> >>I find those screens incomprehensible, especially the one that seems to > >>re-order the turn points.
Your feedback is appreciated. > >>More seriously, I'm horrified at the thought of building a task while > >>flying I share your emotion. However, we have all been in situations where we have had to change or alter a task in the cockpit. Whether because the pilot changes his plans, discovers a mistake, or is rushed at takeoff and forgets to enter the correct task, etc. Given the high stress, reduced concentration on flying, and increased danger of collision etc, we should carefully consider the design for in-flight task modification. I can think of a couple of strategies: 1) completely lock down the task after takeoff. If you need to change it, tough luck. Get out the sectional and Fly the ship or land. 2) program a electromagnetic pulse into XCSoar that will disable any towplane or winch if there is no task entered into the system prior to takeoff ; ) 3) make it quick and intuitive to change a task so that given an already risky situation, the risk is reduced. This approach has many considerations; for example, it might be safer to use the main task editor so pilots don't have to learn two different ways to modify tasks. I'm just brainstorming here. It would be helpful to have pilot information about the following thoughts: *** What circumstances lead to a pilot having to alter one or more turnpoints in a Racing, AAT, or FAI task? *** What types of changes most frequently are made in-flight to Racing, AAT, or FAI tasks? >>on LK8000 where you tap the top left > >> corner where the next turnpoint is displayed. This one simple, sometimes > >> repeated, action is surprisingly flexible. The LK8000 has multiple easy-to-use designs. One of the issues I have with the LK design is that there are special "invisible" places to click that I do not understand. I think both programs would benefit from a help system for gestures, clicks and long clicks on the map. Rob > >> Martin > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, >user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take >the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the >tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2 >_______________________________________________ >Xcsoar-user mailing list >Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EMC VNX: the world's simplest storage, starting under $10K The only unified storage solution that offers unified management Up to 160% more powerful than alternatives and 25% more efficient. Guaranteed. http://p.sf.net/sfu/emc-vnx-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user
