Allow players to set the order in which fuel tanks are drained, allowing for tanks near the base of the rocket to be done last centering the mass there.
Since this suggestion contains multiple ideas, I have cut it down to a single suggestion. The remaining elements of the suggestion are no longer valid or have already been implemented, so this is the last remaining part.
Original idea text is here.
I think this could work, or a 'fuel line' or 'fuel pump' part which you could set in forward or reverse directions, allowing you to chose which tank drains.
only implicit equilibrium solutions exist assuming the angle isn't arbitrarily small, it is an equilibrium system though.
The set up:
Have a rocket body of diameter D with the center of mass being located on one end and the center of lift being located some distance, l, from the center of mass. theta is the angle between the velocity vector off the center of mass and the vector going from the center of lift to the center of mass. With this set up the angular acceleration of the rocket towards these two vectors lining up is given by:
a = -p(x)(v^2)C_dDl*tan(theta) / m
where m is mass, v is the magnitude of velocity, p(x) is the air pressure at the rocket's altitude, and C_d is the coefficient of drag of a cylinder.
@Rexy yes I know, I ping him so he can take it out of the list of Active suggestions and mark it as solved