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On Jan 21, 2:04*pm, bildan wrote:
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/on...lephoto-lens-s... Yes! It's always struck me that a little signal processing on the shimmer you see in telephoto lenses might work to show thermals. A bit of signal processing would also show birds, gliders, cornstalks, cu development, and other stuff that the naked eye tends to miss. Darn day job... John Cochrane |
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On Jan 21, 6:16*pm, John Cochrane
wrote: On Jan 21, 2:04*pm, bildan wrote: http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/on...lephoto-lens-s... Yes! It's always struck me that a little signal processing on the shimmer you see in telephoto lenses might work to show thermals. A bit of signal processing would also show birds, gliders, cornstalks, cu development, and other stuff that the naked eye tends to miss. Darn day job... John Cochrane The idea of a remote thermal finder is already being worked on by a very distinguished scientist who lives and fly's @ the best soaring center on the planet earth. My money is on him. |
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On 1/21/2011 5:53 PM, mpcehand wrote:
On Jan 21, 6:16 pm, John wrote: On Jan 21, 2:04 pm, wrote: http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/on...lephoto-lens-s... Yes! It's always struck me that a little signal processing on the shimmer you see in telephoto lenses might work to show thermals. A bit of signal processing would also show birds, gliders, cornstalks, cu development, and other stuff that the naked eye tends to miss. Darn day job... John Cochrane The idea of a remote thermal finder is already being worked on by a very distinguished scientist who lives and fly's @ the best soaring center on the planet earth. My money is on him. Pilots in 16 different clubs around the world are now trying to think who in their club could be working on a remote thermal sensor. I'm expecting more discussion about which soaring center you could mean, than about the remote thermal finder. Personally, my soaring would improve if I could reliably find the thermal I just flew through. -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me) |
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Pilots in 16 different clubs around the world are now trying to think
who in their club could be working on a remote thermal sensor. I'm expecting more discussion about which soaring center you could mean, than about the remote thermal finder. Personally, my soaring would improve if I could reliably find the thermal I just flew through. -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me)[/quote] I'm with you Eric, it was there three seconds ago. Walt Connelly |
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On Jan 21, 11:54*pm, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Pilots in 16 different clubs around the world are now trying to think who in their club could be working on a remote thermal sensor. Not this one. Even if you didn't know the poster's name and where he flies you could make a good guess at his site location from reviewing the posting history. Don't know how many other counties he has flown in though or how many sites he has flown at. Andy |
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Personally, my soaring would improve if I could reliably find the
thermal I just flew through. Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA Eric, Thanks so much for the laugh out loud belly laugh you just caused with that statement. That comment hits close to home as well. Still chuckling as I write this. Bruno - B4 |
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wait I thought thats why everyone is getting PowerFLARMs?
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In article mpcehand writes:
On Jan 21, 6:16=A0pm, John Cochrane wrote: On Jan 21, 2:04=A0pm, bildan wrote: http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/on...lephoto-lens-s... Yes! It's always struck me that a little signal processing on the shimmer you see in telephoto lenses might work to show thermals. A bit of signal processing would also show birds, gliders, cornstalks, cu development, and other stuff that the naked eye tends to miss. Darn day job... John Cochrane Hmmm. I had a different idea of how a remote thermal finder might be made, but no time to work on it, as it would take a bunch of effort to learn the details of actual implementation to try it. The idea of a remote thermal finder is already being worked on by a very distinguished scientist who lives and fly's @ the best soaring center on the planet earth. My money is on him. Why would he be the one to do it? If the soaring is so good there, he probably has no trouble finding lift. My money would be on someone who flys in a marginal area, who needs a thermal finder. Alan |
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On Jan 23, 12:00*am, (Alan) wrote:
In article mpcehand writes: On Jan 21, 6:16=A0pm, John Cochrane wrote: On Jan 21, 2:04=A0pm, bildan wrote: http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/on...lephoto-lens-s.... Yes! It's always struck me that a little signal processing on the shimmer you see in telephoto lenses might work to show thermals. A bit of signal processing would also show birds, gliders, cornstalks, cu development, and other stuff that the naked eye tends to miss. Darn day job... John Cochrane * Hmmm. *I had a different idea of how a remote thermal finder might be made, but no time to work on it, as it would take a bunch of effort to learn the details of actual implementation to try it. The idea of a remote thermal finder is already being worked on by a very distinguished scientist who lives and fly's @ the best soaring center on the planet earth. My money is on him. * Why would he be the one to do it? *If the soaring is so good there, he probably has no trouble finding lift. * My money would be on someone who flys in a marginal area, who needs a thermal finder. * * * * Alan My guess (possibly wrong) is the biggest value of a remote thermal detector, at least at first, will be sort of a short-range "thermal centering aid". Knowing there is strong core 300 meters away is "highly actionable" data. Cruising along while searching a 1 km wide path will eliminate passing close by a strong thermal without knowing about it. Knowing there is a thermal 10 km away is interesting but it's a good bet it will dissipate before you can get there and chasing after it may not be the best strategy. |
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