Hi:

I have searched the forum for Perform and Perform Menu.  I have certainly seen animation clips for various actors that are linked to the Perform menu which is available by right clicking the actor / avatar.

What I have not found (including the manual) is a way to create / attach the framework to my aircraft (My ongoing V22 animation).  Now that I have the propellers rotating, I have many more parts to animate and it would be nice to be able to click select them from a menu, at least to get them operational and tested (what is a realistic time to lift the gear and close the doors - which I can get from actual video footage).  I would then like to be able to save various clips so that when I try to put a path and timeline in place, I could drop the clip on the timeline.

To animate a whole timeline, I can envision a takeoff where I would close the doors, start the props from stopped, one motor at a time and then bring them up to speed (the 50 maximum on the force option is not fast enough), and lift the aircraft off the ground.  Next would be to retract the gear and close the bays, and since this is a V22, the engines would rotate from vertical lift to horizontal thrust and the aircraft would depart.

I'd like to get all the different parts working properly with the aircraft sitting in front of me. 

If someone can head me in the right direction to get started, I would really appreciate it.


Thanks

Tim  

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