Im new on the enhanced edition of ksp i was wondering if i can get some tips for building planes.

[James Kerman 2011]

im new to ksp {EE]   and im kinda bad at planes i was wondering if i can get some tips?

[Vanamonde]

Howdy. Your question has been moved to the Gameplay sub. 

As for tips, there's a very long list of finicky little details that make KSP planes work or not. Rather than try to write them all out, how about you describe the specific problem you're having? 

[king of nowhere]

general pointers for planes include putting the center of lift slightly behind the center of mass, making sure it doesn't change too badly when you empty the fuel tanks, having more drag in the tail than in the front, and putting control surfaces away from the center of mass

[Bej Kerman]

2 hours ago, king of nowhere said:

putting the center of lift slightly behind the center of mass

Adjust the wings until so

2 hours ago, king of nowhere said:

making sure it doesn't change too badly when you empty the fuel tanks

Good luck with that. Might help to put fuel at the front and back. If someone can figure out a good way of figuring this out more consistently, @ me.

2 hours ago, king of nowhere said:

having more drag in the tail than in the front

?

If you mean for landing, heighten the friction on the back wheels.

2 hours ago, king of nowhere said:

and putting control surfaces away from the center of mass

 

 

 

I only realise now you were guiding them and not asking how to do all of this. Oops. Some help on balancing fuel better could be nice though.

[James Kerman 2011]

20 hours ago, Vanamonde said:

Howdy. Your question has been moved to the Gameplay sub. 

As for tips, there's a very long list of finicky little details that make KSP planes work or not. Rather than try to write them all out, how about you describe the specific problem you're having? 

my planes have the right center of mass and lift  but dont fly

 

[James Kerman 2011]

20 hours ago, Vanamonde said:

 

i was thinking that it was the parts im using but thanks for the Help!

[king of nowhere]

1 hour ago, James Kerman 2011 said:

my planes have the right center of mass and lift  but dont fly

 

ok, let's see more things that could be wrong.

- if the wings are perfectly parallel to the ground, they do not generate lift. you either have to angle them a bit (angle of attack), or put the front wheel higher above the ground than the rear wheels, so that the nose is pointing up on the runway.

- then you need the elevons to control pitch; at liftoff, you use them to point your nose up, and with enough lift you take off.

- of course, you need the proper amount of wing area, but it's easier to err on too much wings there, so it's unlikely to be your issue.

 

finally, if none of that works, try to post a few pictures and we may figure out the problems.

Really, this goes for all advice related to this game. there are so many things that could be going wrong, without clear data on your vehicle we can only list the most common ones. If it could be reduced to "tell me how to make a plane" "take part A, connect it to B and then put C in the bottom", then this would be a dumb game not worth playing.

[James Kerman 2011]

14 hours ago, king of nowhere said:

ok, let's see more things that could be wrong.

- if the wings are perfectly parallel to the ground, they do not generate lift. you either have to angle them a bit (angle of attack), or put the front wheel higher above the ground than the rear wheels, so that the nose is pointing up on the runway.

- then you need the elevons to control pitch; at liftoff, you use them to point your nose up, and with enough lift you take off.

- of course, you need the proper amount of wing area, but it's easier to err on too much wings there, so it's unlikely to be your issue.

 

finally, if none of that works, try to post a few pictures and we may figure out the problems.

Really, this goes for all advice related to this game. there are so many things that could be going wrong, without clear data on your vehicle we can only list the most common ones. If it could be reduced to "tell me how to make a plane" "take part A, connect it to B and then put C in the bottom", then this would be a dumb game not worth playing.

Ok that worked thanks for the help!