Space Engineers

Space Engineers

Aerodynamic Physics
ostlandr 4 Mar, 2024 @ 7:17pm
Aircraft nose drops under forward thrust
I have a VTOL craft. It has four lift fans, two large atmospheric thrusters for propulsion, and regular atmospheric thrusters for control. I'm trying to give it wings to make it more efficient on the LONG trip to the mountains for ice. (Survival mode.)

Center of lift is forward of the center of mass.

Drive thrusters are below the center of mass.

Problem is, when I am holding W, the nose keeps dropping. As soon as I let off the thrust, the nose pops back up.

I keep adding downforce on the tail and more lift at the front, but nothing works. Even put the tail on top of a "rudder" to give it more leverage, but no dice.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Note that this is the first and only aircraft I've built since I installed the mod.
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Erris 18 Mar, 2024 @ 2:39pm 
Could you please share the design of the craft for us to help figure out the issue? Screenshots at least, ideally a blueprint to the workshop
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