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0 pointsanonu5d ago0 comments

He's running laps while the ship is moving. The little circles is him backtracking against the direction of the ship. It seems to me the ship is just going in a straight line.

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emilburzo5d ago

Yep, that looks like a paraglider circling in a thermal while being drifted due the wind.

Random tracklog example: https://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:mattmozza/2...

(zoom in until you see circles on the track line)

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

0 pointsanonu5d ago0 comments

He's running laps while the ship is moving. The little circles is him backtracking against the direction of the ship. It seems to me the ship is just going in a straight line.

0 comments

emilburzo5d ago

Yep, that looks like a paraglider circling in a thermal while being drifted due the wind.

Random tracklog example: https://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:mattmozza/2...

(zoom in until you see circles on the track line)

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse