Hi Stefan,

If your finish cylinder is only a few hundred metres above ground then one
can assume you intend to land at or close to that destination. One also
concludes that the finish cylinder is going to have a small radius.
Therefore a glide calculated to the centre and a safety height equal to the
height you wish to enter the finish cylinder should be close enough and
leave a little margin. 

If there is a requirement as in US contests where one must cross the outer
boundary of the finish cylinder above a minimum height, finishing a little
high or burning off a little extra height a few kilometres out leads to far
less penalty points than failing to make the precise glide calculated to
bring you into the finish cylinder at the optimum height. This approach
works with or without a minimum height requirement. Adjusting the safety
height to your level of comfort in theory will get you the results you want,
however in practice a little extra comfort height will result in more
successful finishes.

Regards,

Andy Gough




I have a short question about the final-glide to a finish Cylinder.
Mostly (the only definition i know), the Cylinder is defined by a TP (a few
hundred meters above ground) and a Cylinder-radius.

What is now the finish for the final-glide calculation?
The center or the border of the Cylinder?

If the calculations are going to the center, i will be higher than the
minimal height for entering the Cylinder.

Should i make a Feature-request? (i duno if it is already implemented, or
not)



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