Mike Williams wrote:
> 
> It took several tries to get a nice result. At one point I did a
> complete run only to find that I'd set the friction too low and the
> chain all slid down and scrunged into the lowest valley. On other tries,
> I tried to use more links, but this either caused the simulator to
> report that it had become unstable, or some links to get "stuck" in mid
> air.

'stuck in mid air' seems difficult to explain.  What kind of topology did
you use for the chain?  The friction in the picture seems too high to be
realistic, the chain would probably not stop at that position.  A rougher
surface would probably help to avoid sliding.

Christoph

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