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Old November 25th 05, 04:39 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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"B" == B A R R Y B writes:
The physics look like a scale model airplane, not computer
generated.


B Exactly. Anyone who's flown and video recorded scale radio
B control stuff would recognize the physics in seconds.

B I'll bet a computer could do the job so well, many would think
B it was a real aircraft.

I'm not sure of this...remember the big battle scene in the last of
the 3 Lord of the Ring movies? Remember how fake the people looked
sliding on the dragons and falling? I've noticed time after time that
computer generated falling objects look odd. They're missing
something; my speculation is that they're modeling objects falling
without friction, and we're accustomed to seeing objects fall in air
with friction.