We might use the following feature: Is final glide? If yes then get the required L/D to final destination (take into account the wind, moon phase and whatever). Then read from the glider's polar (bugged or clean, pilot's decision) the "indicated" speed to fly to the final destination --> present it on the screen. If chosen destination not reachable then print NR in red.
Wlad Em 22/11/2011, às 18:33, Max Kellermann escreveu: > On 2011/11/22 21:21, David Reitter <david.reit...@gmail.com> wrote: >> It seems that users find the need to play "what if", and they manipulate MC >> to do so (and for other wrong reasons, as you point out). So there's a >> need to let them do that, is there not? > > Sure, you can edit the MacCready setting at any time, for any reason > you like. > >> I mention a couple of things in my previous message. When I'm thermaling >> and there is an average lift value, does XCSoar still assume MC as the lift >> strength? > > Yes. But you may auto-copy average lift to MacCready setting by using > the "Auto MC" option. That's what I always use when I fly, because I > let XCSoar do what I'm too lazy to do manually. > >> When I'm on final glide at some speed, how do I figure out whether I can >> glide to a target in current conditions at this or another speed? That's >> where people change MC, and if you tell them not to (and you're right), >> what's the alternative? > > There's no alternative currently - I said today in another email that > I think XCSoar is setting a bad example here, and a feature is missing > - John disagreed with that. I'm not 100% convinced, but I admit it > might be a valid opinion. > > But, as long as your target is reachable with the "increased MacCready > setting", XCSoar will not account for wind drift for theoretical > future circling, because XCSoar will not assume any circling when you > don't need it. > > Which means: Ramy's criticism is irrelevant for that corner case, and > there's no urge for adding a new feature for that. > > Max > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure > contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, > security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this > data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d > _______________________________________________ > Xcsoar-user mailing list > Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user
