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This is a link post Did it fly??? I made this!
the answer is...well....kind of.
(I helped save b3ta! Hummel Who died and made you....oh wait...., Sun 26 Sep 2021, 21:48, , Reply)
This is a normal post Tail heavy is one way to express it.
The centre of mass needs to be at the tip of the nose to compensate for the centre of lift (really the centre of drag in this case) being positioned so far forward. I guess the engines on the real thing weighed a tonne.

I think for this to work you need to increase the thrust to weight ratio enough that it could take off vertically. Maybe even using gimbling rotors, if they are a thing.

In lieu of a wind tunnel, a thread, attached to a pin stuck to the ceiling, attached to the aircraft (I guess at its centre of mass), would let you do a more controlled flight test, albeit round and round in circles.
 (I helped save b3ta! brb homonecrobatrachophile, Sun 26 Sep 2021, 22:46, , Reply)
This is a normal post Getting a lot of great advice right now, thank you !
i will be starting the 1/24 build next week, this one will have brushless 6500kv motors and enough space to put all the electronics and battery in the nose. Servos for ailerons, flaps etc will easily fit into the wings.
 (I helped save b3ta! Hummel Who died and made you....oh wait...., Sun 26 Sep 2021, 23:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post The motors you are planning to use are far to high kv for a winged aeroplane
(Too high, FFS) They have to go very fast to generate power (e.g. 11.1 v x 6500 = 72,000 rpm), you need lower kv with a wider diameter if you are going brushless, so they generate the torque needed to effectively drive some suitably matched props. High kv are for small quadcopters.
 (I helped save b3ta! Varmint, Mon 27 Sep 2021, 11:03, , Reply)
This is a normal post I will have to do more research!
and get "more power, make brick fly" out of my head! :)
 (I helped save b3ta! Hummel Who died and made you....oh wait...., Mon 27 Sep 2021, 13:21, , Reply)
This is a normal post I think there used to be a quote related to cars
along the lines of "Power sells, torque wins".
 (I helped save b3ta! Varmint, Mon 27 Sep 2021, 17:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post As long as the power is expressed as thrust and not as twisting the plane to pieces
'more power, make brick fly' is about right. The way I see it you're dragging a plane shaped brick behind your engines. I'm not sure how useful the flaps could be, especially at slow speeds, hence my preference for thrust vectoring.
 (I helped save b3ta! brb homonecrobatrachophile, Mon 27 Sep 2021, 19:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post That was a lot of fun.
As is being said above, I always err on the side of being nose heavy. You're much more likely to be able to recover a plane going nose down at 45 degrees over one that's just done a backflip.
But then I only know this from Kerbal, so real-world applications may vary.
 (I helped save b3ta! VicJameson : fucking internet virgins since, Mon 27 Sep 2021, 14:10, , Reply)
This is a normal post A Kerbal strength reaction wheel in the nose would fix everything.

(I helped save b3ta! brb homonecrobatrachophile, Mon 27 Sep 2021, 19:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post That’s not flying,
That’s falling with style.

Great fun though. A boyhood dream made real.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Tue 28 Sep 2021, 9:47, , Reply)
This is a normal post I've heard it said that even a literal brick
could be made to fly if given enough thrust, control surfaces, and a suitable angle of attack.

It will fly, just needs a bit more work ;)
 (I helped save b3ta! My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Tue 28 Sep 2021, 18:20, , Reply)