Few thoughts on this:
I recall some users had similar issues due to missing the terrain file, or due
to unziping the terrain file. I recall in some browsers the terrain file was
downloaded as zip instead of xcm, resulting in users unzipping it. I just tried
it with Firefox and IE8 and it seem to download fine now, but make sure you are
using just a single xcm file for your terrain data.
As for the issue Morgan described when restarting mid flight , this can indeed
mess up your final glide calculation badly if you start it mid flight, but I
think this only happens if you don't have a home airport defined? I am not
sure, haven't tried it myself. Best is to always have a home airport defined,
either in the waypoint file as Morgan described, or by selecting your home
airport in your waypoint file, click details, then click the arrow to go to the
next screen from which you can set it as home airport, add to task etc.
Ramy (still didn't find time to try 6.4 due to too much flying :)
>________________________________
> From: Morgan Hall <morh...@gmail.com>
>To: Luke Szczepaniak <l...@silentflight.ca>
>Cc: Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net
>Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 11:52 AM
>Subject: Re: [Xcsoar-user] Can Anyone Explain To Me?
>
>
>Dan, sounds like you might have the Space Shuttle polar selected.
>
>
>I haven't experienced any of these issues on 6.3 with a Dell Streak. If I
>recall correctly in the Cambridge waypoint format the home airfield has an H
>in the column that specifies the waypoint type.
>
>
>One interesting thing I noticed on a recent flight was that when I didn't
>select a waypoint, the default was to return me to "takeoff." In one case, I
>launched in Simulator mode and noticed this on tow. Thankfully, flying a Duo
>I was able to hand control over to the back seater and restart in FLY mode.
>It immediately recorded Takeoff. Later in the day on final glide I was
>loosing ground on my arrival height, but clearly was going to make it and be
>quite high. As my arrival went negative I realized that the default behavior
>was to "takeoff" which had been 1500agl or so.
>
>
>I would also recommend adding an info box for GPS height and AGL Height to
>some screen and then double check those on your next flight to make sure they
>are generally in agreement with your altimeter and actual AGL height. Just in
>case you've got bad map data. Seems like that could exhibit the behavior that
>you've reported.
>
>
>
>
>
>On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 6:49 AM, Luke Szczepaniak <l...@silentflight.ca> wrote:
>
>Hi Dan, I've had a few of these myself, for example on one flight my reach
>area was stuck 100km behind me, other times my GPS position would jump many KM
>away even though I was on the ground. I was using XCSoar on Android connected
>to Internal GPS, CAI302 and Powerflarm via IOIO. Once I disabled the internal
>GPS all these disappeared.
>>
>>Luke
>>
>>
>>
>>On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Dan Marotta <dcmaro...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>I'm using 6.4_beta but these anomalies have been with me from the beginning.
>>>
>>>I do not see the reach outline until getting above about 13,000 ft MSL
>>>(7,000 ft AGL).
>>>
>>>I get the message "Final glide through terrain" periodically, even when
>>>directly over the airport at 10,000 ft AGL.
>>>
>>>How do I select my home field without searching through all the airports?
>>>
>>>Any help would be appreciated.
>>>
>>>Dan
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