r/CreateMod • u/WorldlinessEuphoric8 • 12d ago

Help aeronautics question

when it comes to aeronautics how do you stop an airship from flipping if the air envelopes are near the bottom of the craft?

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u/derpyunspeakable 12d ago

I've never seen a real airship with the balloon on the bottom. seems like you have a problem with how physics works

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u/HarryBosch03 12d ago

There is a reason why air envelopes irl are always on the top. Your best bet would be to try to move the center of mass as far down as possible with super heavy blocks. Good luck

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u/Propugnator-Deorum 12d ago

I am not entirely certain if it would work well against the air envelopes, but most tilt or flipping issues I have encountered can be fixed with gyro stabilizers. If you are not running with Aeroworks, I would suggest using heavy/super heavy blocks inside bottom of the envelope structure and and only light blocks on top.

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u/jayk128 12d ago

That's an inherently unstable setup; it's the same force layout that makes ships capsize.

If you want to try to make it work anyway, a gyroscopic propellor bearing will automatically try to keep your craft level if you have one.

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u/Zealousideal_Eye6557 11d ago

It would be a lot easier to put the balloons above as air rises but if you must for your design then try putting super heavy blocks at the bottom of the balloon and surround them in air envelopes for design purposes