25C3_2940 Flying for free

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25C3 Audio Recordings 25C3_2940 Veröffentlicht am: 28.12.2008, 14:00 Uhr Präsentation vom: 28.12.2008, 14:00 Uhr http://chaosradio.ccc.de/25c3_mp3_2940.html Flying for free Exploiting the weather with unpowered aircraft Abstract : Birds, glider pilots, and recently UAVs can exploit a variety of weather effects in order to gain altitude, remain airborne and travel long distances all with no power input – effectively, hacking the atmosphere to fly for free. This talk will explain the aircraft, techniques, meteorology, hardware and software that we use to achieve this. In the process I will show why the sport of gliding may be of interest to hackers, and explain how you too can get involved in this highly rewarding and low-cost form of flying. Speakers : Martin Ling Language : en Date : 2008-12-28 Time : 14:00 Room : Saal 2 More information... http://events.ccc.de/congress/2008/Fahrplan/events/2940.en.html

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