Hi! As a paraglider pilot I have been using Aircotec's TopNavigator for many years. This instrument is in my opinion still far better than other and newer combined GPS / Variometers although it came on the marked already in 1997. I now use XCSoar in addition since it displays airspace, something the TopNavigator can not.
A valuable function of the TopNavigator is its thermal database. At the end of a flight, the user can store the thermals of a flight by selecting certain parts of the flights barogram. Each thermal is stored with: 1.Entry height 2.wind speed and direction 3.average lift 4.entry position Stored thermals appear on the map as waypoints, next time one is in the same area. The position of the displayed thermals is not fixed but floating, adjusted for the wind conditions for the current day. The instrument shows whether one can reach a thermal from the current position, just like XCSoar does in respect to normal waypoints. Hope this will be implemented in XCSoar. Best regards, Rob. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What Every C/C++ and Fortran developer Should Know! Read this article and learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help Windows* and Linux* C/C++ and Fortran developers boost performance applications - including clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user
