Fuel flow in aircraft

[MrUberGr]

So, I built this large aircraft with 10 MK1 fuselages in a row in order to fly it as far away from the base as I could. The problem that has occured is that the front tanks will always empty first making the aircraft backside heavy, resulting in it to be harder to steer. I tried connecting the rear tanks to the front ones, with separate fuel lines, to try and burn the fuel away equally but that just won't happen. Any suggestions? Is this how it's supposed to be or am I doing something wrong?

[Sirine]

Download Here for the example

Due to the fuel line limit length....You might want to stack it to 5x2 rows, instead of 10x1 row.

[MrUberGr]

But then I won't have the length I want...

BTW, I messed up the answered/unanswered. Can it be changed now?

[Dr.Goodbytes]

You could also try the TAC Fuel Balancer mod. It has an option to balance all the tanks so your center of mass will not change as your fuel is consumed. http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/tac-fuel-balancer-v1-0/

[Johnno]

That's how the fuel logic is supposed to work, yes.

As for suggestions, if you insist on keeping the design then you can add extra mass or wings in the appropriate spots with decouplers and shed mass/lift when you burn off fuel. Alternatively you can transfer fuel inflight to the front tanks.

To transfer fuel alt-rightclick on one tank, then a second tank (the two tanks you want to transfer between).

[MrUberGr]

As for suggestions, if you insist on keeping the design then you can add extra mass or wings in the appropriate spots with decouplers and shed mass/lift when you burn off fuel.

When I take off the plane is pretty balanced and flies nicely. As I fly and the center of mass moves backwards then it becomes less controllable. If I added more that would mean I would start with an unbalanced aircraft and keep on going like that. It would work if I could pick up weight in flight ^^

This is the aircraft btw.

I think I'm gonna try the mod out

[Person012345]

When I take off the plane is pretty balanced and flies nicely. As I fly and the center of mass moves backwards then it becomes less controllable. If I added more that would mean I would start with an unbalanced aircraft and keep on going like that. It would work if I could pick up weight in flight ^^

This is the aircraft btw.

I think I'm gonna try the mod out

He means if you added mass on decouplers along the length of the plane. It will stay balanced (if a little heavier) at the beginning because at the start it has more mass equally distributed along the length of the plane. Then as you fly, you can decouple the mass from the rear as you need meaning that although there is more fuel in the back, it isn't heavier because you're shedding the added mass from it. Basically the plane starts off heavier but can be kept balanced as you use your fuel.

[Sirine]

Nice, beautiful plane. I like it.

I will put some ASAS to make it more control-able and less tail wings, so it won't shake.

This plane also can be SSTO (Single Stage To Orbit), if you replace your Air-Intake to ram-air-intake only.

FYI,

2 Ram x 1 Turbo Jet Engine 13km.

4 Ram x 1 Turbo Jet Engine 20km.

8 Ram x 1 Turbo Jet to 32km pre-orbit. (Orbit-able if you are flying fast enough).(with ASAS X4 or more.) due to more Ram=more drag.