When I do the constraint in mine I have to make sure the Plain axis empty is on the same Z location as the rotor blades ot...

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When I do the constraint in mine I have to make sure the Plain axis empty is on the same Z location as the rotor blades otherwise it throws the blade at a weird angle. Any Idea why it isn't acting the same as in your video? I've tried it on different versions (7.6.5 and 7.3) and it acts the same way.

Answer 1 · 2016-05-07T13:22:51Z

Kent Trammell replied May 7, 2016 1:22pm

That sounds correct to me. Axis orientation is very important for constraints, parenting, and rigging in general.

Answer 2 · 2016-05-07T17:14:15Z

j

replied May 7, 2016 5:14pm

Thanks for the reply Kent. In your video the plain axis empty is above the rotor blade. When I tried it yesterday the plain axis empty had to be the same level as the rotor blade. I tried it again today and it worked like in your video with the plain axis empty above the blade. I'm not sure why I can't get consistent results. I'm sure it's something I'm doing that's causing the inconsistent results. It's all part of figuring out Blender.

Answer 3 · 2016-05-08T03:02:26Z

j

replied May 8, 2016 3:02am

I got it to work. I didn't see anywhere to publish a video so I put it on Youtube. Hope that's OK https://youtu.be/L0MBufWIa8A

Answer 4 · 2016-05-16T20:17:05Z

Kent Trammell replied May 16, 2016 8:17pm

Haha that's a fun animation!