Average OLC flown distance by glider

On 17/01/2017 17:32, Jacopo Romei wrote:

Sure this is based on OLC-uploaded flights only, but still any
statistics is based on sampling and OLC to me is a quite reliable and
representative data population. In other words: crunching 14
thousands flights will be enough for me to get the idea. ;-)

Cool!

But how did you manage to download 14000 flights from OLC? I thought
they had "data mining" restrictions, or have these been relaxed?

Of more interest to me if I were buying a glider is the average hours
flown per year since new for the mark. If you come across a glider that
is either tricky to fly, tricky to maintain, or just not that much fun
to fly, it is likely to have lower hours. Your average K21 is likely to
have flown a lot...

Ian,

since new for the mark

Ehr... what does it mean?

Maybe you mean for the single *specific* glider on a per mark basis?

I think he means "marque" as in "specific model" like a mini Nimbus.

On 17/01/2017 23:44, Charlie M. (UH & 002 owner/pilot) wrote:

I think he means "marque" as in "specific model" like a mini Nimbus.

Exactly, thanks. For an extreme example, try compare a K8 with a
Monerai, Apis 13m and a PW5.

Or for a more useful example, compare a mini Nimbus with an Ls3.

Can you pull those flights into a database with a report function for
asking queries?

It is a nice fresh approach for a gliding website!

Ian

But how did you manage to download 14000 flights from OLC? I thought
they had "data mining" restrictions, or have these been relaxed?

They let you download a spreadsheet. Then projection are computed as a single batch and stored.