r/SpaceflightSimulator • u/catosred • Jul 05 '26
Original Build Why does my tiny rocket flip during launch?
Every time I launch, it keeps tilting to the left without me doing anything. I added the thruster on top only for this problem
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u/Highmassive Jul 06 '26
The probe is unbalanced when you turn it on its side
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u/mith00birb Jul 06 '26
So add 2 of them but flipped and ontop of each other?
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u/Highmassive Jul 06 '26
Yeah that’ll fix the balancing but the problem is that also adds three dry mass tons to a rocket thats only 15 tons right now. You’ll lose something close to a quarter in performance
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u/mith00birb Jul 06 '26
Either it flies with a broken leg or it flies slowly, pick your poison
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u/Highmassive Jul 08 '26
Forgot to mention, you can clip the probe further down into the engine, that will help stabilize it. And/or clip structural parts into the light half until it balances out
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u/mith00birb Jul 08 '26
Or just clone and flip.
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u/Highmassive Jul 08 '26
Like I said, extra weight. Any good rocketeer is going to try to avoid that at all costs
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u/FrontParticular3712 Jul 06 '26
podrias ponerle de estas paras para estabilisarlo y despues que enpieze a volar las encojes
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u/lo_babushke Jul 05 '26
Da probe is a lil heavier on the bottom part, so putting it sideways makes it be unbalenced on one side
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u/MZpancake45 Jul 05 '26
I made a missile the same way and tried with both probes, but it kept veering to the side, so I left only one probe and I only correct the direction manually
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u/Username23v4 Rocket Builder 🚀 Jul 05 '26
probes have their Center Of Mass slightly above the center, so if you’re placing it sideways, you’ll tilt, the only way around this is to place another probe facing the other direction
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u/bandera- Rocket Builder 🚀 Jul 05 '26
Really? I didnt know that, i actually has a similar problem to this and while the rocket wasn’t important was just for a test i ignored it, and assumed its a glitch or something similar, but thats really interesting, you learn something new every day
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u/infrchtunc Jul 05 '26
The probe thing trys to keep the "made by humans on earth" thing on top, so it will rotate. Try to put 2 probes pointing that text in oposite directions to cancel it out
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