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Syplheed-Reborn/docs/re/captures/pitch-burst-settled-speeds.csv
Claude (auto-RE) 92d9683f3a re(flight): short bursts confirm the rate-vs-speed SHAPE, without needing the clock
The design the sweep could not provide: settle the throttle, measure the settled
speed, pitch for ONE second so speed barely moves inside the burst. Three
throttles, two repeats, row pin CONFIDENT, fresh flight.

    LT min      burst speed ~105    rate 113.6, 109.5 deg/wall-s
    cruise                  ~383         100.2,  88.4
    RT max                 ~1483          52.2,  70.5

Rate falls monotonically with speed -- 111.5 -> 94.3 -> 61.4 -- at three KNOWN,
SETTLED speeds instead of smeared across a bleeding one.

The decisive comparison needs no clock. Absolute rates depend on the run's clock
ratio, but the min:max RATIO cancels it:

    measured min:max            = 1.82
    AV_PitchMinus_Min/Max 75/40 = 1.88   ->  3.0% apart
    AV_PitchPlus_Min/Max 150/70 = 2.14   -> 15.1% apart

Two conclusions, neither resting on a clock measurement:
 - _Min/_Max really do mean "at minimum / at maximum speed", with the rate
   interpolating between them: shape confirmed to 3%.
 - ly+ drives pitch-MINUS, not plus. The craft has asymmetric pitch authority
   (75/40 down vs 150/70 up) and the ratio picks the pair cleanly.

Absolute magnitudes remain open: this run did not bracket the HUD clock, so
deg/GAME-second cannot be computed from it, and picking a ratio that makes the
numbers fit would be circular. The probe now screenshots the clock at both ends.

Also: fly_stage.sh now waits for the TAKE-OFF load too. Guarding only the stage
load left a run pressing A into a black screen and then reporting "player entity
not found" from a game that never reached flight.
2026-08-13 23:29:23 +00:00

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3min1152.0108.8109.46
4cruise0428.5374.7100.19
5cruise1361.6391.488.39
6max01564.41352.052.22
7max11249.31614.670.52