soaringdude

There was no limit to what Warren was willing to do to make this F5J USA Tour event a success. Well done!

F5J USA Tour contest at CVRC Visalia Calif on March 26-27 2022

This is a 15 min. tutorial on how to navigate around the standings and contest flight data in the F5J Monthly Club Series Standings Page on the f3xVault.com system.

Test conditions -- Date/time: Jan 1 2022 2:20pm PST, northern Calif. -- Both display panels connected to the same 12v 35Ah AGM battery. -- Voltage during the test held steady at 12.4v. -- Both panels were slightly tilted down (by ~2 degrees) to point any red acrylic filter reflections down and away from the viewing direction. -- Sun was behind and to the right of the panels. Top display panel: -- Uses the Embedded-Ability.com GliderScore Display Interface link: https://www.embedded-ability.com/gliderscore-display-interface/ -- Panel is wireless using a GridConnect ATC-863 RS-232 adapter -- Uses 10" high LED display boards from the open source project link: https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?3989491-Open-source-LED-display-board-project-%28for-F5J-display-panels%29 -- LEDs used: super bright diffused lens red LEDs (28 LEDs per segment, 7 segments total) -- LED current: ~10mA with 4 LEDs per string -- With all segments lit each digit draws ~490mA @ 12.4v -- With the display interface Power Saver option (zero blanking) when running 10:00 time countdowns the entire panel draws between 0.7A and 1.1A, averaging ~0.9A. Bottom display panel: -- Uses the Embedded-Ability.com GliderScore Display Interface link: https://www.embedded-ability.com/gliderscore-display-interface/ -- Panel is wireless using a GridConnect ATC-863 RS-232 adapter -- Uses 9" MXA037 LED display boards. -- LEDs used: super bright diffused lens red LEDs (20 LEDs per segment, 7 segments total) -- This display panel draws about the same current at the same voltage as the top panel.

The ceremony was held during the 2022 season opener "F5J in the Desert" contest on Dec 4 2021 at Silent Wings Ranch in Maricopa AZ. Hosting club was the Southwest Soaring Society (https://swsoaring.net/). The F5J USA Tour info: http://www.f5j-usa.com/f5j-usa-tour-information/

A short 360 of my local practice field in Lincoln CA. No green grass in summer but it has great thermal conditions for F5J practice.