I have used XCSoar in wave. Some suggestions: * North facing, not track. This is because you can be flying backwards at 70 knots, into 80 knot wind ! * Start log manually, and leave it running
On top of that I had different information than usual. E.g. I showed Zulu time, to save me effort when talking with air traffic control. Scott On 06/08/2012, at 2:07 PM, "Alan Wilson" <[email protected]> wrote: > I really enjoy the information XCSoar provides even on a stand-alone cheap > PNA, as I have discussed in places like > http://canberragliding.org/jforum/posts/list/1215.page > > I had an interesting flight from Cooma on 5 August 2012. At one stage > XCSoar said w/v 270/49 kmh at 8,000 AMSL. A couple of times XCSoar stopped > stating 'landing'. And it would 'take off' any time ground speed exceeded > say 30 kmh. Most inconvenient, particularly as the .igc log was similar > stopped and restarted. > > Also, XCSoar would not calculate w/v perhaps because even 'thermalling' I > was not flying circles [see attached log] because of high winds. I did 4 > turns but had to stop 'thermalling' due cloud forming around and below us. > > I think I can reset 'takeoff' speed to a lower figure in Settings page 13 > Default task rules. > > But I would be interested in comments on the use of XCSoar and best settings > for wave flying. > > SMFSLT > > Alan Wilson > Canberra Australia > <2012-08-05-XCS-XCS-06.igc>------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/_______________________________________________ > Xcsoar-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user
