[kazmandu]

Noob here, .... I'm having trouble animating hilicopter propeller in max. I set a key at 0, then move to frame 3 and set a key at 180 degrees on the z axis. I go to the curve editor and select reletive repeat. It animates but it looks really slow and clunky.

[Varine]

You have it moving 180 degrees in 3 frames?

Probably use more frames for the rotation, I mean you have it moving 60 degrees each frame, and see how many frames per second you set. It probably won't look great, I usually make a separate model that's a circle and then put textures on that because it looks a lot smoother.

[kazmandu]

the tutorials i watched / read all said to move three frames out and rotate 180 degrees and then set the curve editor to relative repeat. It's just not looking right though.

[kazmandu]

ok i'll try it, and i loved that motion blur suggestion, NICE ONE!!

[kazmandu]

fuck! i tried but still looks horrible. I gotta get some training on this type of animation because my wheels on cars look disastrous too.

[kazmandu]

lol but it will look sooo nice!! I'll post a clip of it once I get the vid finished... in a couple of months lol

[kazmandu]

thanks buddy, u always at least try, you are awesome. Anybody else have suggestion for realistic propeller and wheel animation?

[kazmandu]

the best result so far was setting a key at 0 and the a key at frame 10 at 180 clockwise, set the curve editor to relative repeat, and then slide the last key from 10 down to about 5 or 6. I don't love it but it is closer

[kazmandu]

funny , once i finally get the propeller and motion blur working , you cant even see it rofl

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