> Surely that's an approximation, no? A rigid body's response to a > (force + torque) moment has 7 degrees of freedom (one value for mass, > and a 6DOF inertia tensor). A single offset doesn't have enough > complexity to capture that behavior. > > Andy
The rigid body response to a force and torque can be in roll, pitch, yaw, and/or X, Y, Z translation. That's six DoF. How does the seventh degree come into play? Jon _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
