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Rotator/wing flexing

64 cheese99  6.2 years ago

Hello, fellow SimplePlanes addicts. I'm having a problem with implementing folding wings in an updated version of my Lockheed B-71 Mamba. When I roll, the wings do not flex at all, but they appear to flex up and down around the rotator up to 45 degrees depending on which direction I am pitching. If I take away the rotator, there is no wing flexing. Anything I can do to fix this? I've tried increasing the damper multiplier, but I don't think that's the right way to go.

CLARIFICATION: I don't want the wings to move while the plane is in flight.

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    11.3k LiamW

    Damn. I can’t help then. That always works for me @cheese99

    6.2 years ago
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    @LiamW I tried that. Damper multiplier is 10,000 in the unlisted plane in the link above. Just tried increasing it to 1,000,000 with no effect.

    6.2 years ago
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    11.3k LiamW

    If you have overload, type in "damperMultiplier" and increase the value by 10x until it stops wobbling. Too much will slow it down @cheese99

    +1 6.2 years ago
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    @randomusername I am using structural wings, but the problem isn't really the wings themselves flexing--it's the connection to the rotator. These two photos show a good comparison of what happens when I pitch up while flying the plane without foldable wings at high speed (a newer version of the B-71 Mamba I already uploaded) versus when I pitch up using the plane with foldable wings (see link in question).

    6.2 years ago
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    @randomusername Oh sorry I meant I don't want the wings to move while the plane is in flight. The rotators are so I can fold the wings upward when the plane is on the ground, but the wings move up and down when I pitch, whereas they don't if they're just directly attached.

    6.2 years ago