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Aero Model Changes for Part Orientation


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I have noticed that the center of lift does not behave the same for part orientation as it did pre-1.0, which is to be expected. My question is how does changing the part orientation affect lift and drag now? It used to be a wing's leading edge produced the same lift if facing forward as the normal orientation would. This appears to still be the case. What isn't clear is if the wing provides any lift if facing the edge forward. It seems to in the current model whereas it would not produce any in the old model. Does anyone know exactly how the lift force is calculated now? I'll give three examples that would illustrate what I mean.

1) Delta wing rotated 90 degrees so that the tip of the wing faces forward.

2) Mk2 fuselage rotated 90 degrees so that the width is vertical, the flat side facing down.

3) Mk2 fuselage rotated 90 degrees so that the width is horizontal, the flat edge facing forward.

I would expect that in case #1 the old style delta produces the same lift as if in its normal orientation while the heavy delta would produce some fraction of lift compared to normal orientation.

For case #2, I would expect that the fuselage would produce lift force perpendicular to the airstream and case #3 would not generate any lift although maybe it should.

Can anyone confirm or deny?

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