| June 16 2009 |
Forum upgrade |
Over the weekend the Condor forum has been upgraded and after three days of 'test flying' it, we are happy to say that everything looks ok.
In case your password does not work anymore, please use forum's option to reset it with a new one.
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| June 12 2009 |
Forum upgrade |
As we have been experiencing increasing instabilities with our current forum software lately, we are planning on upgrading it over the weekend with the new one.
This means that in the time of the upgrade, forum will not be functional.
We thank you in advance for your understanding and please keep fingers crossed that all works out well :)
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| May 24 2009 |
Postfrontal racing servers |
PostFrontal is proud to introduce the new FREE RACING SERVERS FOR CONDOR!
The servers will run 24/7 with a selection of Easy/Intermediate/Pro tasks created by real life pilots for Alpi 3.1 and Central Italy v2.0 with appropriate weather conditions to take the Condor experience to the next level! The server is provided by PostFrontal's technical partner www.server24.it.
The results for all servers are updated automatically every minute: each pilot will be able to see his position in the results just after the race!
Official races with prizes will follow soon, stay tuned on www.postfrontal.com/CondorServer.
TeamSA has started a series of online Condor competitions. Please visit their homepage at
www.condorclub.co.za.
A new review of Condor has been published, this time by the magazine "Der Adler". You can read the review (in German)
here.
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| May 07 2009 |
Web server |
We would like to apologize for any inconvenience related to accessing our website.
Hopefully we have fixed everything so there should be no more problems.
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| Feb 08 2009 |
Portable gliding simulator |
Tom Wilksch, a student at the University of South Australia, has designed a Portable Gliding Simulator based on Condor.
The Simulator incorporates a wide curved screen, full working controls, working instrumentation and head tracking.
It is portable and can be easily towed behind a small family car.
There is a lot of useful information for the enthusiastic cockpit builders in his blog: http://tomsglidersim.blogspot.com.
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| Dec 24 2008 |
Season Greetings |
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While 2008 might have seemed a slow year for the Condor on the outside, a lot of work has been done behind the scenes, which will enable Condor to grow in the upcoming year. We are very optimistic and look forward to share our hard work with you.
Uros and Gregor would like to thank all for their support and we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2009!
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| Nov 6 2008 |
Lecco virtual soaring school |
Andrea Bonaiti has designed a very nice simulation system and is currently running his 3rd course of virtual soaring school in the Fiocchi Technical Institute in Lecco (Italy) using Condor simulator.
His team is also working on a full motion platform which will be in the testing phase in the spring.
A short presentation of the simulator in English language can be found here: http://xoomer.alice.it/a.r.i.-a.bonaiti
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| Jul 23 2008 |
Condor at WGC Rieti |
From 6th till 20th of July, Rieti (Italy) was the place of the 30th World Gliding Championships in the non-flapped classes (standard, club, world). Postfrontal team has presented the test version of our realtime visualization system of gliders in Condor environment that has been used for the Rieti competition. The system used a new Central Italy scenery by Bluangel 56 which is two times bigger than Alpi 3 and all in high definition.
The system was also used in the 2008 Spanish nationals and will additionally enable reviewing of IGC files in non-realtime in normal or accelerated mode, time jumps etc. All cameras available in Condor are supported and there is an additional satellite view. With some small modifications, we will be able to use the system as spectator tool for viewing Condor races too.
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| Jun 16 2008 |
Coupe ASK13 |
Tomorrow, June 17, starts a new ASK13 grand competition
where pilots will race over the 5 different sceneries in 6
stages.
For more information about the competition please visit the official page at: http://www.condorsim.fr/communaute/topic4590.html
or check Condor forums.
Condor Team wishes best thermals to all racing pilots.
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| Feb 27 2008 |
News update |
In mid February, SSA held its annual convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Condor was very successfully presented there by Scott Manley and Trace Lewis (Trace – 95T). The key points of their presentations was to show how glider training can be improved and also how to maintain proficiency and learn new skills using flight simulations.
Hydrowinch company ( www.hydrowinch.com), a manufacturer of high tech glider launch winches, also showed Condor at their booth. The feedback was very positive and we're sure the presentations have raised awareness for Condor across the Atlantic.
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Two beautiful new sceneries have been released for Condor recently: Alpi3 and Czech Republic. Alpi3 scenery (by BlueAngel and Postfrontal) is based on very high resolution aerial images and covers most of the Alps, from France to Slovenia. Another approach was chosen for Czech republic scenery by Milos Koch (Cadfael) where synthetic textures were used along with heavy use of detailed 3D objects for cities, forests, castles, TV towers, etc.
