On Friday, March 6, 2015 at 9:32:38 AM UTC-8, Bob Pasker wrote:
thanks, most helpful answer yet. i'm not ready to do distance, just altitude gain and duration, so I don't yet have to worry about the declaration.


As you start exploring XC I would try to start making declarations, just for the experience to see how it works, and get used to all the extra complexity associated with different starts and finishes etc. Once you think you've done even the shortest declared flight, download it and play in SeeYou and see if you think the flight really qualifies...