COL indicator wonky with the big parts?

[AlexanderB]

Its my first time using the Mk3 parts, and I built a pretty generic (or plane-looking if you will, heh) aircraft. Flies just fine, as you'd expect of something that looks so very much like any regular plane.

However, the COL indicator in the SPH is really far back, usually that would mean the thing would be neigh impossible to get off the runway, but this plane works just fine.


I checked by removing the rear stabilizers and that returns the COL to about the back of the wings, but it (still) feels really off somehow.

Anyone else notice stuff like this? This is the first time I've had that I couldn't get the COL and COM close together on a plane.

[Boris-Barboris]

Looks like you have rotated aelerons and flaps relative to main wing plane. Make them parallel and you should get better result.

[AlexanderB]

It was.. weird before I even put on flaps, I meant more as in, why is the COL indicator so far backwards towards the rear control surfaces?

I guess I'll just live with it, as long as the COM doesn't move too much its all fine, I actually tried moving the wings backwards and forwards but both made it more difficult to fly.

[Rath]

When lifting surfaces are rotated to a direction other than forwards, they shift the COL massively.  This is useful to get balance on janky-COM planes, but it screws you up otherwisel