Glider Fleet Configurations

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Pilot Notes

All,

Update from today\'s tests:

1. spinning uncontrollably at times to the left, port, counterclockwise; characteristic of port wing loss?
   2. roll went from ~ -5 degrees average to during dives, + 5 degrees, and climbs +12.5 degrees; characteristic of wing loss on the port side of the vehicle
   3. pitch looks OK
   4. comparing vertical velocity of dives right now to a week ago: without doing too much work into pitch angles etc, I do see we went from .12 cm / s to .06 cm/s

UPDATE:
Just received another segment worth of data, it appears we tracked heading a little better for 1/2 the segment, and then the other half began the spins.

So while it looks like we lost a wing, could a remora be in there affecting things as well, or is it all just biology.

At some point tonight I will tailor the sbd to watch us fly with lighter science.  Otherwise, where is a good spot to point a limping glider nose?

Keep in mind we have to consider it a wing loss until it goes away in which case it was probably a remora, innocent until proven guilty.

Attached are some of the plots I was looking at.

Deployment ru23-20101001T1850

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