User manual

XCSoar User Manual

5. At all times the black track arrow will point at the next tar-

get. The target is the location within the AAT sector at the

range speciﬁed in the ‘task calc’ dialog. The blue arrow will

point at the direction the glider should track when in cruise.

6. When the pilot is within or approaching an AAT sector and

is ready to advance to the next waypoint, press the ‘Arm Ad-

vance’ button. The current waypoint will then advance au-

tomatically once, if the pilot is inside the observation zone.

After this occurs, the advance trigger is disarmed.

7. If Auto Zoom is activated, the map will automatically zoom

in as task waypoints are approached.

8. At the appropriate times, set the MacCready manually from

the menu, task calculator or from the variometer; or activate

Auto MacCready.

9. Change the bugs/ballast settings as required.

10. Refer to the analysis dialog as required.

11. Refer to the task status dialog as required. This shows the

start time, elapsed time on task, estimated arrival time, aver-

age task speed etc.

12. Optionally activate ‘Auto MacCready’. If the MacCready

mode was set to ‘Final Glide’ or ‘Both’, then the system

will command the optimal speed to return home; and the

MacCready value will be set to the minimum climb rate at

which it is beneﬁcial to continue to climb.

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