Competitors Comparison

Changes Aug 2022:

- Added Avg_Netto in same cell as Existing TTrack_Netto.
- New experimental metric 'Netto / %dev'.
Some pilots are able to obtain very high Netto flying in good air, the price to pay (outside of a top of range glider) is that often they require to do more deviations which takes cruise time because of the increased distance and also require more climb time.
When is it no longer worth to make deviations to get better glide?
The Netto / % deviation provide an indicative ratio of a pilot's ability to find good air with minimal deviations. (Higher values are better)

Summary

Metric Info:
Track: The GPS track (every fix) in a glide between 2 thermals Including Thermal Attempts
T-Track: The GPS track (every fix) in a glide between 2 thermals Excluding Thermal Attempts (this is a better metric to use)
Glide: The distance or time between Turnpoints Including Thermal Attempts
T-Glide: The distance or time between Turnpoints Excluding Thermal Attempts
Task: The assigned task
Race: The achieved distance or time for the assigned task
Stab: Stab or Stabilised is used in thermal averages excluding the 1st and last orbits
ttrack Netto: The netto
Thermal Lost: The altitude lost between fixes while in a thermal (slow to center, stay too long)
Tries Lost: The altitude lost between fixes while in a thermal attempt (slow to center, stay too long)
Orbit Time: The time to complete an orbit.
Orbit Speed: the Ground speed of an orbit.

Notes:
- All speeds are Ground Speed, wind is not taken in account.
- A Try or Thermal Attempt is counted if the glider circles of over 18 seconds but under 60 seconds.
- A thermal is counted when the glider circles for over 60 seconds.
- Use of a logger with GNSS (GPS) altitude instead of pressure altitude will have far less reliable statistics.
- Polar and wingloading are critical for netto and speed to fly calculations, invalid entries will give eronous statistics.
- Netto is calculated for each segment (fix) rather than for each glide.
- Leg STF is based on the next thermal climb rate and current Leg netto. (Previous climb for final glide)
- Times are UTC.