A glider competition organiser can now offer the public (friends, family and other glider pilots), the chance to watch the competion as it unfolds. This can be done from anywhere there is a broadband internet connection.

It is of particular interest to be able to follow the competition on the site of the competition. When having vPtrackers in the gliders, they can be followed by running the SilentWings viewer on a PC connected to a projector.

Services available

The following services are currently available for a Competition Organiser with a broadband internet connection:

• Tracking of the gliders in near real-time with the SilentWing viewer.
• Defining the competition (name, site, from-date, to-date).
• Uploading competition files (cuc files). This is nescessary for the SilentWings viewer to be able to display the pilots and the task.
• Display of the latest position received at the vPserver for all the gliders.
• Downloading of IGC files for the gliders (at any time, or at the end of the day).
• Transfer of Performance Results, and Map View from the PC running the SilentWings viewer, to a web-browser.

Performance results

In the SilentWings viewer the performance results for the competition can be displayed. You can see a larger version of the picture by clicking on it.
For the Grand Prix, a special view was used, where the gliders altitude are shown in a chart, relative to their position. You can see an example by clicking here.