Subject: Re: formula for rolling wheels again?
From: Ernie Wright <[email-masked]>
To: Multiple recipients of list <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 03:35:44 -0500

Mike Harlock asked:

> Could someone repost a formula for making rolling wheels go at
> the right speed for your rate of travel?  I should have paid more 
> attention in algebra class back in college...
> 
> I guess the elements would be x distance travelled over y frames,
> and z wheel radius...

Wheel rotation = 360 * (x / y) / (2 * pi * z) degrees per frame.

   (2 * pi * z) is the circumference of the wheel
   (x / y) is the distance traveled per frame

- Ernie