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An onboard GPS module, open source, to analyze and optimize the trajectory and settings of your RC boat 1 - Why use a GPS on our radio-controlled sailboats? We are curious to know whether using a GPS on our radio-controlled boats during training can help us in our pursuit of performance. We can imagine that by measuring the boat's speed and heading, and comparing them to the wind speed and direction, we will be able to improve our sail trimming and better understand the boat's behavior. To...

This very good training session took place in particularly changeable weather conditions, bringing together no less than 19 df95 sailboats on the water, under a beautiful sun. Changing gusts, a wind axis that shifted without warning, in short — exactly the type of conditions that tests both the sailors and the course marking system. The 6 autonomous GPS buoys were deployed for the occasion, and the wind unintentionally provided a real full-scale test bench for the automatic course...

The GPS on board a boat allows you to track your position, speed and heading in real time during navigation. To take full advantage of this, it is important to use a speed display , in order to view live data and then replay your sessions to analyze your performance. The speed display is very simple in terms of its electronic components. It consists of a single component, an M5Stack Core 2, which already contains a 500 mAh battery. You simply need to add a micro SD card to record data from...