Orbital vehicle unpowered descent failed

[AlternNocturn]

Hey guys, so I\'ve been attempting to build an orbiter capable of unpowered descent like the Shuttles, but I\'ve hit a snag. The ship will refuse to pitch up once we get into denser atmospheres and I can no longer control it. The vehicle I used is shown below with a payload in between the two main fueltanks (design loosely inspired by WhiteOwl\'s AT-9). Any tips on how to stabilize its descent?

[NovaSilisko]

Vertical stabilizers, canards. Just two wings alone will make it nigh uncontrollable!

[SmiteZero]

I\'m going to take a guess and say that the Center of Lift in your design is rearwards of the Center of Gravity. You have a whole lotta wing at the back and no weight.

Try one or all of these things:

1. Remove a wing section from the rear.

2. Add more weight to the rear.

3. Add winglets to the nose.

And you need some vertical stabilisers somewhere to stop it flying like a fish.

[AlternNocturn]

Thanks for the replies! I\'ll try your suggestions. I was thinking of adding canards but I thought that would make it too unstable on liftoff as the whole design is meant for vertical ascent (two stages, I just removed the first stage to make it more presentable).