I made a little flying wing design. I was aware of the several yaw problems this design has, and managed do handle them. However, pitch control is a bit weird. In aviation forums (like aviation.stackexchange), people say that in order for a flying wing to pitch up, control surfaces at the back is the wing must go up, just like elevons in a normal plane. My plane works backwards. What is going on? I mean, it flies, but I was curious as to why this happens.
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1,341 CaveatEmperor+1 5.2 years ago
I have a similar "issue" I think mine is design. But check out the gif. The flaps go down (ie I'm pitching down), but the craft pitches up.
https://www.simplerockets.com/c/3uXdjx/Chile-Jet-Strange-Physics-Pitch-Problems
My problem might be the location and rotation of the wing compared to the center of mass.
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5.2 years ago
Well, just uploaded the craft under the name "Flying wing". It's really simple, but it's bugging me out.
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Yeah either this is a bug in the physics engine or some complicated aerodynamic artifact that we don't understand. Glad to see I'm not the only one to have this issue.