Space plane wing area and hard to rotate

[Hatsune]

My CG and CL are close together, I have 120 ton takeoff weight+23 wing area. I have two regular elevons+1 standard canard on each side. My space plane flies well, but I am having a hard time rotating it. Is it because my landing gear is too far back, not enough pitch control surfaces, or I don't have enough lift?

[Admiral Fluffy]

Pictures would help.

[Wizard Kerbal]

This could be many issues, but in your case it’s likely too few control surfaces/too little lift.

Images of the craft always help!

[Hatsune]

5 minutes ago, Admiral Fluffy said:

Pictures would help.

How to I insert picture?

[Vanamonde]

Thread moved to Gameplay questions, where hopefully pictures will be forthcoming shortly. 

[Hatsune]

Just now, Vanamonde said:

Thread moved to Gameplay questions, where hopefully pictures will be forthcoming shortly. 

I am trying to put picture, but I don't see an option to do so

[Scarecrow71]

Just now, Hatsune said:

I am trying to put picture, but I don't see an option to do so

Upload the image to your hosting site of choice (Imgur is a good one), then copy the link from there and paste it into your message here.

[Hatsune]

Posted, I figured that out.

Edited March 10, 2022 by Hatsune

[Hatsune]

[18Watt]

• Landing gear looks to be in a good location, but try moving it forward if you can.
• Move the canard pitch surfaces farther forward, closer to the nose.
• The elevators should be larger, and mounting them farther aft would also help.  For a plane that size I would use the Big-S elevators.

Edited March 10, 2022 by 18Watt

[KerikBalm]

You seem to have zero AoA, meaning that your wings are producing no lift on the runway. That will make it very hard to lift the nose up with just the force from the elevons.

Try using the offset tool to raise/lower landing gear as appropriate to that your nose points up a bit when on the runway. Also consider just giving your wings some incidence,