Buck Rogers
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I've worked with airfoils and "understand" (most of) the concepts behind it, but I'm breaking my head on a simple capsule!
So back to basics:
If I have a footbal (elipsoid) and spin it around it's Z axis the lift vector should remain constant.
This should also be easy to simulate in Orbiter.
So I make a football and give it simple symmetrical airfoils, but no matter what I do the lift vector spins around the Z axis, even though it has positive lift at all AOA?
Here is the data for Vesselbuilder
If anyone can tell me what airfoils I need (and what I'm missing) to simulate a spinning football (capsule) I'd be greatly relieved!

So back to basics:
If I have a footbal (elipsoid) and spin it around it's Z axis the lift vector should remain constant.
This should also be easy to simulate in Orbiter.
So I make a football and give it simple symmetrical airfoils, but no matter what I do the lift vector spins around the Z axis, even though it has positive lift at all AOA?
Here is the data for Vesselbuilder
Code:
EMPTY_MASS = 0.5
VSIZE = 1
PMI = 0.16 0.16 0.10
CSECTIONS = 1.17 1.17 0.78
GRAVITYGDAMP = 0
ROTDRAG = 0.01 0.01 0.01
;<-------------------------AIRFOILS DEFINITIONS------------------------->
AIRFOIL_0_ID = 0
AIRFOIL_0_NAME = V_Airfoil_0
AIRFOIL_0_ORIENTATION = 0
AIRFOIL_0_REF = 0 0 0
AIRFOIL_0_C = 1.5
AIRFOIL_0_S = 1.1775
AIRFOIL_0_A = 1
AIRFOIL_0_POINT_0_AOA = -180
AIRFOIL_0_POINT_0_CL = 0.5
AIRFOIL_0_POINT_0_CM = 0
AIRFOIL_0_POINT_1_AOA = -90
AIRFOIL_0_POINT_1_CL = 1
AIRFOIL_0_POINT_1_CM = 0
AIRFOIL_0_POINT_2_AOA = 0
AIRFOIL_0_POINT_2_CL = 0.5
AIRFOIL_0_POINT_2_CM = 0
AIRFOIL_0_POINT_3_AOA = 90
AIRFOIL_0_POINT_3_CL = 1
AIRFOIL_0_POINT_3_CM = 0
AIRFOIL_0_POINT_4_AOA = 180
AIRFOIL_0_POINT_4_CL = 0.5
AIRFOIL_0_POINT_4_CM = 0
AIRFOIL_1_ID = 1
AIRFOIL_1_NAME = H_Airfoil_1
AIRFOIL_1_ORIENTATION = 1
AIRFOIL_1_REF = 0 0 0
AIRFOIL_1_C = 1.5
AIRFOIL_1_S = 1.1775
AIRFOIL_1_A = 1
AIRFOIL_1_POINT_0_AOA = -180
AIRFOIL_1_POINT_0_CL = 0.5
AIRFOIL_1_POINT_0_CM = 0
AIRFOIL_1_POINT_1_AOA = -90
AIRFOIL_1_POINT_1_CL = 1
AIRFOIL_1_POINT_1_CM = 0
AIRFOIL_1_POINT_2_AOA = 0
AIRFOIL_1_POINT_2_CL = 0.5
AIRFOIL_1_POINT_2_CM = 0
AIRFOIL_1_POINT_3_AOA = 90
AIRFOIL_1_POINT_3_CL = 1
AIRFOIL_1_POINT_3_CM = 0
AIRFOIL_1_POINT_4_AOA = 180
AIRFOIL_1_POINT_4_CL = 0.5
AIRFOIL_1_POINT_4_CM = 0
