In order to use the Silent Wings Viewer to watch the Australian Club class Grand Prix you simply have to download and install the following files.
The Australian Scenery File
The largest file you are going to have to download is the scenery file and this is a massive 400MB,
It is recommended that you use broadband either late at night (after 11h00pm) or early morning (before 07h00am) so that the download speeds will be slightly higher.The Silent Wings Viewer File
This program has the unique capability of visualising real gliders in real time through the innovative vPos tracking system.
The system uses GPS locations, speed, altitude and lots of clever physics and maths to build a very accurate representation of what is happening during the race.
The gliders move realistically in an accurate Australian landscape. If it happens during the race you will see it happen on you monitor.
Go to the Silent Wings web site to see how incredible this technology really is.
If you downloaded Silent Wings before Friday 29th. Download patch for old version Silent Wings
This patch fixes a problem with missing tasks.
NOTE you must have a separate vPos log in. see comment below
Get a vPos user name
In order to get live tracking from the vPos server you need a vPos user name and password. Go to tracking.vpos.no to register. This user name and password must be entered in the vPos window in the Silent Wings Viewer.
Download waypoints.dat for Australian Scenery
Download the installation and operations guide for the Silent Wings Viewer (PDF file format 1.8Mb)
Visit the Silent Wings web site