On 05/01/11 20:45, [email protected] wrote:
> Hi Robert,
>
> as far as I understand, these parameters are part of the glider specific 
> polar file.
> There is a field for dry gross mass and for the max amount of water ballast 
> in that file.
> The 100% in the XCSoar ballast dialogue should then refer to the given amount 
> of liters you carry.
>
> With the Nimbus 2 polar file downloaded from the Winpilot web site it should 
> look somewhat like the sample below:
>
>
> *Nimbus 2c  (20.3m)   WinPilot POLAR file: MassDryGross[kg], 
> MaxWaterBallast[liters], Speed1[km/h], Sink1[m/s], Speed2, Sink2, Speed3, 
> Sink3          
> 493,  230,    119.83, -0.75,  179.75, -2.14,  219.69, -3.8
>
>
Thanks

Well I made up a trial Nimbus2c.plr file, which basically just changes 
the water ballast to 230 litres and loaded it. However, when I then go 
to flight configuration, I still get only the 159litres for the default 
Nimbus 2 set up.

What am I doing wrong?

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Robert Hart                                  [email protected]
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