smokeTH's avatar
*tests in kerbal space program* hm...well. Color me impressed. It actually flies. A bit crappy though:
1. no vertical tailwing to lean it and force nose on course. 
2. Wings are too small (not by the sweep but by the length along body) - you need to keep your engines on full throttle all the time to compensate for small lift. Also because of that - when you try doing battle turn (lean 90 degrees, pull up) it constantly results in stall. 
3. With only fuelbody being in front of pilot - center of lift matches center of mass, which is terrible because craft gonna be flipped all the time - prolonging that towards the nose partially negates the problem, BUT, still not enough distance between the two. 
Here are flight screenshots.
www.dropbox.com/sh/qhekgezz4p1…
Abiogenisis's avatar
I was thinking it could use the same system flying wings use to maintain a straight course, maybe split ailerons.
Abiogenisis's avatar
Interesting. Will slap a rudder on the next one :)
smokeTH's avatar
Can't do that - you need straight surface for such a thing. when you have multiple bodies providing points of air dispersion rather than one prolonged surface - it is more likely that craft nose will be turned left/right via incoming air stream.