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Be ready for our next 100km race!

We are ready to introduce new gliding competition  – short range race in the skies of Central Eastern Alps. Home airfield – LOIJ Sankt Johann Airport based in Austria, well-known glider airfield nestles in an open valley basin in the Kitzbühel Alps. 100 kilometers long route, 10 knots S-E wind, lower clouds layer at 8000ft. …

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TouchingCloud on Discord!

Looks like time comes – we have created a Discord server. We spent a lot of time to keep discussion with all our testers and users as everyone has own preferable way to communicate, so we propose to get together on Discord:  https://discord.gg/6rueC2c8qc Several purposes for this server – we can publish testing updates privately …

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New ALBATROSS with something special

We have started to work on a new feature of Kinetic Assistant and ALBATROSS – Ghost Replay. It is quite a special feature for MSFS – unlike other replay tools, it does affect not your aircraft but insert and animate AI aircraft instead. First and simplest usage of it – animate the tow plane so …

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New Kinetic version with many fixes and improvements

Next update took a little longer than expected, but looks like most issues were finally eliminated. Most important change is the nav screen – now it’s much easier to search for thermals, attach tow rope to near planes or read the wind. NMEA and XCSoar data export option unlocked, still experimental so feel free to …

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Next weekend competition and ALBATROSS update

We are ready for the new gliding competition – Race 250 LSZE! 250 kilometers long task in Swiss Alps a good challenge for the brave glider pilots. 20 knot S-E wind, 25 Celsius degrees ground level temperature and 9 000ft clouds will help you to stay airborne for a long time. Please update ALBATROSS to …

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ALBATROSS – “Race 220 LSTS” briefing (for novice pilots)

We are happy to invite you to a new gliding competition! Difficulty level above average, so we have prepared a simple briefing to make it easier. If you are an experienced glider pilot – you probably will be able to complete it by yourself. Open start – you can join anytime, start gate will be …

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Tracking – Gliding Competition Race 125 LFNJ

We wish to thank everyone who participated in our last event! Today we will announce new weekend competition, and new ALBATROSS version with many important changes. See you in the skies of Switzerland!

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Kinetic Assistant 0.8.4.1 hotfix

If you have problems with winch or tow on some gliders (like Discus v2.5), please update to the newer version.

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Kinetic Assistant 0.8.4 is available for testing

Next Kinetic update – a lot of changes were applied to artificial thermals, as an attempt to make them closer to real life. New modifiers – weather, time of the day, and most important – wind. Please read the description for more information about how it all works together. Minor catapult and arrestor improvements. Like …

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Next ALBATROSS competition ready for take off!

Happy weekends everyone! We have prepared the next gliding competition for you – Race 125 LFNJ. Location – South-East France, LFTM – LFNJ. Task length – 125km, duration – about a hour. Start gate open from today until 2021-02-22 12:00:00 UTC. Variable S-E wind will help you to stay in the air by following east …