Forum: Soaring
April 5th 17, 07:13 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Replies: 83
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Improved live tracking for the SSA membership?
The insanity of it all! If I've taken time to respond to three people who are actually one with three screen names I'm going to bury my head in my hands. None of us have time for such. Once again...
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Forum: Soaring
April 5th 17, 06:31 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Replies: 83
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Forum: Soaring
April 5th 17, 06:27 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Replies: 83
Views: 1,128
Improved live tracking for the SSA membership?
You can go directly to "GlidePort.Aero" and become a registered user. This will allow an "info" tab which explains most of the features. To see animation you must click the "play" button in the...
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Forum: Soaring
April 5th 17, 05:06 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Replies: 83
Views: 1,128
Improved live tracking for the SSA membership?
Why do you say SSA does not have a live tracking map?
You can click on a map on the SSA homepage and see where all the flying gliders are located worldwide. The only caveat is that the pilot flying...
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Forum: Soaring
April 4th 17, 03:53 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Replies: 33
Views: 485
Pin holes (again)
Go with Hanks advice. He guided me in the refinish of CF and it turned out great. I was constantly advised by spectators as to how I "should do it". One guy grabbed a gear foot and promptly sanded...
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Forum: Soaring
March 30th 17, 10:26 AM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Replies: 91
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FAI Sailplane Grand Prix USA 🇺🇸 Orlando
There are two Soaring Magazine articles from a couple of years ago. I'm not sure of months. One was written by myself and one by Pedja. If you log in to GlidePort.aero there is an info tab that...
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Forum: Soaring
March 29th 17, 11:08 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Replies: 91
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FAI Sailplane Grand Prix USA 🇺🇸 Orlando
If you will hit the "play" button in the map screen the action is much easier to understand. The movement will be delayed by five minuites but it becomes a fluid viewer experience rather than a...
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Forum: Soaring
March 27th 17, 09:27 AM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Replies: 91
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FAI Sailplane Grand Prix USA 🇺🇸 Orlando
This is the first US contest with mandatory high resolution Tracking. Thanks contestants. I know it's another device to configure but Wow! I watched all three hours in playback mode (5 minute delay...
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Forum: Soaring
March 2nd 17, 11:53 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Replies: 16
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Happy March from Tony Condon
On Thursday, March 2, 2017 at 5:13:58 PM UTC-5, Tony wrote:
On Thursday, March 2, 2017 at 3:54:07 PM UTC-6, Soartech wrote:
That is odd. I thought OLC split the flight up into 6 equal times. I...
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Forum: Soaring
February 26th 17, 11:00 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Forum: Soaring
August 15th 16, 05:47 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Replies: 18
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Wishing for clickable US score sheet
That is a great idea!
I go to the "results" page on the SSA web and download the entire batch of flights from that day. They I load the batch into SeeYou and scroll down to find the pilots I am...
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Forum: Soaring
July 29th 16, 09:26 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Replies: 29
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Forum: Soaring
July 29th 16, 03:37 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Forum: Soaring
July 27th 16, 02:06 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Replies: 29
Views: 701
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Forum: Soaring
July 26th 16, 01:39 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Forum: Soaring
July 24th 16, 06:09 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Replies: 35
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Forum: Soaring
July 24th 16, 05:59 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Replies: 35
Views: 518
SSA sailplane tracker - too complex
And it does work really well with all "smart" phones. We will not be able to make it work with non data plan phones. If you know a way please drop Pedja an email.
Lane
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Forum: Soaring
July 24th 16, 05:56 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Replies: 35
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SSA sailplane tracker - too complex
On the initial use of the Tracker you must agree to the terms (this was a requirement of the SSA retained lawyer). After first sign in the Tracker never requires that computer to acknowledge terms...
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Forum: Soaring
July 24th 16, 12:14 AM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Replies: 35
Views: 518
SSA sailplane tracker - too complex
Chris
Sorry the SSA Sailplane tracker is giving you trouble. You are correct in that registering with GlidePort.aero will open up additional features.
The app you compare us to is a different...
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Forum: Soaring
July 20th 16, 08:17 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Replies: 13
Views: 340
Mirror installation required?
Thanks for commenting. As a tow pilot/glider pilot I saw it as not the "best practice" and made a comment that "I think it is required" to the tow pilot the next day. But I qualified it with "I'll...
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Forum: Soaring
July 20th 16, 06:28 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Replies: 13
Views: 340
Mirror installation required?
I was recently towed by a tow plane that had no mirror installed. Two way communication was established using VHF and a club member was positioned ahead of the tow plane to relay ground signals. ...
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Forum: Soaring
May 13th 16, 01:50 AM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Replies: 14
Views: 337
Contest "viewing"
If both devices are registered in your profile you will have two tracks. Examples of this feature can be found at a number of contests. I encourage you to carry two devices.
Lane
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Forum: Soaring
May 12th 16, 09:38 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Replies: 14
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Contest "viewing"
The foreign competitions I have viewed can only afford around 10 devices which they randomly distribute daily.
The GlidePort app integrated with SSA contest data and Winscore is freely available to...
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Forum: Soaring
April 21st 16, 12:03 AM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Replies: 17
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Forum: Soaring
April 20th 16, 06:53 PM Posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Replies: 4
Views: 243
Updates R5N, Perry 2016.
Contest tracker does break tracks down by class. Also shows each task. Even on iPad/ iPhone.
Access map through SSA results page.
Lane
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