[Flightgear-devel] Re: Helicopter Animations

2004-04-28 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Jim Wilson -- Wednesday 28 April 2004 06:17: Probably the blades are doing a lot more than just spinning around the hub. Yes, indeed. Each blade consists of 5 segments which are animated in a way to make the blade appear bended (flap angle). Then each of these is rotated according to the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Helicopter Animations

2004-04-28 Thread Chris Horler
* Jim Wilson -- Wednesday 28 April 2004 06:17: Probably the blades are doing a lot more than just spinning around the hub. Indeed (I knew this), but for a slave machine and potentially multiplayer I do not believe it is sensible to do any more than get the propeller spinning and when it