centre of lift is fixed on the ground while building a chopper

[xendelaar]

I'm trying to build a chopper and I'm balancing out the centre of mass into the centre of lift. however, the centre of lift is wrongly shown on the ground. is there a way to get it on the proper location again? this current chopper is able to fly btw.

https://imgur.com/0sZeG1Y

https://imgur.com/0sZeG1Y

 

Edited April 25, 2020 by xendelaar
for some reason, i'm not able to display the imgur picture here. my bad

[Rhomphaia]

If you tilt the craft slightly in the VAB then the lift marker should go where it is supposed to.

Since airfoils in ksp are symmetrical the will provide no lift without incidence and the VAB is assuming that your craft is parralel to the airflow, pitching it up or down a bit will give the marker something to work with.

[xendelaar]

On 4/25/2020 at 2:45 PM, Rhomphaia said:

If you tilt the craft slightly in the VAB then the lift marker should go where it is supposed to.

Since airfoils in ksp are symmetrical the will provide no lift without incidence and the VAB is assuming that your craft is parralel to the airflow, pitching it up or down a bit will give the marker something to work with.

i tried this, but alas... it didn't work...

however, when I put the craft in the plane building, the Center of lift is displayed properly! So that's a quick workaround

[Vanamonde]

So this turned out to be a glitch? Glad it's fixed, and thread moved to support.