Hi everybody,
I just recently learned strong arguments for a very steady inter-thermal
cruising speeds (ignoring the McReady speed to fly):
http://www.betsybyars.com/guy/soaring_symposia/72price.html
Sure, you should consult your gliders polar and the estimated climb in front
of you.
But until you hit something clearly worth circling in, you can maintain
steady speed.
I flew this way during my last competition and it really feels better. And I
think it also makes the airspeed sensor input unnecessary.
For a given day I might decide I'll do 150 km/h glides.
Feature request:
I would like to set-up my typical gliding (air) speed in the "fligh set-up".
Now whenever XCSoar would detect a steady (GPS) speed for 20+ seconds it
would beep and I would be able to confirm with gesture that I was flying my
typical airspeed during those 20 seconds.
This way, I imagine, we would have more reliable wind computations even for
those frequent cases when the wind changes and you don't circle.
Tibor
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