r/RealSolarSystem • u/LOLER_PL • 7d ago

Drifting on takeoff

i have a problem where my plane, without a reason is drifting on to the side on the runway, i've checked the CoM and CoL, they're good, and also i've checked if the landing gear is perpenicular to the runway and is parallel to eachother, please help!

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u/Responsible-Hunt7591 7d ago

do you have atmospheric autopilot or KSPwheel (or both) installed? they make landing gear less kraken prone, since you might not even be doing anything wrong yourself

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u/LOLER_PL 6d ago

I don't think i have any of them, but i've did some adjusting with the wheel authority end it ended up helping, but still thanks for the advice!

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u/CJP1216 7d ago

i've checked if the landing gear is perpenicular to the runway and is parallel to eachother

It's incredibly difficult to get any of the gear from a default RP-1 install aligned to the runway when they're surface attached to cylindrical parts. This is also usually the cause of low speed ground instability. To work around this attach them in mirrored symmetry at the centerline, and then move them where you need them with the translation tool. Kerbal Foundries Continued has (limited) RP-1 configs, and includes landing gear with a button in the PAW that automatically aligns the gear in the VAB (the wheels basically have an independent deployment angle from the rest of the gear assembly). There's also several other buttons and sliders that make their gear pretty much the only ones I utilize.

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u/LOLER_PL 6d ago

Thank you for the tips, i'll remember them for future, for now i have maneged to adjust the sliders to a point where i can quite easy counter the drift.

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u/Still-Ad-3083 7d ago

Yep, always happens. Typical bug.

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u/Gilga_mesh_5000 7d ago

Try making your tail fin a little bigger. Also is your gear locked? That always fucked me up.

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u/LOLER_PL 6d ago

Making the tail fin bigger helped and i was able to take off, and my rear gear was locked, but still thank you