User`s manual
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- User Interface
- Display Elements
- Cross Country Tasks
- Glide Computer
- Atmosphere and Instruments
- Airspace, Traffic and Team Flying
- Avionics and Airframe
- Quickstart
- InfoBox Reference
- Configuration
- Data Files
- About XCSoar
- GNU General Public License
11 CONFIGURATION
• NAV by baro altitude When enabled and if connected to a barometric altimeter, barometric alti-
tude is used for all navigation functions. Otherwise GPS altitude is used.
• Flap forces cruise When this option is enabled, causes the flap switches in Vega to force cruise
mode when the flap is not positive. This means that when departing a thermal, switching to
neutral or negative flap will immediately switch XCSoar’s mode to cruise mode.
Similarly, for Borgelt B50 systems, the speed command switch forces XCSoar’s climb or
cruise mode.
• STF risk factor The STF risk factor reduces the MacCready setting used to calculate speed to
fly as the glider gets low, in order to compensate for risk. Set to 0.0 for no compensation,
1.0 scales Mc linearly with height. See 5.5 for more details.
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