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Max Mach

Postby Merik » Sat Mar 12, 2011 6:25 am

Sorry for asking a FG Tracker question here (rather than their own forum, which appears not to be active), but in the "Flight Details" section of this flight, I don't understand what Max Mach means. Given that max ground speed is 109knots, and Mach number is 661.5 knots, it shouldn't be the ratio of ground speed to Mach number. Do you know what it is then?
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Re: Max Mach

Postby skyop » Sat Mar 12, 2011 6:40 am

"Max Mach" is the maximum Mach speed that FG tracker thinks you flew at. In practice, it tends to be a lot higher than you expect, because network glitches can cause the tracker to miss some tracker points and so you "jump" at a high speed. (Essentially, lag.)
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Re: Max Mach

Postby Merik » Sat Mar 12, 2011 4:52 pm

Then how is it possible that the tracker thought I've flown at 0.9 Mach with my Cessna 172, but at the same time, my maximum ground speed was no more than 109knots?!
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Re: Max Mach

Postby Gijs » Sat Mar 12, 2011 8:43 pm

Did you reposition the aircraft during your flight (eg. restart at another airport, or in air)?
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Re: Max Mach

Postby Merik » Sat Mar 12, 2011 9:59 pm

No; it was one continuous flight.
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Re: Max Mach  

Postby skyop » Sun Mar 13, 2011 12:08 am

Merik wrote in Sat Mar 12, 2011 4:52 pm:Then how is it possible that the tracker thought I've flown at 0.9 Mach with my Cessna 172, but at the same time, my maximum ground speed was no more than 109knots?!


Look closely:

I wrote:it tends to be a lot higher than you expect, because network glitches can cause the tracker to miss some tracker points and so you "jump" at a high speed. (Essentially, lag.)
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Re: Max Mach

Postby Merik » Sun Mar 13, 2011 12:44 am

Oh I missed the "jump" part. So yeah, you're right. In the beginning of the tracking data, my altitude is recorded as -9999 for a moment and then it is back to ground altitude of the origin airport. This jump shouldn't have been recorded by FG Tracker, but apparently my system had a lag in loading FG which caused this information to be passed to FG Tracker.
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