[ODE] [off-topic] Modelling aerodynamics

[Henri Hakl]

> a common trick is to lower the center of gravity of the vehicle. many
> people even lower it below the chassis, and sometimes below the ground
> (!) ... on the one hand it doesn't exactly model the real world well,
> but on the other hand it works and it's easy.

hmmm... I don't have experience in this - but if you >want< the car to be
able to topple then its a problem for realism (if you just don't want it to
topple as readily as is usually the case).

----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ Smith" <russ@q12.org>
To: "Thomas Harte" <thomasharte@lycos.co.uk>
Cc: <ode@q12.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: [ODE] [off-topic] Modelling aerodynamics


>
>
> > I, like many before me, am seeing my ODE simulated vehicles flip
> > (think handbrake) and roll unrealistically often.
>
> a common trick is to lower the center of gravity of the vehicle. many
> people even lower it below the chassis, and sometimes below the ground
> (!) ... on the one hand it doesn't exactly model the real world well,
> but on the other hand it works and it's easy.
>
> russ.
>
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