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6 ATMOSPHERE AND INSTRUMENTS
6 Atmosphere and Instruments
XCSoar maintains an internal model of the atmosphere based on statistics gathered from the
flight path and other instruments connected to the device. These statistics and measurements are
approximate and the weather can on some days change rapidly. The pilot should at all times keep
observing the weather. In particular, when out-landing in fields, the pilot should look for indicators
on the ground to confirm wind strength and direction.
6.1 Variometer
A needle-dial style display shows the variometer measurements. The gross vari-
ometer reading drives the main arrow on the dial, and in the center of the dial the in-
stantaneous measurement is shown as text. Additionally, speed command arrows
(chevrons) appear above or below the gross variometer measurement. Chevrons
pointing up indicate slowing down is recommended. Chevrons pointing down indi-
cates that speeding up is recommended.
When the averager value is displayed, the value shown is the average gross climb rate over the pre-
vious 30 seconds when in circling mode, and the netto (airmass) vertical speed over the previous
30 seconds when in cruise mode.
The average value can also be displayed as an optional additional needle. See 11.12 for details on
customising the variometer gauge.
When no variometer is connected to XCSoar, the computer produces variometer estimates based
on GPS vertical speed, which is slow and uncompensated for aircraft total energy.
The MacCready value, bugs and ballast, optimum speed to fly and wind data are transferred be-
tween XCSoar and supported external intelligent variometers. In the ideal setup, both XCSoar and
the variometer have a consistent perspective on the flight at all times; and that by adjusting the
MacCready setting on one device should be kept in sync with the other, by the software and to not
require additional input from the pilot.
Currently XCSoar supports the triadis Engineering Vega intelligent variometer, the Cambridge 302
DDV, Borgelt B50/B500, LX Navigation LX1600 variometers, Zander, and Tasman Instruments
variometer. Note that the level of support for each device varies, and not all manufacturers release
their protocols to allow the XCSoar developers to provide full support. Barometric altitude is also
read from certain GPS units and loggers, including the Volkslogger and Posigraph.
For Vega, a small icon displaying a circling glider is displayed when the variometer is in climb audio
mode.
Vega configuration
A connected Vega can be configured via Settings Vega . This is accessed via the following
menu:
CONF Setup Vega
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XCSoar Manual (Altair version) • XCSoar-A-EN 58
- Manual (Altair version) 1
- Revision history 3
- Warnings and precautions 3
- Legal notices 3
- Contents 4
- • XCSoar-A-EN iv 5
- • XCSoar-A-EN vi 7
- 1 Introduction 8
- Start-up and user profiles 9
- Splash screen 9
- 1.4 Through-life support 10
- 1.5 Using XCSoar safely 11
- 2 User Interface 12
- 2.1 Button labels and menus 13
- 2.1.1 NAV menu 14
- 2.1.2 DISP menu 15
- 2.1.3 Pan mode 15
- 2.1.4 CONF menu 16
- 2.1.5 INFO Menu 16
- Default buttons 17
- Dynamic menu labels 17
- 2.2 InfoBoxes 18
- 2.3 Dialog windows 18
- • XCSoar-A-EN 12 19
- 2.3.7 Screen Brightness 20
- 2.3.8 Setup MacCready 20
- 2.3.9 Basic Settings 20
