{
  "id": 5816,
  "title": "Altitude in submission file: Is it used or ignored?",
  "url": "/competitions/flight2-milestone/discussion/5816",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2013-09-19T17:33:48.457Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 2,
  "views": 1474,
  "content": "<p>In the simulator log I notice that a flight begins climbing to FL400 (40,000) and stays there until descending for landing. &nbsp;I am confused because my submission file instructs the flight to stay at FL350.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.4\">Is the submission file altitude used in the&nbsp;</span>simulator<span style=\"line-height: 1.4\">? What about the online submission evaluation?</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.4\">Is submission file airspeed used (I haven't tried anything but 450 yet)?</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.4\">Submission:</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.4\">FlightId,Ordinal,LatitudeDegrees,LongitudeDegrees,AltitudeFeet,AirspeedKnots<br>301817127,1,28.714041286651337,-83.92938824157181,<strong>350000</strong>,450<br>301817127,2,29.23167937685638,-85.86123989414995,350000,450<br>301817127,3,29.749317467061424,-87.79309154672808,350000,450<br>301817127,4,30.266955557266467,-89.72494319930621,350000,450<br></span></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Simulator Log:</p>\n<p>FlightId,Latitude,Longitude,Easting,Northing,ElapsedTime,AirSpeed,GroundSpeed,Altitude,FuelConsumed,Weight,Status<br>301817127,28.0576243661037,-82.1242628155828,682.189664869489,216.094573243645,0.755,450.00,427.66,<strong>38266.87</strong>,3794.35,157593.65,Flying<br>301817127,28.0853117522941,-82.1988272994967,678.093864416055,217.377876041039,0.765,450.00,429.21,<strong>38514.98</strong>,3857.30,157530.70,Flying<br>301817127,28.1129622112766,-82.2734262890335,673.99806396262,218.661178838433,0.775,450.00,429.21,<strong>38522.40</strong>,3910.52,157477.48,Flying</p>\n<p>...</p>\n<p>301817127,32.8261539991206,-102.21357228249,-367.286434825975,481.169067905729,3.245,450.00,432.77,<strong>39995.50</strong>,16396.69,144991.31,Flying<br>301817127,32.8409219065888,-102.296696533739,-371.466567516888,482.289507912914,3.255,450.00,432.77,<strong>40000.00</strong>,16444.73,144943.27,Flying<br>301817127,32.8556593096234,-102.379915089136,-375.650358675178,483.410928533279,3.265,450.00,433.15,<strong>40000.00</strong>,16492.58,144895.42,Flying</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "31203",
      "postDate": "09/19/2013 17:33:48",
      "content": "<p>In the simulator log I notice that a flight begins climbing to FL400 (40,000) and stays there until descending for landing. &nbsp;I am confused because my submission file instructs the flight to stay at FL350.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.4\">Is the submission file altitude used in the&nbsp;</span>simulator<span style=\"line-height: 1.4\">? What about the online submission evaluation?</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.4\">Is submission file airspeed used (I haven't tried anything but 450 yet)?</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.4\">Submission:</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.4\">FlightId,Ordinal,LatitudeDegrees,LongitudeDegrees,AltitudeFeet,AirspeedKnots<br>301817127,1,28.714041286651337,-83.92938824157181,<strong>350000</strong>,450<br>301817127,2,29.23167937685638,-85.86123989414995,350000,450<br>301817127,3,29.749317467061424,-87.79309154672808,350000,450<br>301817127,4,30.266955557266467,-89.72494319930621,350000,450<br></span></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Simulator Log:</p>\n<p>FlightId,Latitude,Longitude,Easting,Northing,ElapsedTime,AirSpeed,GroundSpeed,Altitude,FuelConsumed,Weight,Status<br>301817127,28.0576243661037,-82.1242628155828,682.189664869489,216.094573243645,0.755,450.00,427.66,<strong>38266.87</strong>,3794.35,157593.65,Flying<br>301817127,28.0853117522941,-82.1988272994967,678.093864416055,217.377876041039,0.765,450.00,429.21,<strong>38514.98</strong>,3857.30,157530.70,Flying<br>301817127,28.1129622112766,-82.2734262890335,673.99806396262,218.661178838433,0.775,450.00,429.21,<strong>38522.40</strong>,3910.52,157477.48,Flying</p>\n<p>...</p>\n<p>301817127,32.8261539991206,-102.21357228249,-367.286434825975,481.169067905729,3.245,450.00,432.77,<strong>39995.50</strong>,16396.69,144991.31,Flying<br>301817127,32.8409219065888,-102.296696533739,-371.466567516888,482.289507912914,3.255,450.00,432.77,<strong>40000.00</strong>,16444.73,144943.27,Flying<br>301817127,32.8556593096234,-102.379915089136,-375.650358675178,483.410928533279,3.265,450.00,433.15,<strong>40000.00</strong>,16492.58,144895.42,Flying</p>",
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    },
    {
      "id": "31209",
      "postDate": "09/19/2013 17:51:35",
      "content": "<p>It looks like you are giving it an altitude of 350,000 instead of 35,000</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "31214",
      "postDate": "09/19/2013 18:57:51",
      "content": "<p>Thanks!! &nbsp;Garbage in, garbage out.</p>\n<p>public static final Integer DEFAULT_ALTITUDE = 350000;</p>",
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      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 31209,
      "author_name": "glazed",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "09/19/2013 17:51:35",
      "content": "<p>It looks like you are giving it an altitude of 350,000 instead of 35,000</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 31214,
      "author_name": "davidwilson0",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "09/19/2013 18:57:51",
      "content": "<p>Thanks!! &nbsp;Garbage in, garbage out.</p>\n<p>public static final Integer DEFAULT_ALTITUDE = 350000;</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
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