advanced stabilizing

[kevs014]

So I am building a rocket that pretty much carries a space plane into the atmosphere see link for picture.

I am having trouble stabalizing the thing. when i take off it emediatly flips upside down what are some options i can do? pictures or videos would be cool.

I am just trying to build a small one to see how it works.

Thanks, Kevin

http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/012/cache/space-shuttle-atlantis_1223_600x450.jpg

Edited September 26, 2013 by FEichinger
image url fix, please do not just copy a link that pipes through Google

[Sirine]

Just make sure the Purple line (Thrust) is at the center of the rocket.

[Kasuha]

Make sure the thrust vector goes as close as possible to the center of gravity of the rocket. And give the rocket enough torque/RCS to compensate for the rest of the error via SAS.

[Rage097]

The center of thrust must be aligned with the center of mass. Or if you like, use ALL the SAS

[Vlk]

But as the rocket will raise, and the fuel escapes from the orange tank, the center of mass will travel towards the spaceship. You have to calculate with that. One thing is for sure, you will need a lot of SAS. The sas modules should be close to eachother, and to the command module. But i guess most of them should be on the orange tank, as you will want to get rid of those later.

You can assign keys to your the thrusers too, and at a later stage, you can turn on some of the spaceship's thrusters, as the center of mass goes towards it.

In the atmosphere, wings can help too.