Hi,
thanks for the great work. Today I had a chance to flight test the new 6.10
version and now I have a few questions regarding the new functions / features:
1) Could you please explain the interactions of the "arrival height display
setting" and the "reach mode setting" and the value shown on the "final glide
bar" (assuming arrival height 0, mc safety=mc manual, wind 0, goto mode)? In
case where everything is set to straight line the arrival height and the final
glide bar value are the same as expected. However once you set to turning or
terrain avoid. differences occur (assuming terrain height unequal to 0).
2) Same as above, but now with wind unequal to 0. Here the final glide bar
shows a lower value than the arrival height display. That I don't understand,
since I also expected the values to be equal (straigth line). Could you
explain
this too please?
3) How to turn off the thermal profile (blue blob above the glide bar)?
4) With my IPAQ 3870 I used to be able to "drop markers" by pressing left on
the
central button. It doesn't work any more (used to work in 6.09)?
5) How to turn off / on gestures?
6) How to turn off / on safety lock?
7) Could you please share your experience with the wind calculation (my
setting:
circling, since I get the gps from flarm with no air speed data)? It seemed,
that in comparison to my LX7000 (wind: comb - zigzag and circling) the values
differed quite a lot and more than in the past during circling. However it
could also been caused by the many wind shifts due to nearby thunderstorms and
therefore I am not entirely sure.
Sorry for the many questions - I love XCSoar and use it since version 4.2. and
I
just like to be able to explain the behavior of the glide calculator in order
to
estimate the impact of the many input parameters.
Thanks a lot in advance.
Cheers
Sascha
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