How to adjust the animation for the Imperial Shuttle?

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Hello everyone,

I’m going through Bad Decision studio’s Star Wars tutorial on YouTube and I decided I want to spice things up. So far it’s going well till I decided I wanted my shuttle not to just sit in the hanger but fly out of a star destroyer and land in the hanger. Getting the star destroyer was fairly easy but adding the Shuttle has been problematic.

The shuttle comes with its own animation. wings move up and down and the door opens and the legs come out. When I add the animation to the Sequencer I don’t seem to have any real control over it except by moving it forward or backwards to delay or speed up.

But I can’t figure out how to adjust the timing of the animation. As in, as it exists the Star Destroyer, the wings open and stays that way til it reaches the hanger and as it approaches they fold back up. Then as it comes to landing the legs exit the ship, and finally when I’m ready, the door opens.

Here is the file I’m using for the Shuttle

I’ve attached a video and pictures of the sidebar and some of the settings when right clicking on the purple animation bar.

I’m having a blast doing this but I want to get the ships finished first before I do the animations that’ll happen inside the hanger.

Thank you for your help!!

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I’m trying to get each part of the animation that comes with the 3D model to activate at certain times. Ie. When the shuttle leaves the Star Destroyer its wings would be folded up.

Shortly after the wings would open and begin to fly towards the hanger. As it approaches the hanger they would fold back up and as it’s landing the legs would come out and soon after the door opens.

I did notice something on the animation bar that there are two black dotted lines for the animation which I finally realized meant the animation is repeating itself. I guess I’m wondering if I have to remove the created animation and figure out how to animation the individual parts on their own? All new to me but committed now to make this work!

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