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how to make flaps slower

15 SovietMalxer  9 months ago

How do i make flaps on wings deploy slower?

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    70.1k Monarchii

    @SovietMalxer if you want to see an example of flaps on control surfaces, i suggest seeing the variable tab on one of my [PEA] planes (⁠ ^ ~ ^⁠ ⁠)

    9 months ago
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    @Monarchii thank you so much i didnt know how to and i didnt read hpgb sorry but thank you so much for explaining it im making an airliner and i needed that info

    9 months ago
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    70.1k Monarchii

    like hpgb said, but since you asked i might as well explain...


    smooth function works by slowing down the rate/speed of the input, and it works like this:

    smooth(input,speed)

    that's it! so for example, if I were to do it for flaps, i would do it like: smooth(VTOL,0.3), and now let's talk about how to limit it...


    to limit an input, you would use the clamp function, how does it work?
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    firstly, let's establish how it would look like, which is: clamp(input,-x,x)
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    now let's say theoretically you have a rotator with a 180° rotation range..
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    by using clamp(VTOL,-0.2,0.1), you've basically limited the rotation to 36° to one side(because 36° is 0.2 of 180°, the - sign is needed because its the opposite of positive), and 18°(because 18° is 0.1 of 180°), any questions?

    9 months ago
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    Try the smooth function

    +2 9 months ago