On Thursday, May 28, 2015 at 7:23:16 AM UTC-7, Tango Eight wrote:

....also less processor demand (processing two dozen other gliders in a thermal might be a little intensive!).

Good add - everyone responsible for their own prediction - do it only once and consistently for everyone in range. Otherwise everyone in a thermal gets a slightly different track prediction based on what data they receive - or algorithm they use. Imagine the dynamic effects as pilots react differentially based on slightly different predictions and create new tracks and predictions, all based on slightly different interpretations of where others are headed. Emergent behavior, possibly not stable, probably unpredictable to a greater extent than normal thermal flying.

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