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We need a racing Matrix - Any programmers out there?

Wayne

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Hey all - I know we have some very gifted programmers that visit the forum. We have the International Slope Race coming up this May, and I'm looking for an app or some sort of tool that can help us keep score and make sure we have all our plitos flying one another.

A bit about the race - This is a Slope Race that goes back many decades, it has a grand history. It died out a couple of years back, but it is back this year! What makes this race unique is we race multiple planes on the course at the sametime. The goal is for all pilots to get a chance to fly against one another, and all of their placing against each other add into a final score. The Matrix needs to make sure all pilots get to fly against one another through out several rounds of flying. We usually track the time of the first plane to finish the course, but this is not part of the scoring.

Ideally the Matrix would be able to adjust if a pilot should need to drop out of the race, keeping the flight full of race pilots. We would be able to pick from 2, 3 or 4 pilots flying per round.

Would be great to be able to see current pilot rankings as the event unfolds. The race itself is a 2 day event with as many rounds flown as mother nature will allow.

Points for each round are given based on the finishing position of each pilot.

We can go into the finer details, this is just the rough outline.

Does something like this exist? Or anyone able to help with this project?

Many many thanks!
 
Back in the heyday of the SoCal slope racing circuit, the event organizers did have a matrix. Not sure if any of those guys are even around anymore. I would think that some young computer whiz could whip something together.
 
Yeah, that is my hope also. This has always been a struggle at the International Slope Race (ISR) that is fast approaching. I'd like ot have a solution and have it well tested prior to the May event.
 
Hmm, not sure I have an old enough PC to run any of those.. But will check them out. Looks like they are all 25 years old?
 
Yes they are :) but this one seems like it might work...only 5 years since that last update.
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I've asked a young friend who is a software engineer about this. This can definitely be vibe-coded using AI.

Is there any budget for this? I'm thinking of a small amount, mostly as a gesture (not for me of course - this is something I'd offer to get some young whippersnapper to take on the job).

Alternatively, a very exciting incentive would be an actual airplane, maybe something which has a retail value of $750-$1000. Or, in the spirit of brainstorming, another incentive could be a "slope day" in which someone is given a lesson for a few hours on how to slope soar (pre-req would be that the person is already a competent general RC pilot).

Just brainstorming. Possible someone could just volunteer to do this for the heck of it. I'm asking around.
 
I have never used AI for doing this kind of stuff, sounds interesting. Ill mess around with it today and see what happens.
 
Guys - Red found a working solution. So this should not be needed anymore.

On the subject of AI, I have been using it more and more for complex things. I wrote a google script with it yesterday, and did a complex spreadsheet for figuring out the prices and waste when blocking foam for wings. It even takes into effect the kerf of the cutting wire. LOL Helps figure out the most economical use of the foam blocks as they are getting spendy these days.
 
Ok well im having fun with it so ill share what i came up with just cause I find it super interesting. almost ready to share
 

everything works, pretty cool. when you end a competition it saves the fastest time and total wins to your pilot history. I did one quick race, ended it and started another.
 
Guys - Red found a working solution. So this should not be needed anymore.

On the subject of AI, I have been using it more and more for complex things. I wrote a google script with it yesterday, and did a complex spreadsheet for figuring out the prices and waste when blocking foam for wings. It even takes into effect the kerf of the cutting wire. LOL Helps figure out the most economical use of the foam blocks as they are getting spendy these days.

we have been messing around with the "galaxy" AI Meraki just enabled on our network console. Its is so helpful. I can ask it to tell me where a specific pc/printer is plugged into our network and it tells me the switch name and port so i dont have to walk around with a toner. saves so much time.

or for example the firewall stuff is buried down multiple menus and i couldnt remember where we had blocked tiktok and literally said "where is the firewall rule for tikok" and it told me exactly where it was.
 
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