On Feb 27, 10:52*am, soartech wrote:
On Feb 26, 11:52*am, Bill D wrote:

Just in case rampant cockpit tech wasn't problematic enough...http://rdd.me/zeqevk9j

This has already been accomplished back in 2008 in an XC contest no
less.

Autonomous Soaring: The Montague Cross Country Challenge
repository.lib.ncsu.edu/ir/bitstream/1840.16/5978/1/etd.pdf

This was a model Sailplane Contest, sponsered by DG Airparts.

website :

http://www.xcsoaring.com/contests/mccc/2008/report.html

The group that had the autopilot placed in the middle of the pack
overall in the 2008 contest.

The model gliders were winch launched and flew up to a 75 mile
course. The autopilot team would launch and retreive the model
manually and once on course the autopilot did the rest. The autopilot
followed the course straigt line and would only thermal to the right.

Richard
www.craggyaero.com

www.craggyaero.com