[A-10 Warthog]

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So here is my stock replica of the A-10 Warthog, it is not all the way finished due to it being made in science mode and I am lacking some of the necessary tech. I am hoping to use it as a means of delivering small science probes to various locations on Kerbal accurately. Currently it flies, but it can be rather unstable and prone going into a stall followed by a flat spin. Is there any tweaks I can make to my design to make it more stable in flight (after adding retractable landing gear)?

 

[Can't take off]

[Can't take off]

So for what ever reason I keep encountering a rotational torque being applied to my starting tech jet planes on take off, despite the fact they are perfectly symmetrical in design and are a based on a generic leer jet profile. Large swept wings in front, smaller elevators in on the tail, vertical tail fin, and two small engines located above the elevators, yet some how I am getting some torque being generated, causing the plane to yaw hard to one side or another. My COM is in front of the center of lift and my center of thrust is behind that. Regardless if SAS is on or off and the steering is locked or not, I can't correct the random yaw. What am doing wrong?

[Atmosphere deployment]

Oh, ok. I would have thought the the chute deploying within the cargo hold would have caused the chute to be damaged.  

[Atmosphere deployment]

So I have been play for a while now and have recently been experimenting with deploying a rover out the back of a cargo plane. I have run into a hitch though. How do I deploy the rover, then the parachutes, then regain control of the plane. When I set control to the rover, I can do the first two tasks, but then I can't regain control of the plane. Any one have any ideas on how to get past this?