[ODE] [off-topic] Modelling aerodynamics

Russ Smith russ at q12.org
Sun Dec 8 16:36:02 2002


> 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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