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    30.3k ChiChiWerx
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    46.7k JMicah4

    well, 2 things, one SimplePlanes is very weird
    two it may be that you have a duplicated wing somewhere

    7.3 years ago
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    BTW it's to do with the connection points of the wings.

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    @BogdanX You'll explain it better than me.

    7.3 years ago
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    Actually, if you look, someone posted this SAME problem earlier today and got a link to the fix. Here, read this https://www.simpleplanes.com/Forums/View/592887/Solving-the-Induced-Roll-Problem-on-Complex-Builds

    7.3 years ago
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    Does it always lean to the same direction when you pull up? If so, you've probably got issues with how your wing parts are connected. This comes up every couple days on here, try running a search, you should be able to find an in depth description.

    7.3 years ago
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    10.5k Xenotriver

    @TheGuyYouMightKnow did you put fuselage parts on wings? If yes, go into drag view and see if one wing doesn't cause more drag than other one.

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    Hmmm. Is it a replica or fictional? Adding a second stabilizer might help.

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    @RailfanEthan I'm aware of what the vertical stabilizer does, I removed it to see if it was the root of the problem. The CoM is centered and there are no misplaced blocks, it should be flying perfectly straight.

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    The vertical stablizer is what keeps the plane upright, so keep that. It might be that the weight is uneven, or a block is placed incorrectly.

    7.3 years ago