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Dry Center of Mass


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Just putting in my suggestion for a feature I would like to see added which is for an option to see dry and wet center of masses.

For rockets this usually isn't an issue, but for making stable aircraft and space planes that require keeping lift and mass close together for stability it is important. I have seen a lot of people make planes with lift and mass close together and initially stable to later find after burning some gas the aircraft becomes unstable and crashes due to a change in CoM. Having a tick box to see the dry CoM means you could place fuel tanks and adjust their loads to try keep the movement of the CoM to a minimum which is vital to good aircraft design.

This feature could also be usefull for placing RCS thrusters as keeping them close to the CoM and understanding how it will change as fuel is burned.

Just my two cents but think it would be a valuable addition

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