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6.16 Relocating Thermals
With weak or widely dispersed thermals, this function
helps to relocate any lost thermals. A small arrow
pointing up in the ring of the compass rose shows the
direction to the last thermal with at least a 1 m/s climb.
In the Basic Settings one can adjust this value between
0,5 .. 3 m/sec . (Last therm.Threshold)
If this arrow is displayed at the top in the ring, then you
are flying towards the thermal. However, if the arrow is at
the bottom of the compass rose, you are going away
from the thermal (see image). To take advantage of this
function, the indicator “
Dist. to ^”
needs to be activated
in one of the User Defined Fields. This value indicates
the distance from the last thermal to the pilot.
6.17 Restricted Areas
Up to 150 airspace’s (restricted areas, CTRs) can be entered into the
COMPETINO
.
The first 20 CTRs are free of charge; for more, please contact Brauniger to get a license
number which has to be entered in “Main Setup Menu / Optional SW Packages. These
airspace’s appear in the Map mode as polygons, circles or polygons with arc sections.. The
single WPs must be entered exactly in the order of the direction (clockwise or
counterclockwise) in which the lines later appears. From the last entered WP, the
COMPETINO
automatically draws a line to the first WP (it is not necessary to reenter the first
WP to complete the process). The input of the CTRs can be done either manually in the
Main Setup Menu > Restricted areas
or, more easily, via a PC program (e.g. Flychart –
see:
www.brauniger.com).or
with the PC program “Maxpunkte”
The actual track and the CTRs are visible in the map mode.
Example:
Counterclockwise
CTR1 Alpnach
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Point
1/7
Point
2/7
Center
3/7
Startb.
4/7
Stopb.
5/7
Point 6/7
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Point
Lat
N 47’00.783
Lon E008’17.917
Ins
Del
Ele
Ele
7
Point
6 Point
5 Stopboarder (Dir -)
4 Startboarder (Dir -)
3
Center
2
Point
1
Point
6 Point
2 Point
1 Point
