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XCSoar User Manual

Pressing the Advanced button exposes (or hides) several more

ﬁelds. Pressing it again hides the ﬁelds.

File : This ﬁeld deﬁnes the task ﬁle slot to be used by save/load

functions. Up to 20 tasks can be stored.

Save : Saves the task to the speciﬁed slot number

Load : Loads the task from the speciﬁed slot number

Calc : Opens the task calculator dialog (see Section 4.8).

Declare : Sends the task declaration to the logger (if available).

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User Manual 1
Contents 2
Revision history 7
Warnings and precautions 7
Legal notices 7
1 Introduction 9
1.2 Notes 10
1.3 System requirements 10
1.4 Downloading XCSoar 11
1.5 Installation 12
1.6 Running XCSoar 15
1.7 Through-life support 17
1.8 Training 18
1.9 Using XCSoar safely 19
2 User Interface 20
2.1 Button labels and menus 22
2.2 InfoBoxes 28
2.3 Status messages 30
2.4 Dialog windows 30
2.5 Sounds 33
2.6 Screen 34
2.7 Help system 34
3 Navigation 35
3.3 Zoom and map scale 36
3.4 Panning the map 37
3.5 Waypoints 38
3.6 Active task 39
3.7 Terrain and Topology 39
3.8 Trail 40
3.9 Markers 42
3.10 Glide range 42
3.11 Aircraft status dialog 43
4 Cross Country Tasks 45
4.2 Waypoint details dialog 46
4.3 Waypoint selector dialog 48
4.4 Task editor dialog 50
4.6 Task rules 55
4.7 Alternate starts 57
4.8 Task calculator dialog 59
4.9 Task status dialog 60
4.10 Assigned Area Tasks 60
4.11 OnLine Contest 62
4.12 Abort/resume task 63
4.13 Logger 65
4.14 Logger replay dialog 66
4.15 Analysis dialog 67
4.16 Sunlight and time 69
5 Glide Computer 71
5.2 MacCready setting 72
5.3 Glide polar 73
5.4 Basic settings dialog 73
5.5 Speed command display 75
5.6 Speed to ﬂy 75
5.7 Safety heights 76
5.8 Final glide calculator 78
5.10 Task speed estimation 80
5.11 Optimal cruise track 81
5.12 Auto MacCready 82
5.13 Analysis dialog 84
6 Atmosphere and Instruments 86
6.2 Air data inputs 87
6.3 Wind display 87
6.4 Wind estimation 88
6.5 Wind settings dialog 89
6.6 Thermal proﬁle 90
6.7 Thermal locator 91
6.8 Convection forecast 92
6.9 Analysis dialog 93
7.1 Airspace display 95
7.2 Incursion events 96
7.3 Airspace warning levels 97
7.4 Airspace warning dialog 98
7.6 Airspace queries 100
7.7 Airspace ﬁlter dialog 101
7.8 Analysis dialog 101
7.9 FLARM trafﬁc display 102
XCSoar User Manual 103
7.10 Team ﬂying 104
8 Avionics and Airframe 106
8.3 Switch inputs 107
8.4 Switch dialog 108
8.6 Mobile telephones 109
8.7 Other devices 110
8.8 System status dialog 110
9 Quickstart 111
9.2 FAI Task 112
9.3 FAI Task, Manual Start 114
9.4 AAT Task, Manual Arm 114
10 InfoBox Reference 119
10.3 Glide ratio 120
10.4 Variometer 121
10.5 Atmosphere 122
10.6 MacCready 122
10.7 Navigation 123
10.8 Waypoint 124
10.9 Team code 124
11 Conﬁguration 126
11.3 Airspace Display 128
11.5 Map Display 131
11.6 Glide computer 133
11.7 Safety factors 134
11.8 Polar 136
11.9 Devices 137
11.10 Units 138
11.11 Interface ﬁles 139
11.12 Appearance 141
11.13 Vario gauge 143
11.14 Task 144
11.15 Task Rules 146
11.16 InfoBox 147
11.17 Logger 148
11.18 Waypoint edit 149
12 Data Files 151
12.2 Terrain 152
12.3 Topology 152
12.4 Waypoints 152
12.5 Airspace 153
12.6 Airﬁeld details 153
12.7 Glide polar 154
12.8 Proﬁles 155
12.9 Checklist 156
12.10 Tasks 156
12.11 Flight logs 157
12.12 Input events 157
12.13 Language 158
12.14 Status 158
12.15 FLARM Identiﬁcation ﬁle 159
12.16 Dialog ﬁles 159
13 History and Development 160
13.3 Open source philosophy 161
13.4 Development process 162
13.5 User base 162
13.6 Credits 163
No warranty 169

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