On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:00:55 -0800, Craig wrote:

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









On Feb 27, 10:52Â*am, soartech wrote:

On Feb 26, 11:52Â*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, Â*sponsered by DG Airparts.

website :

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

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

The model gliders were winch launched and flew up to a 75 mile
course. Â* Â*The autopilot team would launch and retreive the model
manually and once on course the autopilot did the rest. Â*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&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CDQQFjAC &url=http%3A%2F%
2Frepository.lib.ncsu.edu%2Fir%2Fbitstream%2F1840. 16%2F5978%2F1%
2Fetd.pdf&ei=XfxLT7LLAsHiiAKp7ODDDw&usg=AFQjCNHO7k 4yYd8D1lj8_A-
pHDK3XAlXew&sig2=ImKTzVfRKEAo2jrahYEtYg

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

Pretty cool stuff.

Craig

Thanks for posting that. Most interesting.



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