On Feb 27, 1:44*pm, Craig wrote:
On Feb 27, 12:54*pm, Richard wrote:









On Feb 27, 10:52*am, soartech wrote:

On Feb 26, 11:52*am, Bill D wrote:

Just in case rampant cockpit tech wasn't problematic enough...http://rdd.me/zeqevk9j

This has already been accomplished back in 2008 in an XC contest no
less.

Autonomous Soaring: The Montague Cross Country Challenge
repository.lib.ncsu.edu/ir/bitstream/1840.16/5978/1/etd.pdf

This was a model Sailplane Contest, *sponsered by DG Airparts.

website :

http://www.xcsoaring.com/contests/mccc/2008/report.html

* * The group that had the autopilot placed in the middle of the pack
overall in the 2008 *contest.

The model gliders were winch launched and flew up to a 75 mile
course. * *The autopilot team would launch and retreive the model
manually and once on course the autopilot did the rest. *The autopilot
followed the course straigt line and would only thermal to the right.

Richardwww.craggyaero.com

www.craggyaero.com

Great link. Thanks Richard.

Craig

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...KEAo2jrahYEtYg

Here's a link to the technical dissertation describing the glider and
systems.

Pretty cool stuff.

Craig