# Flight Show Generator

Flight Show Generator is a Blender addon designed for choreographing synchronized aerial displays, stunts, and formations.

## Features

- Procedural Stunt Generator: Automatically compile flight shows using standard aerial maneuvers.

- Custom Stunt Sequencer: Order and transition custom stunts sequentially (Takeoff, Loops, Rolls, Turns, and landings).

- Custom Path Binding: Evaluates and binds flight show trajectories to custom Bezier/NURBS curves in the scene.

- Aerodynamic Banking: Automatically banks the plane model into turns based on speed, turn radius, and adjustable banking sensitivity.

- Turbulence and Wind Wobble: Adds physics-based positional and rotational wobble to the flight trajectory of the wingmen.

- Glowing Engine Exhausts: Dynamically attaches animated flickering exhaust cones to plane models.

- G-Force Camera Shake: Simulates high-frequency camera shake scaled by centripetal and tangential acceleration.

- Proximity Warnings: Scans trajectories and alerts users of potential close-calls or crossovers by placing 3D warning markers at crossover points.

## Installation

1. Copy the flight_show_generator directory into your Blender scripts addons folder.

2. In Blender, go to Edit - Preferences - Add-ons, search for Flight Show Generator, and enable it.

3. Access the controls from the Sidebar (N-panel) in the 3D Viewport under the Flight Show tab.

## Usage

1. Open the Flight Show tab in the 3D viewport sidebar.

2. Set the flight parameters such as duration, speed, and formation size.

3. Optionally toggle Use Custom Plane to load models from an external models.blend file or choose objects from the outliner.

4. Define a custom sequence of maneuvers in the Stunt Sequencer panel or enable Follow Custom Curve to fly along a path.

5. Adjust aesthetics (smoke color, trails, and exhaust settings).

6. Click Generate Show to bake the animation to keyframes.