User Manual

ClicktheChangemenutoopentheSetupWeathermenu,whereyoucanconfigureanywind,turbulenceorthermal
settingstobeaddedtotheflyingfield.
Savedsetups
TotheleftoftheChangeWeathermenuistheSavedSetupslist.Thislistcontains allofthepresetweathersetups,
as well as any weather setups that you create yourself. A weather setup contains all of the wind, turbulence and
thermalsettingsforeasychanging.
Phoenixcomeswithaselectionofcommonweathersetupsbasedonnormalflyingconditions.Toselectaweather
setup,lef t‐clickyourmouseononeoftheitemsinthelist–youwillseetheweathersettingsintheres tofthepanel
changetothenewvalues.
Youcanalsoalteranexistingsetup, orcreateyour owncustomweatherconditionsusingthecontrolstotherightof
themenu:
Windspeed(base)
Thiscontrolsthemaincon stant“base”windspeedoverthewholeflyingsite.
Heading(base)
Thiscontrolstheheadingofthemain“base”windspeed(seeabove)thatthewindwillblowtowards.
Randomness(base)
This controls how much random variation is applied to base wind speed. For instance, when set to 50%, the base 
speedwillvaryplusorminus50%ofthespeedsetabove.
Windspeed(gusts)
Thiscontrolsthemaximumgustspeedthatisappliedontopofthebasespeedsetabove.Gustswillvaryrandomly
basedonthefrequencyset(seebelow).
Heading(gusts)
Thiscontrolstheheadingthatgustssetabovewillblowtowards.
Randomness(gusts)
This controls how much random variation is applied to gust wind speed. For instance, when set to 50%, the gust
speedwillvaryplusorminus50%ofthespeedsetabove.
Gustfrequency
Setshowoftenagustwilloccur.Thehigherthisvalueisset,themorecommonagustwillbe.
Turbulence
Controls the amount of air turbulence that models will experience when flying. Turbulence affects the stability of
models,andaddsarandomelementintoflightcharacteristics.
Thermalstrength
Controlshowstrong thermalswillbe when active,andhow many thermalswillbe presentonthe field. Astronger
thermalwillproducemoreupwardliftonmodelsflyinginsidethethermal’sdiameter.Asettingunder30%willcause
asinglethermaltobepresent.Asettingbetween30%and60%willcausetwothermalstobepresent,andasetting