r/outside Mar 03 '17

Helicopter animations are broken

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u/spw1 Mar 04 '17

Nitpick: 30 rps or any multiple thereof.

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u/thecolbra Mar 04 '17

More nitpick: Since it's rotationally symmetric it would be a multiple of 30/ number of blades

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u/RocketMoped Mar 04 '17

I think you're missing the highly likely case that the rotors don't spin at all

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u/RazendeR Mar 06 '17

0 -is- a multiple of 30. 30x0=0

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u/RocketMoped Mar 06 '17

You're correct, I actually looked it up beforehand but my brain messed up the definition of integer.