u/Roman_theLegend

Hello, are there any planned night jumps this year? The only ones I'm aware of are at Warsaw Sky Festival in August, but they're quite pricey.

NEO-M9N-00B-00 on FlySight2

This is FlySight - device used by skydivers to record flights performance based on GPS data. Skydiving involves airplanes which are a gigantic metal can that dampens the signal, unless the device is held close to the window.

There are similar devices on the market and they have better GPS signal in the very same environment - as manufacturer explained those devices have newer u-blox module and fine-tuned antenna.

Question: does anybody have positive experience with connecting external antennas to N9M and thus improving signal quality? I happen to have few of them from Neo 7M modules

If it does, the follow-up question: from technical specs one of those lower right pins is Antenna pin, but I don't know if I should solder directly to that pin or there should be placed some circuitry in-between.

https://preview.redd.it/x2dzm0n051ah1.jpg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=590ea86fe2946ad744a79f71dbc4b5ca2e324cea

Someone was asking a while ago about e-ink (-ish) vario that can go on risers, so I found and ordered this one called KEVario - price including shipping is ~86 euros

Looks small enough, and it comes with the velcro plate.

https://preview.redd.it/llt7kmr251ah1.jpg?width=1019&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4a1cacf336f6f6ff3ac49dbc95ba6c9626675a96

Brightness is good even when sun is reflected.

https://preview.redd.it/5w4s608551ah1.jpg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=28a2cea225bce1911cc7dacb5b11a772754958d0

Functionality is pretty basic - you can adjust sensitivity (beeps for minimum Climb Up 0.2/0.3/0.5/0.8/1.5/2.0 or Sink down -0.4/-1.2/-1.6/-1.8/-2.0/-2.5/-3.0

There's also BlueTooth compatibility with XCTrack, but I didn't test it yet.

Once the heatwave is over I wanna test it as secondary vario.

https://reddit.com/link/1u22cz8/video/55ch79nijg6h1/player

Does anybody have location of launch site?

I've been analyzing videos of how people are doing starts on classical wings and noticed that some are going on breaks or half-breaks, while others going fully hands up - it's clearly seen by movements of trailing edge.

The technique I use is apply breaks right before wing fully inflates just to prevent it from overshooting, then as I accelerate, gradually raise arms to get maximum speed, and at the very last step, as I dive, apply some breaks to flare.

Running with breaks or half-breaks seems wrong to me because:

1. This reduces overall speed and thus the energy retained in the wing

2. Puts you closer to stall point

3. Having tension on toggles means any subtle hand movements during run are transferred to the wing thus inducing distortions to its profile

Maybe I'm missing something? Is there any benefit in applying half-breaks or breaks while running?

I'm asking specifically about classical wings, not parakites because they work differently.

Does anybody know how to download publicly available test builds without signing in to native Play Store?

The apps that are built for technical preview, whose URL is something like

https://play.google.com/apps/test/xxxxx/yyyyyyyyyyyy

Aurora doesn't find them by bundle ID