"How Fast Are the TIE Fighters in That Star Wars Teaser? " Topic

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Tango01	28 Oct 2015 8:51 p.m. PST
"Everyone was excited to see the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer, but I found this short teaser video more interesting. In it, you can see TIE fighters flying overhead. What can we learn from this shot? Can we determine the speed of a TIE fighter? Can we get anything else? Since this is a video, I will use my standard video analysis techniques. The basic idea is to mark the location of an object in each frame to get position and time data. Since the camera doesn't pan or zoom during this fly by scene, I just need something to determine scale. Different TIE fighters are at different distances, so I will just use the width of the first TIE fighter as the scale. Assuming these new TIEs are the same size as the classic ones, I will go a width of 6.4 meters. Now, marking the location of the first TIE fighter in each frame, I get the following plot (where x is in the direction of motion)…" Full article here link Amicalement Armand
Saber6	29 Oct 2015 5:49 a.m. PST
"Moving at the speed of plot"
surdu2005	29 Oct 2015 6:34 a.m. PST
I found that very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Tango01	29 Oct 2015 12:58 p.m. PST
A votre service mon ami!. (smile) Amicalement Armand

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