I would also want a user-definable reserve height of maybe 500ft when I
got there.=20
especially as this is different from a final glide to a known landing
spot
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ie consider wind, polar, mcready, balast, bugs and reserve height.
=20
For those in the mountains, a computation that can cope with corners
round ridges would be nice, but that is probably step 2.
=20
ps: I would not plan to use my own "iron thermal" unless over landable
terrain
=20
=20
Rory
=20
Subject: Using a "GLIDE footprint"
Author: Andy mailto:Andy

Date/Time: 14:40 12 March 2007

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On Mar 12, 5:08 am, "Bill Daniels" wrote:

It simply looks in 48 directions around the compass and computes the
maximum
glide in each direction considering wind, polar, McCready, balast and
bugs.