Thread: XCSoar and Wind
View Single Post
  #1  
Old November 19th 15, 08:29 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
[email protected]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 21
Default XCSoar and Wind

On Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 10:26:04 AM UTC-8, Ramy wrote:
If Manual means external than those who use external wind can no longer set it manually. This is a problem since occasionally you want to manually enter expected wind instead of current wind to get realistic final glide calculation when you know the wind at lower altitude is different. I don't understand why not simply add "external" option.

Ramy


My understanding is that even when there was an explicit external option, if it was selected, and there was external wind present, then the manual wind was overridden by it at all times.

So, pre 6.8, with external wind you do not have manual wind.

Seems all they did with this change is to make the UI more consistent with the implemented logic.

David