Just thinking aloud ;) Given there are (and probably forever will be) people who just don't get themselves to do even the simplest settings of the XCSoar. And I think setting the home airport isn't even the most trivial setting. The home airport decision for them is made in the turnpoint file which may suit only some small part of people but not all.
Now, what if I'd suggest an orthodox suggestion that home would taken from take-off location (unless set manually)? How many people are actually flying from another airport to home (yes, it happens, but percentage is low). And this would work even when they go to another airport and get airborne just to find out that home is some hundreds of km away. And me thinks that this distance/heading to airfield is most needed when on foreign location. Well, this suggestion isn't at all important to me, but I have seen people with all thumbs concerning our little gadgets, that they would probably benefit from this :) And possibly also me, as people wouldn't ask me to change the home airport location ;) (done that quite many times for different software) hannu On 9.12.2010 12:24, Scott Penrose wrote: > The old version of XCSoar had the ability to just create a default task. > That default task can then be anything, even home air field. > I guess we could do all of the above, ie: no task then default task; no > default task then home airfield - ie. default default task is home. > > Scott > > On 09/12/2010, at 8:41 PM, martin.kopp...@gmx.de wrote: > >> Hi Dave, >> >> Your proposal of displaying home when no task is selected appears very >> convenient. That could eliminate the need to make any adjustments and people >> could just fly around always knowing the way back, especially those not >> familiar with the system, E.G. clubmates flying borrowed gliders. >> >> On days when the weather is unstable or only locally flyable, I use to fly >> around, trying to reach turnpoints not too far away, or taking visitors for >> a trip round the countryside, though I like to always keep an eye on the >> risk of outlanding, which is not worth taking on days like these. That is >> what I had in mind when talking about enhancing the home box. >> >> Butterfly has just published a simple version of their iGlide Software. It >> does exactly this: Point you back to the home field automatically. It cannot >> do much else, though, allowing only one pull handle for setting a track to >> one target point and then back. For more, you need to buy the big versions. >> Their interface is very clean, and well adapted for (multi) touch screen >> use. I like the responsive zoom and scroll. Worth a look. >> >> Viele Grüße, >> Martin Kopplow >> >> --- >> >> Am 09.12.2010 um 01:47 schrieb David Lawley<davidlaw...@hotmail.com>: >> >>> HI all, >>> >>> The best solution in my opinion would be to have the program display final >>> glide to home waypoint when no task is selected. This would be most helpful >>> for low hours pilots, and those who are somewhat technically challenged (: >>> >>> A goto home direct button would be handy too! >>> >>> Dave L >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> This SF Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: >> >> WikiLeaks The End of the Free Internet >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/therealnews-com >> _______________________________________________ >> Xcsoar-user mailing list >> Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: > > WikiLeaks The End of the Free Internet > http://p.sf.net/sfu/therealnews-com > _______________________________________________ > Xcsoar-user mailing list > Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: WikiLeaks The End of the Free Internet http://p.sf.net/sfu/therealnews-com _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user
