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Offline Dr. Tim-Boone

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Animated Flintlock
« on: July 13, 2010, 09:57:20 PM »
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Re: Animated Flintlock
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2010, 10:41:20 PM »
So thats how they work, I always wondered ;D!
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Re: Animated Flintlock
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2010, 11:14:05 PM »
Interesting, it dosen't spark :)
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Re: Animated Flintlock
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2010, 11:28:57 PM »
Its Australian
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Re: Animated Flintlock
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2010, 11:32:21 PM »
It might not spark but at least the flint is in right side up! ;)

Seriously -- this little animation could be useful in teaching beginners or, I as sometime have to do, giving a talk to a group of non-firearms people.

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Re: Animated Flintlock
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2010, 11:37:18 PM »
I thought it was a very wel done animation that shows a lot of the dynamics......  I have a Flash animation artist here at the Institute who I will talk to about doing a similar one with sparks etc, and frizzen bounce like on Larry's slo-mo videos.... inside and outside views.....
I wil let you know what she says..
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