Helicopter bouncing on the ground...

[The Sharpshooter 0]

Hi,

I have this heli, and when it is on the ground (i.e. when placed in the editor) it bounces a little but more than a normal heli. The same happens when it lands.

Could this be a problem with the Geometry LOD ?

Any clue what might be ?

[VXR 9]

did you add enoug mass to the geometry lod?

[The Sharpshooter 0]

And how much would be "enough" ?

[brsseb 0]

a few thousand, maybe like 5000-10000. experiemnt. also, try to shift the wheight around a little, experiment with the position of the center of gravity. try setting to lower, and more nearer the center of teh skids to make it sit stable

brsseb

[The Sharpshooter 0]

Thanks to both fo you. Especially brsseb for his tutorials

After a lot of testing I arrived to the conclusion that it will always bounce, no matter what I do. I think it´s because of the positions of the helicopter´s landing gears that it will always bounce. And I cannot change them without making the model unrealistic.

[matyboy 0]

Hi

martin

I had a problem like that,playing around with a new model

in Geometry LOD remove the skids that you have.

and recheck centre of mass it should be some

were between the skids under the main rotor shaft.

that might stop the problem.

martin.......

[Guest BratZ]

Martin? Heyas

Helicopter class is most bouncy,from my experiments it needs enough mass to help the bounce

And moving/playing with Geometry like Martin said

And you also said that it bounces too much when placed with the editor.I was curious how high from the centerline you placed your model in O2?

[brsseb 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (BratZ @ Feb. 11 2003,22:20)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Martin? Heyas

Helicopter class is most bouncy,from my experiments it needs enough mass to help the bounce

And moving/playing with Geometry like Martin said

And you also said that it bounces too much when placed with the editor.I was curious how high from the centerline you placed your model in O2?<span id='postcolor'>

The centerline is irrelevant for moving objects, because we have a landcontact lod. So why should this matter?

[Guest BratZ]

Dunno he said it bounces when he placed using the editor,for that matter than why would it matter if he placed it with the editor or spawned one ,dunno?

I've played with helicopter class using it as a turret.If it has no mass,it will fly away upon bumping it,if you weigh it down enough,it wont move

[TYsiEK 0]

You must make a ONE VERTEX gear ( i mean one vertex for PRAVY KOLO selection name) in land contact area. One gear couldn't be as a model. It should be as a one vertex. If you make this then it will works.

Sorry for my bad English