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I wrote an article for Soaring, that will appear in the July issue.
Title: "Gizmo Future." A somewhat unusual view of the "what's in the future for Soaring" kind of article. It's on my webpage if you just can't wait for July, http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/john...ers/gizmo.html John Cochrane |
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John,
One of the best soaring related articles I have read in a long time! You ask about a military application for thermal detectors. I seem to remember reading somewhere that the US military is involved in exactly this technology, to make their light UAV's able to stay airborne much longer on a given amount of fuel/battery. And you state that your ASW-27 will outfly any ETA if you had these modern technologies. -But.... Then you'd have trouble with ETA's that also have the gizmo's, right? Well, I guess that is what drives innovation, anyway. Cheers, Lars Peder DG-600, Denmark "John Cochrane" wrote in message ... I wrote an article for Soaring, that will appear in the July issue. Title: "Gizmo Future." A somewhat unusual view of the "what's in the future for Soaring" kind of article. It's on my webpage if you just can't wait for July, http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/john...ers/gizmo.html John Cochrane |
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yes, very nice article John. Thanks!
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On May 12, 2:56*pm, Tony wrote:
yes, very nice article John. Thanks! I don't agree with you John. Yes from the prospective of an ASW-27 owner or an ASG-29 owner spending $2,000 on a new gizmo is not a problem but it is a competition entry barrier for people who fly $15,000-20,000 gliders. If we keep pushing new gizmos into our cockpits and require them we will cut off many potential competition pilots from the pleasures of participating in contests. Something to think about it. Not everyone flies an expensive glider. |
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On May 12, 3:09*pm, Andrzej Kobus wrote:
On May 12, 2:56*pm, Tony wrote: yes, very nice article John. Thanks! I don't agree with you John. Yes from the prospective of an ASW-27 owner or an ASG-29 owner spending $2,000 on a new gizmo is not a problem but it is a competition entry barrier for people who fly $15,000-20,000 gliders. If we keep pushing new gizmos into our cockpits and require them we will cut off many potential competition pilots from the pleasures of participating in contests. Something to think about it. Not everyone flies an expensive glider. Thanks for the important thought. There is a big difference between "push" or "require" and "allow." I also notice the same difference of opinion in cheaper classes though. Everyone seems to love $2000 winglets on Club class gliders. Why allow these but ban $2000 electronics? John |
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On May 12, 4:19*pm, John Cochrane
wrote: On May 12, 3:09*pm, Andrzej Kobus wrote: On May 12, 2:56*pm, Tony wrote: yes, very nice article John. Thanks! I don't agree with you John. Yes from the prospective of an ASW-27 owner or an ASG-29 owner spending $2,000 on a new gizmo is not a problem but it is a competition entry barrier for people who fly $15,000-20,000 gliders. If we keep pushing new gizmos into our cockpits and require them we will cut off many potential competition pilots from the pleasures of participating in contests. Something to think about it. Not everyone flies an expensive glider. Thanks for the important thought. There is a big difference between "push" or "require" and "allow." I also notice the same difference of opinion in cheaper classes though. Everyone seems to love $2000 winglets on Club class gliders. Why allow these but ban $2000 electronics? John I think "allow" is the operative word. One thing that all of the various sanctioning bodies (FAI/IGC/NACs) will have to address at some point is a class that is primarily aimed at lowest possible cost. In the US we have the 1-26, but that's not necessarily a long-term or broad enough solution. Every other racing sport I can think of has events and classes that are very specifically aimed at low cost of entry (Sunfish or equivalent in sailing; all sorts of "stock" classes in various forms of motor racing). If "Club Class" starts to mean $30K or more investment, to be competitive, then it probably serves us right if the "racing" aspect of the sport declines. Probably kind of hard to swallow coming from a guy with an LS8 and a brand new ClearNav, but believe me, the conversation around the dinner table certainly gravitates to "So, what was in that box from [insert name of soaring instrument supplier here] that arrived via UPS more often than I'd like..." P3 |
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On May 12, 1:09*pm, Andrzej Kobus wrote:
On May 12, 2:56*pm, Tony wrote: yes, very nice article John. Thanks! I don't agree with you John. Yes from the prospective of an ASW-27 owner or an ASG-29 owner spending $2,000 on a new gizmo is not a problem but it is a competition entry barrier for people who fly $15,000-20,000 gliders. If we keep pushing new gizmos into our cockpits and require them we will cut off many potential competition pilots from the pleasures of participating in contests. Something to think about it. Not everyone flies an expensive glider. Andrzej - Good point. However, I would like to point out that the current club/ sports class prohibits water-ballast, right? So there's already a precedent for limiting equipment in specific competition classes. And as prices and equipment changes over time, these limitations can be reviewed and adjusted. --Noel |
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On May 12, 5:08*pm, "noel.wade" wrote:
On May 12, 1:09*pm, Andrzej Kobus wrote: On May 12, 2:56*pm, Tony wrote: yes, very nice article John. Thanks! I don't agree with you John. Yes from the prospective of an ASW-27 owner or an ASG-29 owner spending $2,000 on a new gizmo is not a problem but it is a competition entry barrier for people who fly $15,000-20,000 gliders. If we keep pushing new gizmos into our cockpits and require them we will cut off many potential competition pilots from the pleasures of participating in contests. Something to think about it. Not everyone flies an expensive glider. Andrzej - Good point. *However, I would like to point out that the current club/ sports class prohibits water-ballast, right? *So there's already a precedent for limiting equipment in specific competition classes. *And as prices and equipment changes over time, these limitations can be reviewed and adjusted. --Noel I can see yet another sailplane class...."Unlimited Electronics Class " |
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On May 12, 1:40*pm, "Lars Peder Hansen"
wrote: John, CLIP . I seem to remember reading somewhere that the US military is involved in exactly this technology, to make their light UAV's able to stay airborne much longer on a given amount of fuel/battery. CLIP Correct - this is a DARPA funded project. I do not know if it is still running but it was two years ago dbn |
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Hi John,
Thanks for the article. I enjoyed it. Do you have a list of references? I am particularly interested in what is described in the section "New Varios and Dynamic Soaring." The hardware for the vario you describe could probably be built for $500 in parts. I'd love to see any papers or other documentation on the state-estimation techniques that would use the information from those sensors to make a more sensitive vario. -Lyle On May 11, 6:36*pm, John Cochrane wrote: I wrote an article for Soaring, that will appear in the July issue. Title: "GizmoFuture." A somewhat unusual view of the "what's in thefuturefor Soaring" kind of article. It's on my webpage if you just can't wait for July, http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/john...ers/gizmo.html John Cochrane |
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