Reversed Control Surfaces

[beached]

If I understand this right, control surfaces which are behind the center of mass should pitch like this _/ to push the tail down, helping the nose go up. And when you want the nose to go down, it should pitch like this ¯\ to push the tail up. Usually they do that. For some reason, if you attach it to a wing whose "placement point" is in front of the center of mass, the control surface is treated as being in front of the center of mass as well, i.e. it functions like a canard should. In stock KSP, this seems to just be a visual thing that doesn't have any actual affect on "aerodynamics", because my stock A-10 Warthogish plane flew perfectly, despite the odd control surface behavior. Recently, though, I've started using NEAR, and now because of the realistic aerodynamics, these reversed control surfaces are ruining me. It basically means the lift provided by my tail is completely overridden by the incorrect lift from my main wings, when the main wings should be assisting the tail.

[vexx32]

This is a known bug. I think you might possibly be able to work around it by using the WASDQE keys to rotate any control surfaces that are going to go in front of the CoM before you place them.

[ferram4]

This is why you use tweakables to prevent control surfaces from acting on certain axes where they will not help.

However, if they are deflecting in a certain direction, it is because they are in fact helping the plane to orient itself in the direction you have chosen. The control surfaces are behind the CoM, and are deflecting as if they are behind the CoM, and are deflecting to push the nose of the plane up. If they deflected in the opposite direction they would hinder the pitching motion of the plane, which is what you are actually controlling.