Pulling in @Bdavy92960 to this request too as I know he has done a lot to get IMAC using Open Aero.
We've developed open source "Aero Judge" electronic scoring boxes that are getting more use and are getting out of beta phase and into something that is truly practical. I just used them for the second time at IMAC NATS and they will be used next month for the Tucson Aerobatic Shootout. There are things that I know Open Aero could do to really help us take away some of the manual work in using the boxes.
Brad had previously commented (and I agree) that we don't need the ABC sheets to tell the pilot how to fly, but WE DO need to be able to tell a judge what they should be watching for! and this is where Open Aero can really help.
So today while judging, we have an image of the Aresti symbol on the screen, the figure name, and description which uses a text to speech caller so that the judge knows exactly what he is watching / looking for.
Things we are doing somewhat manually today:
(1) We can use the single image export with svg setting and 100x100 size for images, filename is %figure%form and they go into a folder for each sheet. It takes a bit to compile the way we need but is fine for now. Could we get it to export both B and C sequence images at once?
(2) Figure name and figure description are manually written out... This doesn't need to be on the printed sheets, but perhaps there is another sheet or a separate file export that can give figure names and explicit descriptions of the figure and elements (as it is to be flown) in a text / electronic format.
Absolutely ideal would be adding some data lines to the .seq data file with something like the following output added to it so that we can just grab it and load it into score and our judging boxes... something like this...
**<IMAC>
<oa_language>44rao(9if)34,3f-</oa_language>
<oa_base_figure>rao</oa_base_figure>
<aj_figure_name>Figure 10. Reversing Loop</aj_figure_name>
<aj_call_desc>Four of four point roll.. pull 90 degree loop.. push 270 degree loop.. double negative snap on top.. 3 of 4 point roll opposite 3/4 positive snap on exit.. exit inverted</aj_call_desc>**
and so on.
I'm pretty sure you probably already have the capability to do most of this, if not just getting your language and base figure info would allow me to use it much faster than we are today.
The once a year sequence updates aren't a huge deal, but the goal is to have the weekly unknowns electronically pushed to the boxes with all the info ready to go so that it makes judging a contest a breeze!
Thank you very much for your consideration of this and I will be happy to help with it in any way that I can.
Hi,
Pulling in @Bdavy92960 to this request too as I know he has done a lot to get IMAC using Open Aero.
We've developed open source "Aero Judge" electronic scoring boxes that are getting more use and are getting out of beta phase and into something that is truly practical. I just used them for the second time at IMAC NATS and they will be used next month for the Tucson Aerobatic Shootout. There are things that I know Open Aero could do to really help us take away some of the manual work in using the boxes.
Brad had previously commented (and I agree) that we don't need the ABC sheets to tell the pilot how to fly, but WE DO need to be able to tell a judge what they should be watching for! and this is where Open Aero can really help.
So today while judging, we have an image of the Aresti symbol on the screen, the figure name, and description which uses a text to speech caller so that the judge knows exactly what he is watching / looking for.
Things we are doing somewhat manually today:
(1) We can use the single image export with svg setting and 100x100 size for images, filename is %figure%form and they go into a folder for each sheet. It takes a bit to compile the way we need but is fine for now. Could we get it to export both B and C sequence images at once?
(2) Figure name and figure description are manually written out... This doesn't need to be on the printed sheets, but perhaps there is another sheet or a separate file export that can give figure names and explicit descriptions of the figure and elements (as it is to be flown) in a text / electronic format.
Absolutely ideal would be adding some data lines to the .seq data file with something like the following output added to it so that we can just grab it and load it into score and our judging boxes... something like this...
and so on.
I'm pretty sure you probably already have the capability to do most of this, if not just getting your language and base figure info would allow me to use it much faster than we are today.
The once a year sequence updates aren't a huge deal, but the goal is to have the weekly unknowns electronically pushed to the boxes with all the info ready to go so that it makes judging a contest a breeze!
Thank you very much for your consideration of this and I will be happy to help with it in any way that I can.
David G. IMAC SE Region