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I thought it would be an interesting experiment to take an IGC trace
and figure out rates of climb. That much was pretty easy. I took consecutive IGC file B-records and with just a little math I was able to determine the ft/min or meters/min climb rates*. I then thought it would be a good experiment to determine the G forces as I pull up (decelerate) from cruise to lift or push over (accelerate) from lift to cruise. Are there any physicists in the house that can come up with a SIMPLE formula to calculate what a G meter would have read based on the information I have? Thanks, John -------------------------------------------------------------- * The many individual b-records in an IGC file contains lots of good information. B1101355206343N00006198WA0158701558 110135: time tracklog entry was recorded at 11:01:35 i.e. just after 11am (GMT) 5206343N: latitude i.e. 52 degrees 06.343 minutes North 00006198W: longitude i.e. 000 degrees 06.198 minutes West A: altitude valid flag confirming this record has a valid altitude value 01587: altitude in meters from pressure sensor 01558: altitude in meters from GPS Rate of Climb per minute (m/sec) = (Altitude #2 - Altitude #1) / (Time-Seconds #2 - Time- Seconds #1) X 60 seconds Rate of Climb per minute (ft/sec) = Rate of Climb per minute (m/sec) X 3.28084 |
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