Design Utilities

AA Motion Sequence Table

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April 27, 2001

In many postings, I've seen requests for help on how to get more (or less) than the default 90-degree rotation in a motion sequence. The basics of motion sequences are covered in the Aircraft Animator help files, so suffice it to say that the degrees of rotation is governed by a simple formula:

Degrees = (% of cycle time) x (speed factor) x 90-degrees.

So a sequence of 0-25:4;50-75:0;75-100:-4 would be read as:

• "Rotate the part for the first 25% of the cycle at 4x the normal speed" which gives you a 90-deg rotation, then...
• "Hold it for the next 50% of the time" (speed =0); and finally..
• "Reverse the rotation for the last 25% of the time at 4x the speed". The "-" sign in the speed factor gives you the reversal in rotation, so you get a -90 degree motion.

Armed with the formula and the basics, it's a matter of juggling speed and precentage of cycle time to get a desired rotation.

To that end, I've made up a rather long table that has % of time (downwards from 100% to 1%) on the vertical axis, and speeds from 1 thru 10 on the horizontal axis.

You'll actually end up selecting the degrees of rotation you want, and then looking up the percentage of time and speed you need to plug in the motion sequence.

It should be pretty self-explaing, but if you have a question, you can post on the usual Aircraft Design Forums, or send me an e-mail.

