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by Kenneth Voort
Tue Apr 25, 2023 1:09 am
Forum: DISCUSSION
Topic: WWII GLIDERS
Replies: 1
Views: 958

Re: WWII GLIDERS

I haven't watched it yet, but I've downloaded it and will make it available in the clubhouse if anyone wishes to watch it by the fireplace on a rainy day.
by Kenneth Voort
Mon Apr 17, 2023 11:44 pm
Forum: DISCUSSION
Topic: Easy Final Glide to Golden
Replies: 4
Views: 1629

Re: Easy Final Glide to Golden

Interesting you mention Winpilot. I've been working with the GPSBabel (which translates between geospatial data formats, e.g. IGC to KML; it's what Google Earth uses) team, and they left it up to me whether to keep supporting Winpilot or not. I advised dropping support for it, just last week. I hope...
by Kenneth Voort
Sun Apr 02, 2023 7:07 pm
Forum: DISCUSSION
Topic: Got your ROC-A yet?
Replies: 2
Views: 1242

Got your ROC-A yet?

As part of my efforts to make YSA a safer place to fly, I've been pursuing the greater use of radios. One barrier to that is that some members may not be licensed to use a VHF air band radio. If it's something you've been putting off for years, YSA now has another ROC-A examiner (yours truly). If yo...
by Kenneth Voort
Thu Mar 16, 2023 12:44 am
Forum: DISCUSSION
Topic: I'm looking for IGC files
Replies: 8
Views: 3184

Now with thermal detection!

Thanks to files I've been sent, I've been able to implement a thermal detection algorithm. I didn't write the detection algorithm (it notably ignores altitude gain/loss and looks only at turn rate). If you want to give it a gander... it's here . Screenshot at 2023-03-16 01-09-37.png (This is one of ...
by Kenneth Voort
Sat Mar 11, 2023 2:28 pm
Forum: DISCUSSION
Topic: I'm looking for IGC files
Replies: 8
Views: 3184

Re: I'm looking for IGC files

If someone can point me to some kind of database or listing of the turn points I should be able to. I can probably also extrapolate them if people send me KML files downloaded from OLC, as OLC adds them to those files. Or a map of them would work too. Here's what it looks like, this flight renders w...
by Kenneth Voort
Fri Mar 10, 2023 9:25 pm
Forum: DISCUSSION
Topic: I'm looking for IGC files
Replies: 8
Views: 3184

Re: I'm looking for IGC files

Tim sent me a few files from some of his flights out of Invermere. With those IGC files and the work of an Austrian paraglider who wrote an IGC to KML program, I was able to figure out how to work with these files well enough to convert them so that they can be imported to Google Earth. Thank you ev...
by Kenneth Voort
Fri Feb 17, 2023 10:08 pm
Forum: DISCUSSION
Topic: I'm looking for IGC files
Replies: 8
Views: 3184

I'm looking for IGC files

I'm hoping to get ahold of a large number of .IGC files, specifically for cross country flights. York Soaring has been invited as a guest speaker to one of the Brampton Flying Club's instructor meetings in April. One of the big inquiries they would like us to answer is where our cross country flight...
by Kenneth Voort
Sat Nov 12, 2022 3:00 am
Forum: DISCUSSION
Topic: MS Flight Simulator, Now with Helicopters, the Spruce Goose, the Wright Flyer, and... Gliders!
Replies: 3
Views: 1561

MS Flight Simulator, Now with Helicopters, the Spruce Goose, the Wright Flyer, and... Gliders!

As part of the 40th anniversary release of Microsoft Flight Simulator, they've added quite a few interesting aircraft, including the Spruce Goose, DHC-2, the Wright Flyer, helicopters, and yes, GLIDERS! It looks realistic enough that they included proper glider instrumentation, including total energ...
by Kenneth Voort
Mon Oct 17, 2022 1:27 pm
Forum: OperationsDocuments
Topic: Flight Line Truck Owner's Manual
Replies: 0
Views: 4728

Flight Line Truck Owner's Manual

Flight line truck (Club Car 411) manual.
by Kenneth Voort
Mon Oct 03, 2022 10:29 pm
Forum: OperationsDocuments
Topic: Water System Maps
Replies: 0
Views: 4634

Water System Maps

Stan Martin was kind enough to sit down with me today and draw up a couple of maps of our water system. It's not much, but it's something - and thank you, Stan. Until we have something better, I'm putting them here for future reference. You'll also find the water system shutdown procedure attached h...