Re: Re: 2012 F1D World Championship Statistical Analysis

From: Tapio Linkosalo <tapio.linkosalo_at_iki.fi>
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2012 21:25:35 +0300

On 5.9.2012 20:56, Yuan Kang Lee wrote:
> <mailto:Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com>, Nick Ray <lasray_at_...> wrote:

> > In the afternoon it was thought that air rapidly deteriorates. Lunch
> > started at 1pm and ended at 3pm. We had from 3pm to 7pm to make our
> > flights. Our goal was to fly as close to the start of the round as
> > possible. Bred would launch close to 3pm, as soon as Brett was down John
> > would launch. After John I would launch. In practice this meant that we
> > were done with the round by around 5:30-6pm.

> Tapio posted earlier that he felt the air became the calmest late in
> the afternoon rounds.

Yes. To me it seemed that in the morning rounds the very start was often
OK, but as soon as the sunspots came out, then the air got really
turbulent, settling towards the end of the round (for some reason). Then
in the afternoon it was often turbulent and drifty, but improved towards
the end of the round. On the last two days (flying on my own "pole" so
having the whole round for myself as the only Finn in the contest) I
spent the afternoon pondering if the weather is stable enough to fly, or
if I should wait a bit more. Expecting that the weather would stabilize,
but also the light would reduce, making following the model and possibly
steering more difficult...



-Tapio-
Received on Wed Sep 05 2012 - 11:24:53 CEST