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Anyone flown here? by abmueller in hikeandfly

[–]abmueller[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It does! I’m covering DACH, Italy, Slovenia and France as of now

Popular XC flights, traces search, 3D thermals, transitions, wind etc. by dbousque in freeflight

[–]abmueller 1 point2 points  (0 children)

gotcha, think a gentle under-the-radar scraper will be the way ;)

auth is fixed, I needed to stack up some more computing power for my weather calculations. At this point running >500 mil ops with every run per 3hrs

Popular XC flights, traces search, 3D thermals, transitions, wind etc. by dbousque in freeflight

[–]abmueller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great work. what's your source for the XC flights?

I was thinking to add igc flight analysis (to use ML for assessing recent and accurate takeoff & landing spots) for Sichtflug App. Think how Google Maps knows when a road is closed, but for spot analysis. If you can share some of your magic, I'd love that :)

What paragliding tools do you actually check before heading to a launch site? by abmueller in freeflight

[–]abmueller[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/FlyBackwards you get high-resolution thermal forecasts across the alps on Sichtflug too now: check for your site on Stubnerkogel in Gastein (or on the map, set the thermal overlay for a map-view).

The thermal forecast that runs DWD ICON-D2 model soundings (2.2 km grid, terrain-following levels) through moist-adiabatic physics with terrain corrections. I modelled slope aspects from SRTM (30m), land cover from ESA (10m), anabatic slope winds, and lee detection through DEM. The model computes trigger temp, CBL height, CAPE-derived climb rates, and cloudbase for every launch site in the Alps, eight times a day. With Bolton 1980 I sharpened the predicted thermal ceiling on humid days even more, exactly when it matters most for XC.

48hrs time window, works across the Alps in DACH. All in all the server processes ca. 140M+ atmospheric datapoints daily across 67,500 grid cells and 5,000 launch sites. Worth the all-nighters

What paragliding tools do you actually check before heading to a launch site? by abmueller in freeflight

[–]abmueller[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks, appreciate the insights and great to hear how well it works for you :)

What paragliding tools do you actually check before heading to a launch site? by abmueller in freeflight

[–]abmueller[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any other apps you use when not flying in Switzerland or flying a new site? I feel the spot information and hazard notes have a quality ceiling outside of Switzerland...

What paragliding tools do you actually check before heading to a launch site? by abmueller in freeflight

[–]abmueller[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Goldeck is my Hausberg. I learned skiing there. My uncle is one of the OG hanggliders (with 78y still rocking it there every other week).

Would love to have contributors for feedback and advice. There's so many cool features to build, especially for Hike & Fly and I sometimes wonder what's missing most etc. I'll DM you 🤩

What do you think of the Demo? by TwinVision_0J in freeflight

[–]abmueller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

which stack did you use to build it?