Gliding lecture slides
Glider instruments
- Principles of glider flight
- Lecture 1: Lift, drag and glide performance
- Lecture 2: Control and stability
- Glider instruments
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GammaFV
GammaFV screenshot
- GammaFV is a simple IGC file viewer for analysing glider flights on Mac OS X.
GammaFV is a work in progress that is currently only capable of plotting the geographic trace of a flight onto a map. Hence don't expect it to be able to plot climb rates, altitude data, tasks or airspace.
| Platform | Download |
|---|---|
| Mac OS X : Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard | GammaFV-1.0-OSX.dmg |
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Academic documents
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Formation flight autopilot design for the GAF Jindivik Mk 4A UAV
Cranfield MSc thesis, 2004 -
An optical remote inspection system for the Surrey Nanosatellite Applications Program
Surrey MSc thesis, 2001 -
Target location in aerial photography
Cambridge MA thesis, 1999