[gps-talkusers] Re: half way to Hawaii

  • From: "Scott Granados" <gsgranados@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:21:56 -0700

Hi, that's interesting.
So the plane I flew in and tried this most recently had smaller windows than your average boing 7xx or airbus 3xx so that may have been part of my problem. I recorded speeds, when I could get a fix, around 700 (high 690's) but I think the average comercial speeds are in the 5 - 6 range, figuring in wind and so on your speed over ground very well might have been right in that range. I'll take smaller windows and no GPS though, 3 hours ten minutes from San Jose to Rhode Island was pretty hot!:) Got there before the drugs stopped working and I needed a maintenance dose.:) I have to say though I think that's a pretty cool use for the Sendero product. I don't know how many flights I've been on where the pilot just didn't care about giving updates and about 3 hours in you get a bad case of "are we there yet". Knowing exactly where you are would be nice. Another example of where our tools give us an edge.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Grabowski" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 11:59 AM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: half way to Hawaii



Hi,
I've used the m-1000 cross the country twice with no issues. both
times I had it on my shoulder.
If I remember correctly the top speed was somewhere around 650 mph.  I
actually have a replay of the entire four hour flight.
Chris
On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:53:21 -0700, "Scott Granados"
<gsgranados@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Mike and others, do the consumer portable GPS receivers (like the Holux)
work well at altitude and speed in a comercial flight?  I know that Cell
phones can work but you have to position them just right in the window and
even there it's sketchy because it's not so easy to get a signal in or out
of a big metal tube.  Texting was the best reliable method at speed, voice
was flakey so I'd expect GPS (being in the same frequency neighborhood)
would be tricky? Also, do they work at the higher rates of speed? I tried 
some of this with a US-Globalsat receiver and it was problematic.
Cool use of the tool though. Wonder if United will figure it out when a bunch of blind air travelers consistently start winning the prise with your 
POI.:)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael May" <MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: "GPS-talkusers-freelists.org" <GPS-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 11:22 AM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] half way to Hawaii
United Airlines plays a game when flying from San Francisco to Hawaii. The 
pilot gives passengers a variety of information so we can guess the time
the flight crosses the midway point between the two airports.

Should you have obtained permission to use your GPS on the flight, you
might be able to have a little extra tool working in your favor. It is a
bit tricky because the head winds change and the speed is slower during
the first 20 minutes of  flight as you reach the cruising altitude.
I came within 4 minutes but someone else won the prize. I did drop a user 
POI close the the mid point to help future GPS travelers.

Mike





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