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dthames

XRW GPS data, playing around

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I have taken an interest in XRW and have been looking at some GPS data to get an idea of what is really happening in the 3D world.

Attached is a Google Earth KML file with both the canopy pilot track and the WS pilot track. The time slider tool at the top will progress both tracks as time elapses.

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Numeric data for both jumpers is also attached to this video as closed caption data.

https://youtu.be/qcGJaaZi5rU
Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

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birdynamnam

are U flying downwind or upwind?



We started off heading downwind. The wind was a bit wacky that day, as I recall. Notice in the video the canopy speed at 10k and the speed at 7k. As we got lower we got a headwind component. Our ground speed continued to drop.
Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

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I am not sure what happened to the KML combined file on the initial post. I just tried to look at it and it downloaded as a ZIP with only the canopy track. Let me try again.

Here is a link to the file. Number 5 goes with the video.

http://pyrodan.privatedata.com/skydive/xrw/XRW-4-combined.kmz
http://pyrodan.privatedata.com/skydive/xrw/XRW-5-combined.kmz
Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

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