[ODE] helicopter simulator (was: to many joints...)

[Pawel S]

Hi Michael

I would like to go as far as it's in realtime possible. I even thought
about simulating air mass movement around the rotor discs (as when a
helicopter flies through smoke).

I think that approximating lift force from the whole disc area would be
enough, but taking into account the angles of the blades.

With regards
Pawel

> 
> I don't think I can help you with your actual problem, but simulating
> a helicopter is interesting, as i once thought about that, too. To
> what degree of realism do you want to simulate its behaviour? That
> is, do you want to generate lift by the rotating rotor blades? If
> yes, did you try that already with ODE?
> 
> Greets
> Michael
> 
> > I'm very interested in helicopters. I am developing a simulator of
> the
> > Bell 222 helicopter. This particular model has 3 retractable wheels.
> I
> > use hinges and sliders to realistically  model the wheels in my
> > simulator. I use 5 bodies, 5 hinges and a slider for every wheel.
> >
> > The problem is that the helicopter does not respond to the forces I
> > apply, but when I dont attach the joint to the bodies the helicopter
> > behaves as expected.
> >
> > I dont know what is wrong. Please help.
> >
> > Pawel
>


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