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Development of Plane Pack 2 is taking longer than expected, however we're sure the final product will be worth the wait. The selection of planes is oriented towards double sitters this time with two popular school gliders ASK 21 and Blanik L-13 and the performance oriented double sitter DG-500. Then there is a real classic Standard Cirrus and the exotic Genesis 2. |
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| Dec 25 2007 |
Season's Greetings |
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Condor Team wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy Neay Year 2008! |
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| Dec 06 2007 |
BGA |
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The British Gliding Association launched the Mark 2 version of its CyberGlide Soaring Simulator at the Airsports Show, National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, UK.
The all new simulator uses the complete front end of a two seat glider fuselage with the controls hooked up to a computer.
The software, Condor: The Competition Soaring Simulator, is supplied and modified by Condor Team and utilises twin projectors to put the image onto a screen over 4m wide.
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| Sep 22 2007 |
Patch 12 |
We are pleased to announce that Condor Patch 12 has been released.
Patch 12 main feature brings the new multilingual support for Condor.
To download Condor Patch 12, please click here
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| Aug 28 2007 |
French portal |
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| May 21 2007 |
P11 & PP1 |
Long-awaited releases of Condor Patch 11 and Condor Plane Pack 1 are finally ready for take-off.
To download Condor Patch 11, please click here.
To buy Condor Plane Pack 1, please click here.
Condor Scenery Toolkit has been also updated to v1.0.1 for use with the latest Condor version v1.1.1.
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| May 10 2007 |
vHWW 07 |
On Saturday the 12.05.2007 the 41. Hahnweidewettbewerb will start. For the first time they will have additionally to the originally 5 classes, a virtual Condor class.
You can find more information on the official homepage hww.hahnweide.com |
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| Apr 29 2007 |
Server change & New Russian portal |
We are happy to announce that transfer to the new servers has been completed.
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There is also a good news for the Russian-speaking Condor users.
Russian-speaking Condor community has received a new Condor community portal available at: www.condorsoaring.ru
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| Apr 23 2007 |
Server change |
As current Condor web site server is having problems with the increasing number of Condor users, Condor Team
is planning to move to a new server by the end of the current week.
This means there will be downtime in accessing the site as everything is moved to a new location.
We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.
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| Mar 31 2007 |
Dev update |
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| Mar 15 2007 |
Dev update |
Upcoming free Condor Patch 11 is now entering beta testing phase along with the first payable Plane Pack 1.
The Patch 11 will be mainly a maintenance related update for making Condor better compatible with Windows Vista operating system, as it will enable the support for adding future Plane Packs.
The Plane Pack 1 will, as has been reported earlier, contain 5 new gliders across 3 glider classes. The first hot sneak peek preview pictures are available bellow:
More detailed information about new Condor Plane Packs will follow periodically throughout the end of this month until the official release of the Plane Pack 1. |
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| Mar 10 2007 |
To The Skies By Sails |
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| Mar 5 2007 |
Instruments set |
Sim Meters has developed a new instrument panel for Condor: Competition Soaring Simulator.
Instruments included are: IAS Indicator, Altitude Indicator, Variometer, Electronic Variometer, Turn and Bank Indicator, Wet Compass, Accelerometer and Digital Clock with Radio Indicator.
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| Feb 27 2007 |
WGC Rieti 07 |
The WGC committee and PostFrontal
announced the WGC Rieti 2007 PostFrontal Condor Cup, an on-site
unofficial virtual event parallel to the official WGC Junior races that
will be held this summer in Rieti. Condor Team is happy to donate
license keys for this event and to develop support for reviewing IGC
flight tracks of the championship in Condor..
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| Jan 31 2007 |
Dev update |
Work on the first plane pack is going well. The pack will include the
hot new 18-meters class gliders (ASG-29, Ventus-2cx and LS-10), an "old
open class" glider Jantar 2b and the world class glider PW-5.
We are planning to release more plane packs this year, so do not worry if you favourite
glider is not in the first pack.
We are also working on a new patch which will - along with general
improvements and bug fixes - eliminate some minor problems with
Microsoft Vista operating system and add support for plane packs.
The release of both, plane pack and Patch 11, is planned for Q1 2007.
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| Jan 1 2007 |
Happy New Year 07! |
Condor Team wishes to all dear customers a Happy New Year 2007! May all your wishes come true!
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| Dec 23 2006 |
Santa's Present |
Condor Team is happy to announce the Patch 10 release!
To read what is new in Patch 10, and more importantly to download it, please click here.
Last but not least, Condor Team would like to thank its Beta Team for their utmost dedication to the Condor. You guys are the best!
Short movie with P10 highlights (movie created by Beta Team).
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