I would go further and request no button press for that feature. It just defaults automatically after takeoff, as far as no task was defined.
Helmut Am Samstag, den 11.12.2010, 07:32 +0100 schrieb CWH: > I think, thats the easyest way. > > putting a distict waypoint "takeoff", which is quickly accesed by > pressing one or max. two buttons. > > When I see membes of my club -and averey plane is equipped with > xcsoar ;-) most of them > > a- don´t fly with a programmed task > b- are stunned with the amount of info > and > c- don´t want to use manuals and so... > > "takeoff" would be the very best solution .. > but a somehow "quick acces" would be necessary, I think. > This to give "lazy" people the ability to work with xcsoar and maybe > finally take the manuel when getting interested in more functions. It > ´s kind of a marketing function :-) > > yes. good idea. I´d prefer that. > > > claus > > > > > Am 09.12.2010 12:31, schrieb Ian: > > On 09/12/2010 12:40, Hannu Niemi wrote: > > > > 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Oracle to DB2 Conversion Guide: Learn learn about native support for PL/SQL, > new data types, scalar functions, improved concurrency, built-in packages, > OCI, SQL*Plus, data movement tools, best practices and more. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list > Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Oracle to DB2 Conversion Guide: Learn learn about native support for PL/SQL, new data types, scalar functions, improved concurrency, built-in packages, OCI, SQL*Plus, data movement tools, best practices and more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user
