3D Renderings of Soaring Flights

I've been involved in doing some 3d renderings from IGC data.  Some of these renderings were used for the 1999/2000/2001 PASCO sponsored Extended XC Soaring seminars.

Two technologies are used:

1. Freeware (my converter that produces .pov files that can be read and rendered with POV-RAY).
2. 3D Studio MAX is a commercial (but expensive) rendering package called 3D Studio MAX by Autodesk.
   (obsolete and no longer in use)

Here is an example.  This was a 500km flight flown by Marc Ramsey out of Tonopah Nevada.   The average speed was 77 mph in a DG-303Acro.

NOTE: the names are links to their websites or email addresses, the "renderings" links are to the renderings pages, don't forget to click on the small images, (thumbnails) to see the fill sized images.

• Charlie Thaeler: renderings of nothing very impressive but hey I do fly as well as play with a computer.
• Nobuo Ueda: renderings of some flights.
• Marc Ramsey: renderings of a couple of flights including a fast 500km and an altitude diamond.
• Bob Korves: renderings of a couple of flight including the first XC flight of DuoDiscus 5H.
• Jim Payne: renderings of his recent record 300km and 500km Out and Return Flights as well as some others.
• John Good: renderings of a LONG flight on the ridges in the eastern US.  This shows a nice mix of wave and ridge.
• Al Macdonald: renderings of recent wave flights (more soon)
• Tom Stowers: renderings of a NV state record class flight.
• Bob Davis: renderings of his 1000km wave flight.
• Bud Mears: renderings U.S. Standard Class 300km triangle
• Dan Murphy: renderings A 1000km YoYo attempt.
• János Sindely: renderings A 1000km and two Hungarian records!
• Ray Lynsky: renderings A 1000km flown from and within NV.
• Chris Richards: renderings A flight from Ely to Minden
• Bob Hupe: renderings A flight out of Ely
• Ed Peerens: renderings A flight out of Ely
• Bud Schurmeier: renderings A flight from Ely
• Carl Herold: renderings A flight test of a Nimbus 4
• John Leibacher: renderings Flights from Turf in AZ.
• Gary Kemp: renderings Flights from Williams Soaring Center and Montague
• Eric Greenwell: renderings Awaiting Narrative from C. Herold
• Jim Crisp: renderings Jim's last glider flight
• Tim Martin: renderings Awaiting Narrative from C. Herold
• Mike Parker: renderings World Class Glider (PW-5) world record flight
• David Volkmann: renderings 1000km from Tonopah
• Mike Koerner: renderings the 1999 Barringer trophy flight.
• Peter Kelly: renderings PK over the Mendecinos
• Jim Darke: renderings One flight so far flying with Peter Kelly.
• Doug Jacobs: renderings A flight from Pennsylvania to Rhode Island.
• Alan Reeter: renderings a 300km and a 500km triangle national records.
• Posi Pulkkinen: renderings a 300km out and return Finnish record.
• Combined Flights: renderings Several images with multiple flights.

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