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Posting Flights to OLC (that means Online Contest)
Posting Flights to OLC
(that means Online Contest)
What, Why, How
•What is it?
•Why would you want to do this?
•How can you do it?
No need for XC flight
(but it helps)
117km 136km
Why participate in OLC?
“I was out flying today. Really great conditions! I blah blah at 1,500ft into a blah blah blah, hit
blah atblah blah blah blah blah. I rode a blah to Luray that blah blah blah. I got there with blah blah blah blah blah! Came back to blah blah,
blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah....
“I was out flying today. Really great conditions! I released at 1,500ft into a 6kt thermal, hit
cloudbase at 6,000ft, and headed off. I rode a cloud street to Luray that never quit. I got there
with no turns, still at 6,000ft! Came back to Front Royal, headed off toward Winchester....
Why participate in OLC?
Why participate in OLC?
Why participate in OLC?
Why participate in OLC?
The big reason...
The big reason...
How
•Easy!
Flight recorder
Go fly!
QuickTime™ and aH.264 decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
This is the hard part....
DownloadingActually, this is the hard part
Club logger
•Put in plane
•Plug in antenna
•Turn on recorder
•Take off!
•USB cable to laptop
•Or PDA and SD card
SeeYou
Cambridge
•Won’t validate (OLC cares about validation if you have a real recorder!)
•Download cai2igc4olc (Google it)
•Produces valid files for OLC
•More info on OLC web site
Others
•Check manufacturer’s web site
•Just need to download an IGC file (standard format for badge claims etc.)
So you have an IGC file
Now what?
Sign up
Fill out the long, boring form
Claim your flight
Choose the IGC file
Fill out more details
See your flight!
See your flight!
Tell your friends!(and your enemies!)
http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?flightId=-
1240219533
Just send them a link:
Recap
•Compete online
•Promote the club
•Learn from others
•Learn from yourself
•Show to non-pilots
•Fly OLC with club gliders, club recorder
Challenge•Longest OLC flight by SSC
member by 7/23/2010 wins The Sun Ship Game DVD!
•You must be new to OLC
•Must post with SSC as club
•Flight must be at least 100km
•Must comply with club rules and FARs (don’t bust airspace)
Go fly!
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