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SKYLAB CHAT
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My son loves Top Gear! Clarkson got into some trouble for fighting with a producer and BBC cancelled the show. Amazon picked it up and they sent out an email offering a few free tickets to the filming of the first one - just reply back with your name and phone number. So I forwarded it to my son and he filled it out and sent it back. One of the producers of the show called him and they talked about cars for a bit. My son and about 400 other people got tickets. Turned out there was a five year waiting list to see the show live in Britain so this was a huge deal. Turns out a lot of people were counting on the Amazon tickets and had booked flights to SoCal to see it but didn't get in. Anyway I love the Top Gear crew. Clarkson is so non-PC, actually says what he wants to say.
skylab
Esteemed
Wow, I didn't realize all that...this is the first time I've ever heard of the show...I was just enjoying their antics on YouTube, especially the soccer game 
That's a shame that the show was cancelled...I'd certainly watch it if it was available. I'm not much into straight racing since it's so dangerous, but I enjoy comical demo derby and car customizing shows...and I used to even watch Car Matchmaker. In this one they take a ride in a micro car at the end.
That's a shame that the show was cancelled...I'd certainly watch it if it was available. I'm not much into straight racing since it's so dangerous, but I enjoy comical demo derby and car customizing shows...and I used to even watch Car Matchmaker. In this one they take a ride in a micro car at the end.
skylab
Esteemed
Wow, I just woke from my nap to that very good news Funny, I was thinking before I went to sleep that I needed to research how to do animations for vehicles...I imagine it could be done, same as a walk cycle for a human or cartoon character, but I don't think I've ever run across animations for vehicles. Some of the vehicles that I have even have suspension, so that they could even bounce a little. I only done a few animations involving vehicles so far...some space ship stuff with Slon, and the ones below. The Camaro was a test to do multiple actions...driving, adjusting the mirror, and tire rotation. The Shelby Cobra with Slon was kind of a sight gag for the Nursoda gang thread, and the biker bunny, which was the white rabbit from Content Paradise, was my first animation...I thought his ears would be funny, bouncing along Because it was a first try, it was before I learned about how to settle the hands down...but it actually made the animation funnier just to leave it that way, like he was grabbing to hold on...haha. The hamster wheel was another early animation...not a vehicle, but another rotational challenge.
Something to think about...maybe we could have an opportunity for collaboration on a project like I did with Mark Fowler, Pappy, and Clark...all three of them were vendors, but we worked together occasionally on specific projects...like I could do a few freebies as an add-on to your project perhaps...or sometimes just test renders, like we've already been doing. That way, I could enjoy the challenge without taking on more stress than my health would allow. Heart, renal function, diabetes, and blood pressure can do a nasty little dance, once they get started... it's swing your partner, dosey doe...and three things can throw the whole thing into a spin...lack of rest, poor diet, or stress. That's why I retired....my job was crazy, short deadline and long hours type stress. But I thrive with a few well-paced challenges. That's why I work on several projects at one time...I do one for awhile, then discipline myself to put it aside and start something else, so that I don't kick into overdrive.
Funny, I was thinking before I went to sleep that I needed to research how to do animations for vehicles...I imagine it could be done, same as a walk cycle for a human or cartoon character, but I don't think I've ever run across animations for vehicles. Some of the vehicles that I have even have suspension, so that they could even bounce a little. I only done a few animations involving vehicles so far...some space ship stuff with Slon, and the ones below. The Camaro was a test to do multiple actions...driving, adjusting the mirror, and tire rotation. The Shelby Cobra with Slon was kind of a sight gag for the Nursoda gang thread, and the biker bunny, which was the white rabbit from Content Paradise, was my first animation...I thought his ears would be funny, bouncing along Because it was a first try, it was before I learned about how to settle the hands down...but it actually made the animation funnier just to leave it that way, like he was grabbing to hold on...haha. The hamster wheel was another early animation...not a vehicle, but another rotational challenge. Something to think about...maybe we could have an opportunity for collaboration on a project like I did with Mark Fowler, Pappy, and Clark...all three of them were vendors, but we worked together occasionally on specific projects...like I could do a few freebies as an add-on to your project perhaps...or sometimes just test renders, like we've already been doing. That way, I could enjoy the challenge without taking on more stress than my health would allow. Heart, renal function, diabetes, and blood pressure can do a nasty little dance, once they get started... it's swing your partner, dosey doe...and three things can throw the whole thing into a spin...lack of rest, poor diet, or stress. That's why I retired....my job was crazy, short deadline and long hours type stress. But I thrive with a few well-paced challenges. That's why I work on several projects at one time...I do one for awhile, then discipline myself to put it aside and start something else, so that I don't kick into overdrive.
skylab
Esteemed
Here's a space ship with Slon. There was a sci-fi sale at DAZ and there's a guy over there named petipet that does unusual, slightly quirky sci-fi stuff, so I was testing Slon in the driver seat (at the very top). I should have rotated the propellers more too, but at the time I was testing getting him across the screen in space.
skylab
Esteemed
Maybe you can see by now why I was part of my Dad's backyard "pit crew"...he talked about cars all the time. I didn't have his working knowledge of mechanics, but I was familiar enough with it that I could speak his language most of the time.
These videos show how an engine works, and the last one touches on how electric cars function.
These videos show how an engine works, and the last one touches on how electric cars function.
DanaTA
Distinguished
This one doesn't work...it says the video doesn't exist.Hey Terre
Here's a 3D demonstration of how the steering wheel interacts with the wheels in order to drive the car.
Dana
skylab
Esteemed
Hmmm....that's strange, it's still playing now when I click it from here in the forum. That's one of the 3D model versions, and I tried to get a mix of 3D videos as well as mechanical, for clarity. I think I was doing a search of "animating car parts" or "animating car engines" in YouTube search in order to find those. There were literally a ga-zillion options so I tried to pick the least technical. The ones from the 1930's and 1950's were more basic...technology has changed some since then, but sometimes the newer stuff comes across fast and complicated. Anyway....try the video again, and maybe it will work for you