Re: [Aus-soaring] Condor 2
Very nice One thing worth mentioning is have a look on the forums where they explain how to up the MSAA for a better visual result (you may have already). It's a setting that cannot be changed in the game itself, but can be changed with a custom profile for the game using the graphics card software. Well worth the effort. Hope to see more southern hemisphere players on in the evenings as things ramp up! Cheers Tom - Original Message - From: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." To: Cc: Sent:Thu, 1 Mar 2018 13:07:23 +1030 Subject:Re: [Aus-soaring] Condor 2 I purchased a copy a couple of days ago and am liking what I've seen so far. I've attached a screenshot taken while flying using the scenery that ships with Condor 2 - bog standard, no mods. As with the previous version, the in-cockpit visuals are fairly basic looking; but the landscape environment and the sky and cloud visuals are a pleasant step up from Condor 1. The weather model seems plausible, but I haven't been able to spend a lot of time playing with it yet so I've yet to twiddle all the knobs to see what they do. :-7 It looks like it will be a lot of fun. Teal On 28/02/2018 10:12 PM, Tom Wilksch wrote: Well for those of you playing along at home (quite literally in this case), Condor 2 has finally been released after many years! Initial impressions are that it isn’t a huge leap up from Condor 1 (it all looks very familiar) but there have been solid improvements in the weather model, graphics (although it takes a bit of fiddling to get it looking good), and a number of new aircraft (although none of the old ones). No VR support unfortunately Check it out if you like a bit of armchair flying. Would be nice to get some Aussie races going Cheers Tom W ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au [1] http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring [2] Links: -- [1] mailto:Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au [2] http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
[Aus-soaring] Condor 2
Well for those of you playing along at home (quite literally in this case), Condor 2 has finally been released after many years! Initial impressions are that it isn’t a huge leap up from Condor 1 (it all looks very familiar) but there have been solid improvements in the weather model, graphics (although it takes a bit of fiddling to get it looking good), and a number of new aircraft (although none of the old ones). No VR support unfortunately Check it out if you like a bit of armchair flying. Would be nice to get some Aussie races going Cheers Tom W___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] Air brake handles
Thanks for all the replies, they have been very helpful. I should have been more specific, these are to be used on a PC control unit I'm putting together, rather than an actual aircraft. I don't think there are any good options for airbrakes and flaps at the moment when flying sims, so decided to come up with something myself Cheers Tom - Original Message - From: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." To:"Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." Cc: Sent:Sun, 4 Jun 2017 20:52:38 +1000 Subject:Re: [Aus-soaring] Air brake handles Agree with Bob and bike grips The Germans often use blue handles off skiing stocks. The slot at back is for the strap. Also stick grips are black ski stock handles again with slot for strap. Sometimes a bit hard to find in some areas in Australia. At corner store in Germany. Some gliders like all Astir's use the black ski stocks but these can easily come off stick in flight. There is an AD on some models of astirs(not all but should Be) the the grip coming off. I always add a 3mm SS screw at base of grip as fools in the past have put their head through the canopy and then I had to flop some perspex and glue in a 30cm circle. Adding the screw before the head goes through canopy is much easier!! Ian McPhee 0428847642 Box 657 Byron Bay NSW 2481 Australia On 4 Jun 2017 19:38, "Bob Ward" wrote: Tom, Airbrake handles are no problem, as blue bicycle grip s will do the job. Available from any bicycle retailer. Trim knobs? A little more difficult, unless you can describe the shape of the original. Typically, these control knobs have a 6 mm internal thread which is a metal insert into the plastic grip Any handy person with access to a lathe could produce such an insert, which would then be epoxied into a suitable knob. such as a green plastic ball. I think that most commercial glider facilities would have expertise to the skills require for the fabrication of a trim knob. I hope this helps you. What I have described applieS to a glass fibre gliderS. IF YOU NEED HANDLES FOR OLDER STEEL TUBE FUSELAGES, THEN PLEASE GET BACK TO ME OFF LINE. regards Bob Ward -----Original Message- From: Tom Wilksch Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2017 5:54 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: [Aus-soaring] Air brake handles Afternoon all Could anybody advise a good place to purchase things like airbrake handles and trim knobs? Thanks Tom W ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au [2] http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring [3] ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au [4] http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring [5] Links: -- [1] mailto:wendo...@westnet.com.au [2] mailto:Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au [3] http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring [4] mailto:Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au [5] http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] Air brake handles
