John Foster wrote on 3/11/2020 9:50 AM:
On Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at 7:35:12 AM UTC-6, Eric Greenwell wrote:
John Foster wrote on 3/10/2020 9:20 PM:
Thanks for the link. Unfortunately, there is only one list of turn points in MT, and none of them are near me. They all seem to be east of the Rocky Mountains. Nothing seems to be west of Helena. There are no other glider pilots within 4hrs of me, who fly cross country, and only one other who flies a Dimona motor glider locally. Would that mean I have to make my own turn points?
I've lost track of your exact situation, but ...
Assuming you are the John Foster in Ronan, Mt, you are indeed in a "glider pilot
desert". If you are using iGlide, it provides the all the airports listed in the
FAA database and that are on the sectionals. That's the basic "turnpoint" (aka
database) file you need - no need to get it anywhere else.
Your personal database will have landout fields and turnpoints you want to use for
task, such as badge attempts. You will have to do this yourself, but it's not
difficult. I do it using SeeYou, but there are other means. It will have only a
few entries at first, but you can easily update it as needed, then load it into
iGlide. After a season or two, you will be the "go to" guy for the Ronan area
database.
Just in case it hasn't been mentioned, iGlide Lite is very limited. If you like
it, I recommend you upgrade to at least the next level.
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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me)
- "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1
Yes, that would be me. Is there a way to manually enter turn points by just clicking on the map? I haven't seen this, but I only have the Lite version. I do plan on upgrading the version soon.
Tap on the map. One of the choices offered is "Create Fix Waypoint" - select that
to give it a name and save it. It's useful for marking fields, uncharted
airstrips, etc, while flying but does not have all the info you'd have with a CUP
file entry. At home, you can add it to your personal CUP file if desired, then
remove it from "User Waypoint" list in iGlide.
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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me)
- "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1