On Thursday, 16 July 2015 02:35:07 UTC+2, Soartech wrote:
Martin, I have tried this but there is no way to simulate thermalling or flying at altitude in the simulator that I can see. Kind of boring just sitting on the ground. Maybe we need a wiki for the Simulator too.

Have you read the XCSoar manual?
There's a lot of information in it's 170+ pages.
Simulator mode is described on page 22 of the XCSoar manual.
http://max.kellermann.name/download/...oar-manual.pdf

With XCSoar in simulator mode you just drag the glider icon located in the centre of the map to start flying.
Drag it in the direction you want to fly. The drag length is proportional to the airspeed.

Adjust the heading/track by:
- Dragging the glider icon in a direction or
- Using the left/right cursor keys or
- Click on the track info box and adjust the track manually.

Adjust the airspeed by:
- Dragging the glider icon further or
- Click on the airspeed info box and increment/decrement the airspeed.

Adjust the altitude by clicking on the altitude info box and increment or decrement the altitude.

There is even a way to play NMEA data via a TCP port so that XCSoar thinks it is flying or alternatively you can hook it up to a flight simulator like Condor (without needing to use serial cables IIRC).