On Mar 29, 9:31*am, T8 wrote:
On Mar 29, 11:29 am, Darryl Ramm *wrote:

For the 180 degree wrong problem, any system that uses track and TAS/
GS difference calculations risks being 180 degrees wrong it it just
has that difference on two reciprocal tracks. If you run straight down
a ridge and do a rapid turn back the other way and fly the same track
back the other way there are two perfectly equivalent trigonometric
solutions which will give the wind from either direction. The flight
computer has absolutely no idea what direction you are crabbing the
glider into the wind.

I understand the problem of very limited information. *This is a
different problem :-).

In this case picture wind from 360, trip out on ridge with track 270,
303 shows wind from 360 @ 12, relative wind 90 degrees, arrow points
left (i.e. "wind blowing on glider" from right). *On the reverse trip,
having failed to get a wind update, the
computer now shows track 90, wind from 360 @ 12, relative wind 90
degrees, arrow points left. *See the issue? *Even in the absence of
updated wind, the relative wind should be showing 270 based on old
wind, new track. *I verified this behavior again yesterday, turning
through 45 degrees (slowly), watching track change, seeing relative
wind stay constant despite changing track until the device updated the
wind. [edit: I managed to mung the tracks up the first time].

I have never noticed behavior like that. I'll look for that next time
I play around. Seems like a simple firmware bug that maybe might be
reproducible. Did Dave Ellis have any comments on this behavior?

Darryl