Show HN: I tracked 47 flights with a smart ring to quantify IMSAFE's blind spot

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IMSAFE Biometric Charts — TurbulenceGains.com

Figure 1

Workload Intensity vs Next-Day Recovery

Blue bars = landings per flight day. Red bars = high-workload days (≥5 landings).<br>Green line = next-day recovery score. Red dots = days where recovery fell below the<br>elevated-risk threshold of 50.

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61.8

Avg next-day recovery<br>after high-workload days (≥5 landings)

70.2

Avg next-day recovery<br>after low-workload days (<br>13.3%

Flights conducted in<br>elevated risk band (recovery

Figure 2

Recovery Calendar: Fatigue Accumulation by Week

Each cell = average recovery score for that day of week in that calendar week.<br>Red = elevated risk (80).<br>Hover for exact values.

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92

Highest recovery score<br>recorded in dataset

25

Lowest recovery score<br>recorded in dataset

66.4

Mean recovery score<br>across all 168 days

Figure 3

Landing Count vs Next-Day Recovery — OLS Trendline

Each point = one flight day. Colour = next-day recovery (red 65).<br>Dashed red line = OLS trendline. Hover any point for date and same-day recovery.<br>Note: result does not reach conventional significance (p=0.084, r²=0.068).

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r²=0.068

Variance in next-day recovery<br>explained by landing count

p=0.084

Statistical significance<br>(below conventional 0.05 threshold.)

−1.03 pts

Recovery drop per<br>additional landing (OLS slope)

N=1 self-experiment. Not an FAA-approved fitness-for-duty assessment.<br>The Ultrahuman Recovery Score is a proprietary metric not validated for aviation decision-making.<br>The IMSAFE checklist remains the legal standard. Use this data for personal situational awareness only.

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