After using XCSoar for a while I am very impressed with it but at the same time surprise that it assumes that everybody fly according to MC theroy and with pre defined tasks. Most pilots I know, which are serious XC pilots, do not set tasks and do not fly according to MC theory, which is way overrated. In most place in western US you will want to fly at low MC to stay at the sweet spot above the mountains and near the clouds. But it looks like XCSoar insists that if you don't fly according to MC you can't go anywhere since you can't climb, and that if you fly for OLC than you also have a task pre declared. Flying strictly according to MC is a guarantee way to land out often. An example from my last flight: release at 1500 feet, made 3 turns in 3 knots and hit the inversion at 2000 feet, next thing you know XCSoar tells you to dive to the ground at 80+ knots at MC 3. Instead of flying at best glide to stay aloft. And if I change to mc zero it assumed I can not go anywhere upwind since I can not climb. If so, how did I manage to fly 200km tip toeing from one thermal to next at MC between zero and 0.5? I think this is a flaw to assume this. Am I alone thinking this?
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