Re: [Aus-soaring] For the technophiliacs.

2015-12-17 Thread Mike Borgelt
Also a group at Sydney University I briefly communicated with 3 or 4 years ago.so we put these algorithms in to a microcomputer, hook it to an autopilot and enjoy the ride? This is all doable right now. It will be interesting to see if/when the AI beats a human pilot. See

Re: [Aus-soaring] For the technophiliacs.

2015-12-17 Thread Mike Borgelt
I don't have the URL to hand but a private group in northern California quite a few years ago had large model gliders flying autonomously cross country doing out and returns and triangles. IIRC they were doing 50 km or so last time I looked. I know NASA Dryden (now Armstrong) were looking at

Re: [Aus-soaring] For the technophiliacs.

2015-12-17 Thread glider driver
Yep. No surprises then that this work was kicked off by a glider pilot working at the university (in a previous life)... Cheers, Caleb > On 18 Dec 2015, at 5:20 PM, Christopher McDonnell > wrote: > > Yep, but they sound so clever. > > From: Mark Fisher > Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 3

Re: [Aus-soaring] For the technophiliacs.

2015-12-17 Thread Christopher McDonnell
Yep, but they sound so clever. From: Mark Fisher Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 3:43 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] For the technophiliacs. What's new in this? Ridge soaring? On Friday, 18 December 2015, Christopher McDonnell wrote:

Re: [Aus-soaring] For the technophiliacs.

2015-12-17 Thread Mark Fisher
What's new in this? Ridge soaring? On Friday, 18 December 2015, Christopher McDonnell wrote: > http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-12/iop-kiu121715.php > -- Mark Fisher Managing Director Swift Performance Equipment Unit 2, 1472 Boundary Rd Wacol 4076 Australia Ph: +61 7 3879 3005 Fa

[Aus-soaring] For the technophiliacs.

2015-12-17 Thread Christopher McDonnell
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