Felix J Rodriguez
Orlando, FL
April 27,2001

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	SPEED
%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
100%	90	180	270	360	450	540	630	720	810	900
99%	89.1	178.2	267.3	356.4	445.5	534.6	623.7	712.8	801.9	891
98%	88.2	176.4	264.6	352.8	441	529.2	617.4	705.6	793.8	882
97%	87.3	174.6	261.9	349.2	436.5	523.8	611.1	698.4	785.7	873
96%	86.4	172.8	259.2	345.6	432	518.4	604.8	691.2	777.6	864
95%	85.5	171	256.5	342	427.5	513	598.5	684	769.5	855
94%	84.6	169.2	253.8	338.4	423	507.6	592.2	676.8	761.4	846
93%	83.7	167.4	251.1	334.8	418.5	502.2	585.9	669.6	753.3	837
92%	82.8	165.6	248.4	331.2	414	496.8	579.6	662.4	745.2	828
91%	81.9	163.8	245.7	327.6	409.5	491.4	573.3	655.2	737.1	819
90%	81	162	243	324	405	486	567	648	729	810
89%	80.1	160.2	240.3	320.4	400.5	480.6	560.7	640.8	720.9	801
88%	79.2	158.4	237.6	316.8	396	475.2	554.4	633.6	712.8	792
87%	78.3	156.6	234.9	313.2	391.5	469.8	548.1	626.4	704.7	783
86%	77.4	154.8	232.2	309.6	387	464.4	541.8	619.2	696.6	774
85%	76.5	153	229.5	306	382.5	459	535.5	612	688.5	765
84%	75.6	151.2	226.8	302.4	378	453.6	529.2	604.8	680.4	756
83%	74.7	149.4	224.1	298.8	373.5	448.2	522.9	597.6	672.3	747
82%	73.8	147.6	221.4	295.2	369	442.8	516.6	590.4	664.2	738
81%	72.9	145.8	218.7	291.6	364.5	437.4	510.3	583.2	656.1	729
80%	72	144	216	288	360	432	504	576	648	720
79%	71.1	142.2	213.3	284.4	355.5	426.6	497.7	568.8	639.9	711
78%	70.2	140.4	210.6	280.8	351	421.2	491.4	561.6	631.8	702
77%	69.3	138.6	207.9	277.2	346.5	415.8	485.1	554.4	623.7	693
76%	68.4	136.8	205.2	273.6	342	410.4	478.8	547.2	615.6	684
75%	67.5	135	202.5	270	337.5	405	472.5	540	607.5	675
74%	66.6	133.2	199.8	266.4	333	399.6	466.2	532.8	599.4	666
73%	65.7	131.4	197.1	262.8	328.5	394.2	459.9	525.6	591.3	657
72%	64.8	129.6	194.4	259.2	324	388.8	453.6	518.4	583.2	648
71%	63.9	127.8	191.7	255.6	319.5	383.4	447.3	511.2	575.1	639
70%	63	126	189	252	315	378	441	504	567	630
69%	62.1	124.2	186.3	248.4	310.5	372.6	434.7	496.8	558.9	621
68%	61.2	122.4	183.6	244.8	306	367.2	428.4	489.6	550.8	612
67%	60.3	120.6	180.9	241.2	301.5	361.8	422.1	482.4	542.7	603
66%	59.4	118.8	178.2	237.6	297	356.4	415.8	475.2	534.6	594
65%	58.5	117	175.5	234	292.5	351	409.5	468	526.5	585
64%	57.6	115.2	172.8	230.4	288	345.6	403.2	460.8	518.4	576
63%	56.7	113.4	170.1	226.8	283.5	340.2	396.9	453.6	510.3	567
62%	55.8	111.6	167.4	223.2	279	334.8	390.6	446.4	502.2	558
61%	54.9	109.8	164.7	219.6	274.5	329.4	384.3	439.2	494.1	549
60%	54	108	162	216	270	324	378	432	486	540
59%	53.1	106.2	159.3	212.4	265.5	318.6	371.7	424.8	477.9	531
58%	52.2	104.4	156.6	208.8	261	313.2	365.4	417.6	469.8	522
57%	51.3	102.6	153.9	205.2	256.5	307.8	359.1	410.4	461.7	513
56%	50.4	100.8	151.2	201.6	252	302.4	352.8	403.2	453.6	504
55%	49.5	99	148.5	198	247.5	297	346.5	396	445.5	495
54%	48.6	97.2	145.8	194.4	243	291.6	340.2	388.8	437.4	486
53%	47.7	95.4	143.1	190.8	238.5	286.2	333.9	381.6	429.3	477
52%	46.8	93.6	140.4	187.2	234	280.8	327.6	374.4	421.2	468
51%	45.9	91.8	137.7	183.6	229.5	275.4	321.3	367.2	413.1	459
50%	45	90	135	180	225	270	315	360	405	450
49%	44.1	88.2	132.3	176.4	220.5	264.6	308.7	352.8	396.9	441
48%	43.2	86.4	129.6	172.8	216	259.2	302.4	345.6	388.8	432
47%	42.3	84.6	126.9	169.2	211.5	253.8	296.1	338.4	380.7	423
46%	41.4	82.8	124.2	165.6	207	248.4	289.8	331.2	372.6	414
45%	40.5	81	121.5	162	202.5	243	283.5	324	364.5	405
44%	39.6	79.2	118.8	158.4	198	237.6	277.2	316.8	356.4	396
43%	38.7	77.4	116.1	154.8	193.5	232.2	270.9	309.6	348.3	387
42%	37.8	75.6	113.4	151.2	189	226.8	264.6	302.4	340.2	378
41%	36.9	73.8	110.7	147.6	184.5	221.4	258.3	295.2	332.1	369
40%	36	72	108	144	180	216	252	288	324	360
39%	35.1	70.2	105.3	140.4	175.5	210.6	245.7	280.8	315.9	351
38%	34.2	68.4	102.6	136.8	171	205.2	239.4	273.6	307.8	342
37%	33.3	66.6	99.9	133.2	166.5	199.8	233.1	266.4	299.7	333
36%	32.4	64.8	97.2	129.6	162	194.4	226.8	259.2	291.6	324
35%	31.5	63	94.5	126	157.5	189	220.5	252	283.5	315
34%	30.6	61.2	91.8	122.4	153	183.6	214.2	244.8	275.4	306
33%	29.7	59.4	89.1	118.8	148.5	178.2	207.9	237.6	267.3	297
32%	28.8	57.6	86.4	115.2	144	172.8	201.6	230.4	259.2	288
31%	27.9	55.8	83.7	111.6	139.5	167.4	195.3	223.2	251.1	279
30%	27	54	81	108	135	162	189	216	243	270
29%	26.1	52.2	78.3	104.4	130.5	156.6	182.7	208.8	234.9	261
28%	25.2	50.4	75.6	100.8	126	151.2	176.4	201.6	226.8	252
27%	24.3	48.6	72.9	97.2	121.5	145.8	170.1	194.4	218.7	243
26%	23.4	46.8	70.2	93.6	117	140.4	163.8	187.2	210.6	234
25%	22.5	45	67.5	90	112.5	135	157.5	180	202.5	225
24%	21.6	43.2	64.8	86.4	108	129.6	151.2	172.8	194.4	216
23%	20.7	41.4	62.1	82.8	103.5	124.2	144.9	165.6	186.3	207
22%	19.8	39.6	59.4	79.2	99	118.8	138.6	158.4	178.2	198
21%	18.9	37.8	56.7	75.6	94.5	113.4	132.3	151.2	170.1	189
20%	18	36	54	72	90	108	126	144	162	180
19%	17.1	34.2	51.3	68.4	85.5	102.6	119.7	136.8	153.9	171
18%	16.2	32.4	48.6	64.8	81	97.2	113.4	129.6	145.8	162
17%	15.3	30.6	45.9	61.2	76.5	91.8	107.1	122.4	137.7	153
16%	14.4	28.8	43.2	57.6	72	86.4	100.8	115.2	129.6	144
15%	13.5	27	40.5	54	67.5	81	94.5	108	121.5	135
14%	12.6	25.2	37.8	50.4	63	75.6	88.2	100.8	113.4	126
13%	11.7	23.4	35.1	46.8	58.5	70.2	81.9	93.6	105.3	117
12%	10.8	21.6	32.4	43.2	54	64.8	75.6	86.4	97.2	108
11%	9.9	19.8	29.7	39.6	49.5	59.4	69.3	79.2	89.1	99
10%	9	18	27	36	45	54	63	72	81	90
9%	8.1	16.2	24.3	32.4	40.5	48.6	56.7	64.8	72.9	81
8%	7.2	14.4	21.6	28.8	36	43.2	50.4	57.6	64.8	72
7%	6.3	12.6	18.9	25.2	31.5	37.8	44.1	50.4	56.7	63
6%	5.4	10.8	16.2	21.6	27	32.4	37.8	43.2	48.6	54
5%	4.5	9	13.5	18	22.5	27	31.5	36	40.5	45
4%	3.6	7.2	10.8	14.4	18	21.6	25.2	28.8	32.4	36
3%	2.7	5.4	8.1	10.8	13.5	16.2	18.9	21.6	24.3	27
2%	1.8	3.6	5.4	7.2	9	10.8	12.6	14.4	16.2	18
1%	0.9	1.8	2.7	3.6	4.5	5.4	6.3	7.2	8.1	9
0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Created on ... April 25, 2001

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