I've never tried the thermal assistant, but after Ramy's report I certainly will.
However, those of you who had been using it: there is a delay of at least a couple of seconds between the cause (lift, position, speed, etc.) and the effect (when XCS shows it). I have 2 questions regarding that: 1. how long is that delay (for the different data sources) and is that always the same? 2. isn't that delay impacting the value of the thermal assistant? For instance: if CAI302 is my data source (GPS, TK, IAS, Baro) how long does it take until the instrument presents the data on the serial port. Certainly not instantaneously! And then, XCS presumably does quite a bit of data processing and filtering. How long does that take? When I watch the Circling Screen it's obvious that there is a delay of ~3 sec between the actual heading of my glider and the heading of the symbol on the display. What is that delay for lift, speed, ...? Any thoughts? Ronald Am 21.07.2014 05:31, schrieb Ramy Yanetz: > FWIW I thought I should share with XCSoar users my experience with the > thermal assistant. > > I admit I didnt think I needed a thermal assistant and never used one with > Winpilot and XCSoar before, especially since I didnt want my map to be > replaced with the thermal assistant whenever I am thermaling. but recently I > noticed that it is also available as an infobox, and since I had place for an > extra infobox in my thermal page I figured I will give it a try. I found out > that if I am completely focused it wouldnt tell me more than the vario, the > trace and the seat of my pants tells me, but sooner or later I am loosing > some focus, especially later in the flight when getting tired, and this is > when the thermal assistant is a huge help. It makes finding the core so much > easier. 9 out of 10 times it would take me back to the core with one circle. > Just follow the instructions in the manual how to use it and you will find it > works very well. > > Just my 2 cents, > > Ramy > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and > search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck > Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code > search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds > > > > _______________________________________________ > Xcsoar-user mailing list > Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user
