On February 18, 2005 08:02 am, Melchior FRANZ wrote: > I'll find out anyway. I can't stand people borrowing things from me and > returning them like *that*! > > http://members.aon.at/mfranz/exhibit_A.jpg > > m.
Yes, that's a very nice touch. =) On February 18, 2005 12:45 pm, Christian Mayer wrote: > This reminds me, that we don't have a nice crash simulation yet. (It > doesn't need to be realistic). > > We probably could do this, when an crash occures: > > 1) switch to external view (that should be easy) > 2) split up the scenegraph of the model and solve a simple motion > equation for the parts (so that they "bounce" on the ground - that needs > a heavy damping though) > 3) put a fireball in the middle > > The result isn't realistic but much "nicer" than the current approach > (it looks more like an arcade game though...) > > Step 1 and 2 shouldn't be too hard to do with the current code. > > CU, > Christian Every landing is basically a crash... or every crash is basically a landing. The two terms just differ in how much damage the aircraft received. ;-) In my opinion, it will be better in the long run to model fatigue instead. By modelling fatigue: * damages can be accumlated. For example, the aircraft can make 19 hard landings without incident, but has its landing gears break off in the 20th. * parts can still break off right away if enough force is applied, like what you've suggested in #2. For visualizations, different effects can be created for different materials contacting with some other material. For contacts with concrete or asphalt: rubber will create smoke, metal will create sparks, fuel tanks will create fireballs and black smoke, etc. Putting all the above into a fatigue-routine or a fatigue-class, we can make a call to it everytime the aircraft makes a contact with the ground. We can make a call to it every second, too. Afterall, aicrafts can disintegrate at any time. Ampere _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
