Operating Modes
Version 6.03, May 2017
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Use
Show glider range area
to display reachable area from current altitude with current
wind and MacCready settings. Use
area colour
and
area border
to define its properties.
Area can be filled outside or inside.
Glide ratio
defines the past flown average efficiency
which will be used for average efficiency calculation for glider range area.
Press the
DEFAULT
button to reset these settings back to default.
5.1.6.5
Thermal mode
When entering thermal, display unit can enter special page, which is called thermal page.
See chapter 6 or LX Styler manual how to define thermal page.
Check
Enabled
to enable thermal page option. Displayed path on thermal page can be
different from the one defined in Glider and track dialog. Use
length
,
line
and
colouring
properties to define path display. Also page zoom is different and set to fixed value defined
with
Page zoom
property. Switching to thermal mode can be done in 2 ways: Circling
detection or Switching SC/Var. If you start circling the thermal mode will become active at
the angle of turn (set switch angle), or if you switch from SC to Vario mode. Circles are
coloured based on following methods: Auto span, MC or Average Vario.
5.1.6.6
Optimization
The main display unit calculates the optimised flown distance according to OLC or FAI rules
in real-time during flight (see Chapter 5.1.8). It calculates the available FAI triangle area,
which is also called the FAI triangle assistant. If you enter this area and return to the start
