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Tips for making seaplanes?

40.2k Awsomur  6.2 years ago

Title says it all. Anytime I try to do one, it dives into the water. I using props on the wings FYI.

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    @Awsomur Good luck!

    +1 6.2 years ago
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    40.2k Awsomur

    Not done yet.
    @F104Deathtrap

    6.2 years ago
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    @Awsomur Thats awesome, you got a link for it?

    6.2 years ago
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    40.2k Awsomur

    Nope.
    @F104Deathtrap

    6.2 years ago
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    @Awsomur No problems with it trying to nose down on you?

    6.2 years ago
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    40.2k Awsomur

    Made the wings larger in proportion to the plane.
    @F104Deathtrap

    6.2 years ago
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    @Awsomur Cool. How'd you do it?

    6.2 years ago
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    40.2k Awsomur

    Hold up: I just got it to work!
    @F104Deathtrap

    6.2 years ago
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    40.2k Awsomur

    Nope.
    @F104Deathtrap

    6.2 years ago
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    @Awsomur Any progress?

    6.2 years ago
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    18.5k alexchub1

    The same @Awsomur

    6.2 years ago
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    40.2k Awsomur

    Thanks!
    @ThePrototype

    6.2 years ago
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    16.4k ThePrototype

    Make sure COT is lined up with COM

    6.2 years ago
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    69.2k Chancey21

    Like this

    6.2 years ago
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    69.2k Chancey21

    Turn the float buoyancy up to like 1000000

    6.2 years ago
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    40.2k Awsomur

    Thanks!
    @F104Deathtrap

    6.2 years ago
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    6,257 FlexNoTape

    Maybe put more weight on the back

    6.2 years ago
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    6,257 FlexNoTape

    Unless it is a big big plane but still put floats on the bottom @Caveman999

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    6,257 FlexNoTape

    I know put floats on the bottom

    6.2 years ago
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    OK, so the short fix is use a gyro. The gyro will probably interfere with pitch, though.

    The long answer is that the reason your plane wants to nose-down is because the engines are too high. Seaplanes have to mount the engines up high, resulting in a center of thrust that pulls the nose downward (just like having an engine on only one wing would pull the plane in circles). The real-life solution for this problem is a big, strong tail that can pull the nose back up again. Check it out: Catalina, Hercules, Sunderland; they've all got HUGE elevators. Pulling up all the time is a pain, so another thing that can help is if you angle the horizontal tail downwards 1 or 2 degrees so that it constantly pulls the nose (or attach it to a VTOL rotor so you can adjust it as needed).

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    Um...
    sorry can't do nothing for ya XD

    6.2 years ago
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    40.2k Awsomur

    Thanks mates,
    @Aarons123 @WaffleCakes

    6.2 years ago
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    40.2k Awsomur

    Ok.
    @EpicPigsterGhost

    6.2 years ago
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    16.4k Aarons123

    Use a powerful gyro to stop the nose dives and make sure your plane has good pitch to pull out of the water

    6.2 years ago
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    19.6k WaffleCakes

    Try taking apart the one Jundroo made for you. See some things you didn't. Bah nana

    +1 6.2 years ago
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