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Mojomatrix
12-31-2006, 10:52 AM
Hi group

Just ran accross an interesting aerospace concept (http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/aerodynamics/q0130.shtml)and was wondering if it would be possible to simulate it without dynamics...Tough math but an amamzingly cool concept !

Per-Anders
12-31-2006, 04:10 PM
you would have to get the ground height value (constrain a null to a groundplane of some sort?), add a child null to that null and move it up as high as you wanted your aircraft to be, then add a spring constraint to your aircraft to that null, the result should be something looking a bit like this effect.

jabbermacy
12-31-2006, 07:57 PM
It's more than a concept - the Russians have working full scale aircraft - gotta love the Discovery channel! (ps. this is for over-sea, ground is FAR too irregular... plus all the telephone poles and cows LOL ;)

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