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Old September 25th 18, 05:29 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Tim Taylor
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Default Physicists train robotic gliders to soar like birds

On Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 10:06:14 AM UTC-4, Bret Hess wrote:
From the summary this paper used accelerations (bumps) and torques as the method to find and center thermals, as opposed to sensing vertical air speed. Has that been done before?


It is use in my cockpit on every flight.
UH

UH, I thought you were twerking, not torquing in the cockpit.