Expanding on LK8000

For XCSoar you can visit http://www.xcsoar.org/download/data.html and choose the data that you need. That includes a link to all our pre-generated maps (http://www.xcsoar.org/download/maps/) and a link to our map generator (http://mapgen.xcsoar.org/) that can take waypoint files or arbitrary boundary coordinates.

At 17:32 09 December 2012, wrote:
Anyone in US flying with LK8000? Can you compare its friendliness to SYM,
XCSoar, or WinPilot Pro?

Not in the USA, but have used WP (a long time ago), then XCSoar, and since
it arrived LK8000. I have had a look from time to time at XCS, but seen
nothing to persuade me to change back. There is only one problem with
LK8000, it develops so rapidly that the manual cannot keep pace. As soon as
one is available, it is out of date. Over a dozen beta updates since the
last stable version. Next stable version 4 due out soon.
It may seem very complicated at first glance, and it is touch screen, menu
driven, but once set up, you need do very litle in the air.
One of the brilliant newish features is MultiMaps, where as well as the
normal map screen, you can have a split screen with a top(map) view, and a
side (airspace) view together, and a sonar for when you get near airspace.

Costs nothing to try, other than a bit of time. Any problems there is a
very good forum, in English, where someone will answer any problem you may
have. There are modes for power, gliders, hang and paragliders, and
walking/trecking. You can practice on yourPC, or in your car. Do not ask
for an Android version though!!!!

Dave

Hi David

the version 4.0 is due in a few weeks, and final translations for
languages (16) are in the queue right now.
In the end, this 4.0 took us a full year of development. We could not do all
the things we wanted, for the 4.0.
For example, we can print pictures of landing fields as in CUm, but we could
not test it enough and it wont go in 4.0.
But a final "gem" is still to be discovered aside the already known
"multimaps", it is the new "visualglide".
Basically an automatic selection of waypoint in front of you, appearing as
buttons in a sliding window, to make it easy to:
1. see what you have in front of you
2. see if it is reachable or not, and understand the situation without even
reading numbers
3. select one of these waypoints using our big thumb finger with no needed
precision, holding tight to the "turbulence proof" concept.
and all of this still keeping the usual moving map, in the other sliding
window, overlays on demand etc.

You forgot to mention the new FAI triangle assistant..

We did had a lot of fun doing these things.

best
paolo


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At 17:32 09 December 2012, wrote:
Anyone in US flying with LK8000? Can you compare its friendliness to SYM,
XCSoar, or WinPilot Pro?

Not in the USA, but have used WP (a long time ago), then XCSoar, and since
it arrived LK8000. I have had a look from time to time at XCS, but seen
nothing to persuade me to change back. There is only one problem with
LK8000, it develops so rapidly that the manual cannot keep pace. As soon as
one is available, it is out of date. Over a dozen beta updates since the
last stable version. Next stable version 4 due out soon.
It may seem very complicated at first glance, and it is touch screen, menu
driven, but once set up, you need do very litle in the air.
One of the brilliant newish features is MultiMaps, where as well as the
normal map screen, you can have a split screen with a top(map) view, and a
side (airspace) view together, and a sonar for when you get near airspace.

Costs nothing to try, other than a bit of time. Any problems there is a
very good forum, in English, where someone will answer any problem you may
have. There are modes for power, gliders, hang and paragliders, and
walking/trecking. You can practice on yourPC, or in your car. Do not ask
for an Android version though!!!!

Dave