#JWGC August 7 - US Pilots

On line tracking for JWGC Club class today. 263 km racing task. Expected 1st launch 12:00 local (Lithuania) time:
http://jwgc.onglide.com/current-day.xml?class=club

Task change on the grid to a 257 km racing task. The first task was sending us to an area that would get washed out about the time all the pilots got there. We are just going to Poland and back now.

On Monday, August 7, 2017 at 4:28:56 AM UTC-4, wrote:
On line tracking for JWGC Club class today. 263 km racing task. Expected 1st launch 12:00 local (Lithuania) time:
http://jwgc.onglide.com/current-day.xml?class=club

Just out of curiosity: is the tracking system based on FLARM data or do they all carry an additional tracker? I am just baffled by the resolution and refresh rate of the tracking site compared to what I have seen from US contests.
Uli
'AS'

The website interface is Melissa's onglide -
http://www.onglide.com/compsite.xml
and it is just flarm tracking using open glider network receivers,

but hen we have a few more than you guys,
http://live.glidernet.org/#c=53.0155...=r&o=1&s=1&l=a
r&w=0&u=i


http://live.glidernet.org/#c=36.6870...m=r&o=1&s=1&l=
ar&w=0&u=i



At 12:13 07 August 2017, AS wrote:
On Monday, August 7, 2017 at 4:28:56 AM UTC-4,
wrote:
On line tracking for JWGC Club class today. 263 km racing task.
Expected 1st launch 12:00 local (Lithuania) time:
http://jwgc.onglide.com/current-day.xml?class=club

Just out of curiosity: is the tracking system based on FLARM data or do
they all carry an additional tracker? I am just baffled by the resolution
and refresh rate of the tracking site compared to what I have seen from
US
contests.
Uli
'AS'

On Monday, August 7, 2017 at 8:30:07 AM UTC-4, Pete Smith wrote:
The website interface is Melissa's onglide -
http://www.onglide.com/compsite.xml
and it is just flarm tracking using open glider network receivers,

but hen we have a few more than you guys,
http://live.glidernet.org/#c=53.0155...=r&o=1&s=1&l=a
r&w=0&u=i


http://live.glidernet.org/#c=36.6870...m=r&o=1&s=1&l=
ar&w=0&u=i



At 12:13 07 August 2017, AS wrote:
On Monday, August 7, 2017 at 4:28:56 AM UTC-4,
wrote:
On line tracking for JWGC Club class today. 263 km racing task.
Expected 1st launch 12:00 local (Lithuania) time:
http://jwgc.onglide.com/current-day.xml?class=club

Just out of curiosity: is the tracking system based on FLARM data or do
they all carry an additional tracker? I am just baffled by the resolution
and refresh rate of the tracking site compared to what I have seen from
US
contests.
Uli
'AS'


You don't need a FLARM to be tracked; a simple OGN tracker can be made for about $50US so the cost of playing is less than FLARM (though without the benefits of anti-collision warnings).

You can see the ranges the OGN receivers get in the Ottawa area (3 clubs have receivers and I'm about to put one on my soon-to-be new roof in the west end to cover off the western flying area). We also bring a portable to Lake Placid wave camp - you can see the returns from last year:
http://ognrange.onglide.com/#,max,al...900ff,circles;
You can see the Ottawa and Montreal Terminal areas; only a few gliders have transponders and can easily transit the Class C (in the upper right, select "Options" and select "Airspace" to see our problem - also, we cannot cross the border to those nice clouds near Ogdensburg NY). Pretty amazing for simple (cheap) receivers and a FLARM transmit signal of one (Portable) or two (CORE) hundredths of a watt!
For information, look at http://wiki.glidernet.org/ .

Daniel and Noah 4th and 5th today. JP fell off the convergence line at just the wrong time and still came home 14th. Good day for team USA

On Monday, August 7, 2017 at 10:12:21 AM UTC-5, Tony wrote:
Daniel and Noah 4th and 5th today. JP fell off the convergence line at just the wrong time and still came home 14th. Good day for team USA

Just curious: In the standard class results for Task 5/August 7 there is a penalty: "VC - Towing: early release. First offence - warning."

Is there a minimum altitude they are allowed to release at, or is it about a distance from the start or an area assigned for release? Anybody knows in this specific case and competition?