On 09/12/2010 12:40, Hannu Niemi wrote: > 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.
I fly with a Borgelt B500 which has its own GPS and final glide computer. It automatically defines a waypoint called "takeoff" on every flight. The final glide computer defaults to a final glide back to "takeoff". You can also use "takeoff" as a waypoint just like any other. So if you decide to abort a previously defined task, you can just change the next waypoint to "takeoff". This works very well, both for local flying and for OLC type tasks when you chase the weather until you think it is time to turn home. Then your final glide calculation is ready and waiting. It works even if you have not bothered to upload a waypoint database. This is similar to Hannu's suggestion. It works very well. Ian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