- 2.3.10 Wind Settings 20
- • XCSoar-A-EN 14 21
- 2.4 Status messages 22
- 2.5 Status dialog 22
- Aircraft 23
- • XCSoar-A-EN 18 25
- 2.6 Text entry 26
- 2.7 Sounds 27
- 2.8 Screen 27
- 2.9 Help system 27
- 3 Display Elements 28
- 3.3 Glider symbol 29
- 3.4 Trail 30
- 3.5 Glide range 31
- 3.6 Map elements 31
- Waypoints 32
- Terrain and topology 32
- 3.7 Markers 33
- 3.8 Active task elements 33
- 3.9 Thermal profile 34
- 3.10 Other 34
- GPS not connected 35
- GPS waiting for fix 35
- Final glide 35
- 4 Cross Country Tasks 36
- • XCSoar-A-EN 30 37
- 4.2 Task Editor 38
- • Save only Only save task 39
- • Task type Standard or AAT 40
- • Distance Task distance 40
- • XCSoar-A-EN 34 41
- Page: Waypoints 42
- • XCSoar-A-EN 36 43
- Page: Rules 44
- 4.3 Task calculator 45
- 4.4 Waypoint Browser 46
- 4.5 Waypoint Info 47
- −100%, the target is located 48
- 4.7 OnLine Contest 49
- 4.8 Logger 50
- Setup Logger 51
- 5 Glide Computer 52
- 5.2 MacCready settings 53
- 5.3 Glide polar 54
- 5.4 Basic settings 55
- 5.5 Speed to fly 56
- 5.6 Safety heights 57
- = 0), adjusted for 58
- 5.7 Final glide calculator 59
- +/− 500 meters 60
- 5.9 Task speed estimation 61
- 5.10 Optimal cruise track 62
- Analysis Show 63
- 5.12 Flight notifications 64
- 5.13 Sunlight and time 64
- 6 Atmosphere and Instruments 65
- 6.2 Air data inputs 66
- 6.3 Wind display 66
- 6.4 Wind estimation 66
- 6.5 Wind settings dialog 67
- 6.6 Thermal locator 68
- 6.7 Convection forecast 69
- • XCSoar-A-EN 64 71
- 7.1 Airspace display 72
- 7.2 Incursion events 73
- 7.3 Airspace warning levels 73
- 7.4 Airspace warning dialog 74
- 7.6 Airspace Info dialog 75
- 7.7 Airspace Browser dialog 76
- • XCSoar-A-EN 70 77
- 7.8 Analysis dialog: Airspace 78
- 7.9 FLARM traffic display 79
- • Green for level 0 80
- • Yellow for level 1 80
- • Red for level 2 and 3 80
- 7.10 Team flying 81
- 8 Avionics and Airframe 82
- 8.3 Switch Status 83
- 8.5 Supported variometers 83
- 8.6 Other avionics devices 84
- 8.7 Slave mode 84
- 9 Quickstart 85
- 9.2 FAI Task 86
- 9.3 FAI Task, Manual Start 87
- 9.4 AAT Task, Manual Arm 87
- In-flight 88
- After landing 89
- Prior to takeoff 90
- 10 InfoBox Reference 91
- 10.3 Glide ratio 92
- 10.4 Variometer 93
- 10.5 Atmosphere 94
- 10.6 MacCready 94
- 10.7 Navigation 95
- 10.8 Waypoint 97
- 10.9 Team code 98
- 11 Configuration 99
- Fail-safe 100
- 11.1 Site 101
- 11.2 Airspace 102
- • XCSoar-A-EN 96 103
- 11.3 Map Display 104
- • XCSoar-A-EN 98 105
- 11.4 Terrain display 106
- Colour schemes 107
- 11.5 Glide computer 108
- • XCSoar-A-EN 102 109
- 11.6 Safety factors 110
- 11.7 Polar 111
- 11.8 Devices 112
- 11.9 Units 113
- 11.10 Interface 114
- 11.11 Appearance 115
- • XCSoar-A-EN 116
- 11.12 InfoBox 117
- 12 Data Files 118
- 12.5 Airspace 119
- 12.6 Map 119
- 12.7 Airfield details 119
- 12.8 Glide polar 120
- *Speed2, Sink2, Speed3, Sink3 121
- • XCSoar-A-EN 116 123
- 12.9 Profiles 125
- 12.10 Checklist 125
- 12.11 Tasks 125
- 12.12 Flight logs 126
- 12.13 Input events 126
- 12.14 Language 126
- 12.15 Status 127
- 12.16 FLARM Identification file 127
- 12.17 Dialog files 127
- 13 About XCSoar 128
- 13.3 Open source philosophy 129
- 13.4 Development process 129
- 13.5 User base 130
- 13.6 Credits 130
- • XCSoar-A-EN 124 131
- A GNU General Public License 132
- • XCSoar-A-EN 126 133
- • XCSoar-A-EN 128 135
- No warranty 136
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