Exactly what I was looking for, thanks! It's not actually for an aircraft, I should have been more specific. It's for a PC control unit I'm putting together to replicate airbrakes and flaps, since I don't think anything good exists at the moment Cheers Tom - Original Message - From: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." To:"Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." Cc: Sent:Sun, 4 Jun 2017 20:32:46 +0930 Subject:Re: [Aus-soaring] Air brake handles I have used some from https://www.minibearings.com.au/store/categories/knobs+ball+categories/ Anthony -Original Message- From: Aus-soaring [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.base64.com.au] On Behalf Of Bob Ward Sent: Sunday, 4 June 2017 7:08 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Air brake handles Tom, Airbrake handles are no problem, as blue bicycle grip s will do the job. Available from any bicycle retailer. Trim knobs? A little more difficult, unless you can describe the shape of the original. Typically, these control knobs have a 6 mm internal thread which is a metal insert into the plastic grip Any handy person with access to a lathe could produce such an insert, which would then be epoxied into a suitable knob. such as a green plastic ball. I think that most commercial glider facilities would have expertise to the skills require for the fabrication of a trim knob. I hope this helps you. What I have described applieS to a glass fibre gliderS. IF YOU NEED HANDLES FOR OLDER STEEL TUBE FUSELAGES, THEN PLEASE GET BACK TO ME OFF LINE. regards Bob Ward -Original Message- From: Tom Wilksch Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2017 5:54 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: [Aus-soaring] Air brake handles Afternoon all Could anybody advise a good place to purchase things like airbrake handles and trim knobs? Thanks Tom W ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
[Aus-soaring] Air brake handles
Afternoon all Could anybody advise a good place to purchase things like airbrake handles and trim knobs? Thanks Tom W ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] SkySight WA
A youtube series would definitely be a good idea. I'm fascinated and very interested over all, but don't think I would currently be getting my money's worth as I wouldn't understand half of what I was looking at! Tom - Original Message - From: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." To:"Gliding Australia Forum" , "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." Cc: Sent:Mon, 17 Oct 2016 12:29:04 +1100 Subject:[Aus-soaring] SkySight WA As promised, just in time for summer: SkySight [1] is now running in Western Australia (as well as South/Eastern Australia) There's been a lot of work behind the scenes working to improve the forecasts for this summer, as well as some visual improvements. Included below a very brief screencast demonstrating some of the new animation features, both of wx maps and wind. https://youtu.be/VCRFOO7Ud6E [2] I'm considering a YouTube series aimed at novice pilots explaining how to do your own forecast and plan a task, let me know if this might be of interest to you. Any questions please direct to matt...@skysight.io [3] Links: -- [1] https://skysight.io/ [2] https://youtu.be/VCRFOO7Ud6E [3] mailto:matt...@skysight.io ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] Gliding Simulators?
Just to clarify, the VR means virtual reality and comes about from a headset that is worn, and completely blocks the view of the outside world. So the Keepit sim is not VR. I mention it only because the difference between the two, and corresponding merits of each, was discussed quite a bit, and will continue to be I think. Cheers Tom From: Greg Wilson Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 2:47 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: [Aus-soaring] Gliding Simulators? Some time ago Lake Keepit club built a very impressive VR gliding simulator with a very large floor to ceiling semi-circular projector screen. Could anyone from that club comment on how useful their simulator has been for training etc? Greg Wilson ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
[Aus-soaring] GFA AGM
Hi Everyone I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed the meeting new and old faces at the AGM. I particularly enjoyed the simulator forum and hearing from all the other people who have put time and effort into the building of one. I hope the VR setup I brought along gave everyone who tried it a good insight into the direction I think we might be heading in the next few years. Certainly there were some surprised and positive reactions. I look forward to continuing the conversation Regards Tom Wilksch ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] Gliding in Virtual Reality
