[ODE] Damping

[david@csworkbench.com]

Right, but he was talking about applying the force at a different location
than the center of mass, to invoke a torque, not varying the amount of
force due to the cross-sectional area.... unless I just totally
misunderstood him.

> On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 04:37:45PM -0600, david@csworkbench.com wrote:
>>
>> Do any of the geometric primitives in ODE have a separate
>> cross-sectional and physical center?  I don't think so, since they're
>> all symmetric along all 3 axes.  Might be worth pointing out if I'm
>> not mistaken.
>
> A rectangular body would have a different air resistance wouldn't it?
> Swinging it along the long axis would be more arrow dynamic than the
                                                :)
> shorter axis.  Less surface area.
>
> Ted
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