Measuring speed

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Re: Measuring speed

Postby hillflyer » Sun Aug 22, 2010 8:32 pm

Hi Bruce,

the Dynamic Soaring guys have used the Falcon DS radar gun to verify the DS world record at 399 MPH.
It's available at www.skipmillermodels.com
It is quite pricey, but allows speeds up to 575 MPH /920 km/h

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Hannes
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Re: Measuring speed

Postby ergocentric » Tue Aug 24, 2010 1:13 am

RCModelReviews wrote:I think the easiest way for *me* to measure the speed of *my* model is with the GPS-based telemetry.

Problem solved!

However, users of most other RC systems (such as Futaba) have no such option at present, short of installing a 3rd-party stand-alone telemetry setup.


That too would depend on the accuracy you would be looking for.
My lovely wife gave me an android phone and there is a perfect GPS recording application call MyTracks, I've already mapped a few things and it records speed well.
Provided I could fly well enough to trust my phone would return undamaged. ;)
unconcerned but not indifferent - MAN RAY
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Re: Measuring speed

Postby Ampair » Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:53 pm

Paint or tape some barcodes under the wing, then a quick pass over the checkouts at your local market should give you not only the times, but a couple of petrol discount vouchers as a bonus. ;-)
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