Juice allows you to program network behaviors, so with the Python, you are actually controlling countersteer, and the speed and body roll control the steering. When you turn left, it momentarily turns right and then as the body rolls, it follows by turning left. Its a bit of a black box approach, but it balances quite well.
I have played around with the position of the weight that represents the legs, forward and back as well as the wheelbase, trail and pivot angle. With other simulations I usually perform a skid pan test, where I create a large 6m circle, and ride various configurations around it trying to ride as close to the circle as fast as I can (at the same frame rate) and I time a loop with a stop watch. This gives a somewhat more objective measure of what improves performance and handling and what doesn't. Haven't done as much with the python sim yet -- but I will let you know the results when I do.
-h Jürgen Mages wrote:
Thanks Henry,I also used to play around with physics engines (ODE and Newton Game Dynamics). Didn't knew Juice so far. I made this small trike video with Newton, to demonstrate the wheelflop and self-centering effect:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf47CX4S5Do What can be done with the python you have modelled in Juice? Cheers, Jürgen.
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