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Windsock on a pole
An airfield windsock: a striped tapering sock on a swivel ring and a pole, hanging limp or streaming straight out as `wind` rises from 0 to 1.
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Added
- 23 October 2026
- Films
- Not used in a film yet
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default | Range | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| wind | number | 0.75 | 0 to 1 | 0 hangs the sock limp, 1 holds it straight out (a real one is fully out at 15 knots); each band lifts in turn |
| length | number | 2.5 | 1 to 4 m | length of the sock; 2.5 m (8 ft) and 3.75 m (12 ft) are the two standard airport sizes |
| height | number | 6 | 3 to 10 m | height of the pole to its swivel |
| windFrom | number | 270 | 0 to 360 deg | where the wind comes FROM, degrees clockwise from +y (north, away from camera); the sock streams the other way |
| bands | integer | 5 | 3 to 9 | how many stripes the sock has; five is the usual airfield sock |
| taper | number | 0.5 | 0.3 to 0.7 | tail opening as a share of the mouth opening; about 0.5 on a real sock |
| bandFirst | choice | accent | accent, other | which colour the band at the mouth takes |
| bandColour | color | #f0661c | – | the first stripe colour; a channel's seed turns its hue |
| bandOther | color | #f4f1ea | – | the second stripe colour |
| pole | color | #d9dcdf | – | the pole |
| hardware | color | #44484d | – | the mouth ring, swivel frame and collar |
| footing | color | #8d8f8c | – | the concrete footing |
Use it in a film
film.js
world: { props: { prop: { model: 'windsock', at: [6, -4] } } }Use it from your agent
Ask your agent to put it in a film. It finds the element by name.