Flying Saucer Type Flying Machine

[Zoraster Lunardi]

Hi all,

I am working on a Flying machine.

I set the buoyancy to neutral with: llSetBuoyancy(1.0);

Then I give the craft a push with: llApplyImpulse(llGetMass() * <2,0,0>, TRUE);

The craft starts moving as planned, but then starts to fall under the influence of Gravity.

I am flying very high as I am trying to fly above the ban lines.

Any ideas on how I might get the craft to retain the neutral buoyancy while it moves in some x – y direction?

My intent for the craft is for it to overcome gravity and move by impulse in  the physical mode.

 Thanks

Zor

[Rolig Loon]

If it is very massive, you may not be able to fight gravity successfully.  Do everything you can to remove mass.  Make components hollow, remove unnecessary prims....... and of course, do not use megaprims.

[Zoraster Lunardi]

I forgot one detail. It maintains it's neutral buoyency when it is stopped and if moved very short distances.

[Void Singer]

it's too massive then, and the apply impulse call is causing it to loose too much energy... see the article on energy for how that works... sorta.

[Zoraster Lunardi]

 The base of my craft is a 10 meter hollow Sphere. Zor's Flying Sphere: Sphere Mass is: 537.702100.   The mass of a simple hollow sphere is almost the same as my flying sphere. So knocking back the mass is not going to be an option.

 Can anybody think of any physical tricks that might give me an anti-gravity effect in physical mode?

 Otherwise I will be remanded to non-physical movement.

 Thanks

 Zor :matte-motes-sunglasses-1:

 

 

 

 

[Void Singer]

other than vehicle commands (which use a different style of physics that isn't mass dependent) I really don't see a way around it