Hello Sorry, can't help, but 100% bugged glider looks (by definition) a (big) bug ;)
In Ye Olde Cambridge the ballast settings are per cent with 25% steps, so I don't feel that the exactitude isn't such a big deal (Full, almost full, half, almost empty and empty). Specially after I have dropped some ballast (due a low save) the amount of water in liters isn't exact any more - if it was to start with ;) But I can "feel" it somehow between empty and full Of course we could just have a slider with empty and full in ends and slide it to somewhere appropriate. The bugs are even more difficult as they affect different gliders differently. My guess is that percents are as good as any. Or 'very dirty' to 'clean' slider - but the scale must be anyhow set somewhere (in the code). hannu On 5.1.2011 14:28, [email protected] wrote: > That's a very good approach, Max. > It would be more intuitive and probably also more accurate. > It would also eliminate the need of creating different polars for different > pilots. > > Usually there are polars available for a given glider at a given mass > including an average pilot or something. > Only in few cases have I seen max and min load polars. > XCSoar would then have to do the shifting of the polar based on the mass > given in a polar file, finding the difference to the actual empty mass and > then add pilot and water, I suppose. > It would be good, if readily available polar files could still be used, with > XCSoar doing this math internally. > > While we're at it: > We also have bugs in percent. > What would a 100% bugged glider look like? > > Martin > --- > > > Am 05.01.2011 um 12:56 schrieb Max Kellermann: >> What I never understood is why we enter the ballast in percent. The >> water containers I carry to my glider are labeled with "litres", not >> "percent". >> >> I'd like XCSoar to know the empty weight of my glider, and allow me to >> enter additional mass added to that (my own body mass, ballast, >> oxygen, fuel). No special polar for solo flights in a double-seated >> glider. >> >> Max > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers > to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, and, > should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle RAC database > without downtime or disruption > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl > _______________________________________________ > Xcsoar-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, and, should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle RAC database without downtime or disruption http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user
