On a plane with engines mounted above the wings, what must you do to counteract the flipping caused by the high center of thrust?
On a plane with engines mounted above the wings, what must you do to counteract the flipping caused by the high center of thrust?
@Samwise the best thought is to make your planes generate more lift at the front. Since your com should be ahead of your col in the first place, what @MisterMasada said is pretty much the same thing. Its counteracting the rotation of your plane, similar to having the com too far forward
@Samwise No problem.
@MisterMasada thanks for the advice, I will experiment with it
Well, I did a little bit of experimenting with one of my planes by ripping off the upper set of wings, and it seems to me that what may be the best course of action is to close the distance between the center of thrust and the center of mass. Don't take this as any sort of irrefutable science, just a tiny bit of experimenting, but I do hope it helps.