I've had no luck with VorpX but haven't tried very hard having also read it wont work as it's too old on the Direct X side So Richard. are you saying you just stick the TrackIR reflectors onto the headset? Tom - Original Message - From: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." To:"Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." Cc: Sent:Tue, 12 Jul 2016 15:28:51 +1000 Subject:Re: [Aus-soaring] Gliding in Virtual Reality just use TrackIR. set up right, you brain thinks its good On 12 Jul 2016, at 3:23 PM, Luke O'Donnell wrote: I've tried getting Condor running on my Vive without much success. Seems both the Rift and Vive don't support DirectX7 or DirectX9 (because it's old as the hills). It might be possible to get it working with some sort of middleware like VorpX, but I haven't heard of anyone succeeding yet. I wouldn't go buying either headset for use with Condor just yet. Luke On 12 July 2016 at 14:22, Richard Frawley wrote: yes. using HTC vive. > On 12 Jul 2016, at 1:34 PM, tom.wilk...@internode.on.net [3] wrote: > > Afternoon all > > Has anyone else had a chance to use any of the consumer versions of the two VR headsets that are currently on the market? (I say consumer versions, because the development kits have been around for quite some time, but really don't compare in terms of quality) > > I have spent some time flying around in various different simulators using my Oculus RIft, and the experience is quite something. There are some obvious issues (can't see the keyboard for instance) but overall I feel the rise of VR will have some implications for simulation in general, and gliding by association > > Exciting times! > > Cheers > > Tom > ___ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au [4] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring [5] ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au [6] http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring [7] ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au [8] http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring Links: -- [1] mailto:l.odonnel...@gmail.com [2] mailto:rjfraw...@gmail.com [3] mailto:tom.wilk...@internode.on.net [4] mailto:Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au [5] http://lists.base64.comau/listinfo/aus-soaring [6] mailto:Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au [7] http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring [8] mailto:Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
[Aus-soaring] Gliding in Virtual Reality
Afternoon all Has anyone else had a chance to use any of the consumer versions of the two VR headsets that are currently on the market? (I say consumer versions, because the development kits have been around for quite some time, but really don't compare in terms of quality) I have spent some time flying around in various different simulators using my Oculus RIft, and the experience is quite something. There are some obvious issues (can't see the keyboard for instance) but overall I feel the rise of VR will have some implications for simulation in general, and gliding by association. Exciting times! Cheers Tom ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] The Golden Age
Very well said Gary! Nice to read something positive an uplifting on this list. I don't often feel the need to reply to messages I read here, but your email made me smile. Life is what you make of it, the fact we are able to take part in this crazy sport of ours means we are the lucky ones! We shouldn't forget it. Time spent sitting in front of a keyboard talking about how good it all used to be is time wasted. There's a weekend approaching. Get out there and make the most of it. I certainly will be :-) Best Regards to all Tom W Emilis, on consideration, I do not entirely agree with your recent comments. Golden ages live in our memories, but (fortunately/unfortunately), memories are fallable. In any case, all that you refer has passed ..for ever. As always, NOW is the time to seize the moment Let me suggest to you and to everyone else who is a member of this forum, that the reality of gliding in Australia today right now .. is that we are living in an era WHERE THIS IT IS AS GOOD AS IT IS EVER GOING TO GET. THIS is the golden age. So I suggest, ENJOY, ENJOY, ENJOY, whilst you still can. Regards, Gary ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] Update from Flarm on Unsolicited Email Circulation
- Original Message - From: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." To:"Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." Cc: Sent:Tue, 8 Mar 2016 09:51:44 +1030 Subject:Re: [Aus-soaring] Update from Flarm on Unsolicited Email Circulation Mercy sakes. You guys are going to run me out of popcorn soon. ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] Pete Cesco on TV
Any more info at this stage? Looks like he got pretty close to the end of the runway. Not close enough unfortunately. Glad to hear the pilot is recovering well! Tom - Original Message - From: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." To:"Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." Cc: Sent:Mon, 29 Feb 2016 13:53:38 +1100 Subject:Re: [Aus-soaring] Pete Cesco on TV On Feb 29, 2016, at 1:50 PM, Anthony Smith wrote: Which show was it on? https://au.news.yahoo.com/video/watch/30949880/adelaide-doctor-recovering-in-hospital-after-glider-crash/#page1 [2] - mark Links: -- [1] mailto:anthony.sm...@adelaide.on.net [2] https://au.news.yahoo.com/video/watch/30949880/adelaide-doctor-recovering-in-hospital-after-glider-crash/#page1 ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
