From: Morgan H. <mo...@gm...> - 2010-06-23 15:12:14
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Hi Steve, In your first shot, the blue "bar" represents your working band of thermals for the day so far. The width of the bar represents climb rate and the black arrow represents your current position relative to previous climbs. I admittedly use it minimally, since I usually feel like after a few thermals I have a reasonable mental picture of how high they go, where they are strongest and when they start to back off. The blue working band is a very good tool for confirming that mental picture though. If you are starting to feel your thermal back off and you're near the top of the blue band, it can confirm that you're nearing the top of lift rather than just needing to recenter. I forget the meaning of the numbers in your second screenshot. I seem to recall a thread on here a month ago that mentioned it was the extra distance you'd fly along your current course line, when you weren't headed straight to a turnpoint. I could be remembering that wrong though. Morgan On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 7:29 AM, Steve Freeman <st...@fr...> wrote: > Thanks for all the advice on simulating thermalling. Replaying a previous > flight answered all my questions except 3. I did not know if this email > group accepted attachments so I have posted my two screenshots at the > following URL. > http://gallery.me.com/steve5206#100057 > In the first shot there is an irregular blue shape along the left edge with > a hard to see black arrow (sometimes it is barely there, see screenshot 2). > The shape changes and the arrow moves but I do not know how to interpret the > information they are delivering. > In the second screen shot there is a series of 4 numbers in black lined up > in front of the glider. They come and go and change value. No idea what they > are indicating. > Finally, I do not see an indicator for the wind direction and velocity even > though in the setup it is indicated it should be shown on the map. > > Sorry for all the low level questions but I like the software and want to > take advantage of all of the features that are relevant to my level of > competence. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > _______________________________________________ > Xcsoar-user mailing list > Xcs...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user > |