# VEHICLE_LINEAR_MOTOR_DECAY_TIMESCALE

*LSL constant*

```lsl
integer VEHICLE_LINEAR_MOTOR_DECAY_TIMESCALE = 31;
```

Vehicle float parameter specifying the exponential timescale (in seconds) for the linear motor's magnitude and effectiveness to decay toward zero.

Constant groups: [VehicleFloatParam](/constants/groups/VehicleFloatParam/)

exponential timescale (in seconds) for the linear motor's effectiveness to decay toward zero

## Caveats

- [VEHICLE_LINEAR_MOTOR_DECAY_TIMESCALE](/constants/VEHICLE_LINEAR_MOTOR_DECAY_TIMESCALE/) is capped at 120.0

## See also

### Functions

- [llSetVehicleFloatParam](/functions/llSetVehicleFloatParam/)

### Articles

- [Linden Vehicle Tutorial](https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Linden_Vehicle_Tutorial)

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*Source: [VEHICLE LINEAR MOTOR DECAY TIMESCALE](https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/VEHICLE_LINEAR_MOTOR_DECAY_TIMESCALE) on the Second Life Wiki. Content from the Second Life Wiki article VEHICLE LINEAR MOTOR DECAY TIMESCALE (revision 1132152, 2011-01-16), CC BY-SA 3.0.*

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From lsl.dev: https://lsl.dev/constants/VEHICLE_LINEAR_MOTOR_DECAY_TIMESCALE/