Hi Peter,

xc 6.0 implements goalup. It is called "Target up", you can configure it for
cruise and circle mode.

Helmut

2011/1/11 Peter Cutting <peter.cutt...@gmail.com>

> Yes for goalup  the goal is always vertically above your glider on the
> screen.
>
> But if you fly cross track then the screen will obviously rotate. This
> effect increases as you approach your goal. It can be annoying for  at the
> last few Km. So having it change automatically to NorthUp or TrackUp as the
> glider crosses the "near" distance can be a good idea. Also put a bit of
> histeresis into the "near" value.
>
> I would like to suggest  a new mode called LastUp. When the glider crosses
> the near distance to a turnpoint,  the current orientation is preserved
> until a new turnpoint is (automatically) selected.  This avoids the screen
> orientation hopping at a critical moment in the flight.
>
> Note this is all while on task. Prestart I tend ot use NorthUp
>
> Peter
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Martin Gregorie <mar...@gregorie.org>wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 2011-01-11 at 11:37 +0100, Peter Cutting wrote:
>> > Has "GoalUp" (as opposed to NorthUp and trackUp) been implemented yet.
>> >
>> ....
>>
>> > Brainstorming, GoalUp could change to something else when "close" to the
>> > goal so that the display does not start rotating annoyingly. For example
>> > "LastUp"
>> >
>> I thought I understood GoalUp until this last paragraph, i.e. the next
>> TP is on top half of the the vertical centre line of the display, in
>> which case the display would never rotate. Since I evidently don't
>> understand you, please describe what GoalUp actually does.
>>
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
>>
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