know how to take advantage of its
> capabilities and work around the disadvantages.
>
> Tom Koszuta
> Clarence Sailplane Society
> (Buffalo) NY
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Dean Jansa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
--- david cousins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Transfer the data to a spreadsheet. Integrate (or calculate) the
> area
> under the curve, and in simple terms, the guy with the most area
> wins.
> The down side of this is the extra time to download the data, and
> time
> to crunch the numbers.
Y
At 07:59 PM 8/12/2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Let's probe the muddy bottom of this crystal clear vision. Who is the
>superior pilot? The guy laying down tickling the bottoms of the clouds for
>10 minutes, or the guy dancing on the treetops for 10 minutes?
I guess in a duration contest the sc
In a message dated Mon, 12 Aug 2002 11:40:36 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> --- "James V. Bacus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Just a flying contest... I think about this quite a bit.>
> > When electronic loggers and telemetry become readily affordable,
> > (which we
>
At 12:44 PM 8/12/2002, Paul Breed wrote:
>The real danger to this format is that any quest for maximum altitude
>will result in pilots flying to altitudes that are unsafe.
>
>Unsafe, because they are too far away.
>Unsafe because you are high enough to interfere with regular full size air
>traffi
GPS could be used to do total energy, as it has both ground speed and
altitude. (I know wind contribution to airspeed is lost)
The real danger to this format is that any quest for maximum altitude
will result in pilots flying to altitudes that are unsafe.
Unsafe, because they are too far away.
U
>At 11:10 PM 8/11/2002, you wrote:
>I've thought about this "altitude zooming" issue before I posted.
>On one side of this you could debate that one had to gain the
>altitude prior to doing this maneuver, and maybe it's a strategy
>that would not play out too well.
Unless you can DS the gradie
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