Thanks Turbo, I'll write a ticket tonight if I don't get back from the task too late. I appreciate the enormous effort you guys put in during your spare time.
Chad Nowak On 08/01/2013, at 5:11, Tobias Bieniek <tobias.bien...@gmx.de> wrote: >>> We are using keyhole sectors at the nationals and I think in XCsoar it is >>> called "sector with internal radius" (sorry but the glider is over the >>> other side of the airfield right now). When selecting the sector radius you >>> can only select 10deg intervals e.g. 140deg then 150deg. Problem is the >>> sector radius was 143deg. This could present a big problem if it was a long >>> sector. > > These angles are indeed a problem. We will implement a numeric > keyboard for entering such values in the future, but unfortunately the > day only has 24 hours and this is not our dayjob :-/ > > Aside from that, what you describe is not an "sector with internal > radius" although I admit that the name might suggest it. The "sector > with internal radius" is used for "sector" areas with a certain area > cut out from the middle. For example half a ring or something like > that. What you are looking for is called a "keyhole" sector, but > unfortunately XCSoar is not supporting those in AATs yet, and in > racing tasks only with predefined radiuses that are used frequently in > the UK and Germany. If you write a ticket for that, I'll see what I > can do about it. I agree that the whole task system of XCSoar is not > flexible enough yet in some areas. > >>> When flying the task the small internal radius (circle) around the >>> turnpoint does not show up on the map even though you can set the target in >>> it. Further more it will not advance to the next turnpoint as it does not >>> recognize you have entered the circle. The only way to do it is to manually >>> advance to next turnpoint. > > I guess my previous explanation of the "sector with inner radius" > should explain why you've noticed this "bug". > >>> I will add these to the bug tracker. Thanks again for the hard work guys, >>> tomorrow the poker face goes on as the nationals start. > > Good luck! > > Turbo > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122412 _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user
