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[LoSboccacc]

Tail parachutes don't work in stock.

It seems they do now, they cut at speed 0 not touchdown

[Sean Mirrsen]

Tail parachutes don't work in stock.

I do believe you never tried.

[Rose]

I tried in an older version. I don't have the new version yet.

[da_nang]

Yeah, I was down at about 30% throttle or below. Like I said, the actual touchdown was fine, it was the braking that left something to be desired. A tail parachute would helped, I suppose though I worry that it would have unanticipated forces causing the plane to jerk off-axis.

I'd imagine the problem was at least one of the wheels not touching the ground when braking. Unbalanced forces create torque.

Solution is to either go for a parachute or aerobrakes. Alternatively, land on flat land.

[Sean Mirrsen]

The airbrakes work wonderfully for landing. They work wonderfully for reentry as well, as they're far less likely to burn off than parachutes now.

[Guardian G.I.]

KSP 1.0 MLG montage from CamTroid, perfectly showcasing the game's features.

[LoSboccacc]

The airbrakes work wonderfully for landing. They work wonderfully for reentry as well, as they're far less likely to burn off than parachutes now.

what if you put them at an angle and start spinning? they should work beautifully as propeller, since they give so much lift

[IronTomato]

CoL BEHIND CoM

Your wingdick should buttsex your fatball.

I already know that, I'm trying to say that it flipped anyway no matter what I did.

[Mini]

Post your design, so we can actually see what the problem might be.

[SkyMarshal]

Goddammit.  I was doing an extended survey of Minmus... and was trying to make sure my antenna had finished transmitting some crew reports I had queued.  I accidentally hit "Transmit Data"... whereupon it grabbed EVERY SCRAP OF SCIENCE (including materials studies, surface samples, and the like) and when I told it, in a panic, to stop transmitting, the shitload of science it stole got eaten.  That was 1000+ science nommed by an antenna

[puke]

Haha, most realistic simulation in the game.  Enterprise software UX fuckups.

[RedKing]

Yeah, I was down at about 30% throttle or below. Like I said, the actual touchdown was fine, it was the braking that left something to be desired. A tail parachute would helped, I suppose though I worry that it would have unanticipated forces causing the plane to jerk off-axis.

I'd imagine the problem was at least one of the wheels not touching the ground when braking. Unbalanced forces create torque.

Solution is to either go for a parachute or aerobrakes. Alternatively, land on flat land.

Yes, you might as well have added "Try not crashing." 

I had parachutes on the fuselage, but I was trying my hand at an actual landing.

[Shadowlord]

"Try not to die!  "

[jocan2003]

CoL BEHIND CoM

Your wingdick should buttsex your fatball.

I already know that, I'm trying to say that it flipped anyway no matter what I did.

Fuel burnup will move the CoM most likely backward during flight, too much drag in the front end of the craft for the amount of thrust povided? those are the most likely problem you are encountering. I remember using tacfuel? wich allowed me to modify the fuel flow easily, if my front tank were the first to empty up i could set tacfuel to auto move all fuel from everywhere back to the first one, or keep ALL fuel tank balanced at all time stuff like that.

[Greiger]

Don't jet engines take fuel from all available tanks evenly in vanilla now?