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On Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at 1:12:25 PM UTC-6, Karl Striedieck wrote:
http://www.popsci.com/new-software-l...inds-for-hours Well, there ya go. Soaring has just been automated. Autopilot, let's do a quick 300km triangle today. ;-) |
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Automobiles have not stopped people from running races, going for walks, and riding horses.
A robot that scouts for lift when I start to get low sounds good. I would use this to fly safer and have more fun. |
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On Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at 8:12:25 PM UTC+1, Karl Striedieck wrote:
http://www.popsci.com/new-software-l...inds-for-hours The OLC .igc files will soon be exploited to build a thermal source database!! |
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I think I'll stay home today and get in a good flight... Why bother to
go to the airport and actually drag my ship out of the hangar? On 10/18/2016 6:19 PM, pstrzel wrote: On Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at 1:12:25 PM UTC-6, Karl Striedieck wrote: http://www.popsci.com/new-software-l...inds-for-hours Well, there ya go. Soaring has just been automated. Autopilot, let's do a quick 300km triangle today. ;-) -- Dan, 5J |
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Work done by Mark Maughmers students at Penn State. John Bird and Jack Langellan earned an OSTIV diploma for their paper to the 2012 Congress which I believe started this line of work.
John presented at the SSA Convention in Greenville on autonomous Soaring. I was bummed that it was during the same time as my talk so I missed it. Cool stuff! Maybe we should get them to sniff for us at contests. |
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At 19:12 18 October 2016, Karl Striedieck wrote:
http://www.popsci.com/new-software-l...urf-winds-for- hours Now that's been done, I wonder if its possible to design a glider that would work on Mars? |
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On Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at 7:36:55 AM UTC-6, Muttley wrote:
On Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at 8:12:25 PM UTC+1, Karl Striedieck wrote: http://www.popsci.com/new-software-l...inds-for-hours The OLC .igc files will soon be exploited to build a thermal source database!! Soon? I found this a few years ago: http://thermal.kk7.ch/ |
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On Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at 2:12:25 PM UTC-5, Karl Striedieck wrote:
http://www.popsci.com/new-software-l...inds-for-hours Yes! Automated soaring will be SAFER! Anyone against using this technology in sailplanes is anti-safety and wants people to die. I am going to get out ahead of the game and demand that this technology be mandatory for all U.S. contests from 2017 onward. |
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