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Pete Hawk Pilot	posted 01-16- 11:55 AM I've just spent several hours working on the Tailhook thing. I copied the hook from the Zero (since it had the nice objBodyPts already) and put it on my F-14. I gave it two dofs, one for retract/extend, and one for spring. I've come to find out that whenever I type in the springs properties the game crashes upon loading of a mission. The plane starts on the ground and then instant lockup. I've tried many different spring settings... (dofSpring 500000 dofDamp 5000 dofBreak 20) and the dof has been tried running the length of the hook, running forward from the throat of the hook, etc). For a short time I had it so it was very strong and would actually bend (not break), but it never seemed to slow my plane down. Well, upon more trial I lost the good settings and now, as soon as the hook hits the ground it explodes off (the hook that is) and the explosion takes the stabilators (horz stabs) with it. Has anyone found the key to a really good working hook yet? Hitting the ground is a good start (on the Zero) but we need more now. Danka [This message has been edited by Pete Hawk (edited 01-16-2000).] IP: Logged
mposis Pilot	posted 01-16- 04:23 PM I still can't get it to work. I am also using 2 dofs. One for retraction and one for spring. It still doesn't catch the wire correctly. IP: Logged
Tailslide Pilot	posted 01-16- 05:53 PM Just the programmer in me speculating, but since the simulation updates 20 times a second, and the hook is moving so fast that it jumps from one side of the wire to the next between simulation frames, would it still detect it? Maybe testing with a big fat wide carrier wire would help. TS [This message has been edited by Tailslide (edited 01-16-2000).] IP: Logged
Whirlwind Pilot	posted 01-17- 12:58 PM Or 3 or 4 wires... IP: Logged
Pete Hawk Pilot	posted 01-17- 02:11 PM I've about given up trying. I think this needs some Michael H. intervention to make it work IP: Logged
FarmerJoe Pilot	posted 01-19- 01:00 AM Okay yall listen up... You have 3 dofs for the hook in actuality...one controls the extend and retract the second is on the hook itself and when i mean on the hook itself, the hook needs to be attached to a little iddy biddy piece that rotates and the hook stays with it kinda like a gear piston...ah ha your sayin but anyways the second dof controls the rotation in reverse from the current extended position so if you have it min 45 max 90 then the third dof'd read somein like min -45 max -90 dependin on the axis of the dof and origin and so forth and then make a spring for oooo say about dofSpring 15 on the third dof of course =) badda bing is that how you Canadians say it? take'd easy now gonna grab a beer FarmerJoe [This message has been edited by FarmerJoe (edited 01-19-2000).] IP: Logged

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