Oh, I see what you mean. No, that's the action of two (actually five) different joints - they come forward on a two-part hinge that's flat with the surface of the fuselage, then go back on the three part (two hinges and a rotor) joint that acts as the shoulder. That's not counting the two part linkage (on each side) just forward of the cockpit that also moves to the side and rear, to get the shoulders lined up with the neck and form the sides of the upper torso. Look back up at the stills - the purple part at the center of the upper chest and over the cockpit is a different linkage, but stating from right beside it is a white part that connects to a red part in the armpit - those are the bits that are the fuselage just ahead of the cockpit, along with the thin "tail" that goes over the top and hangs off the back end. The red part is the inboard end of the two-pin hinge connecting to the upper half of the shoulder area (blue on the left, yellow on the right - you can just barely see the dark grey 2-pin hinge on the back views) and that connects to the actual shoulder joint, and with the arm side of the shoulder being the middle-cockpit part of the fuselage, and the lower, rotated section of the upper arm having the fairing that smooths the back of the cockpit into the tail. There's not any joints that go one way and then the other during transformation, just sequencing which ones act in opposite directions to get the arms into place around the obstacle.
Really, the best thing to do is download the video with Flash Video Downloader or JDownloader and watch it in a loop (which it's designed to do seamlessly) so you can concentrate on each part of the assembly as it moves. That's basically all I did to straighten out the interpenetrating tangle that resulted from just having Blender interpolate joint angles from the extremes all at the same time.
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows
Really, the best thing to do is download the video with Flash Video Downloader or JDownloader and watch it in a loop (which it's designed to do seamlessly) so you can concentrate on each part of the assembly as it moves. That's basically all I did to straighten out the interpenetrating tangle that resulted from just having Blender interpolate joint angles from the extremes all at the same time.
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows