Preflight Settings - Glider
Glider
Here you can select the glider to be used for your flight.
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Glider selection list
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In this list you can select one of the gliders defined before in Settings/Gliders. The glider
is listed with its type, registration and competition sign. The list
is empty, if no glider definitions do exist.
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Deselect button
- Pressing the button will deselect the current selected glider
in the list.
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Co-Pilot
- Name of the Co-pilot, if the gilder is a double seater. The
name is recorded in the IGC log file.
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Load coor
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Here you can adapt the reference weight of your airplain, used
during polar measurement, to the actual situation. An adaption is
necessary, if the weight of the pilot and his luggage (not the water
ballast) do substantially differ from the reference weight. The
entered correction factor is included in the final glide calculation.
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Water ballast
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Here you can define the water ballast, filled in in your
glider before take off. The entered value is included in the
final glide calculation.
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Wing load
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If you have defined a wing area for your glider, the wing load is
displayed here in Kg/m².