Garmin

[Lord Struthers]

My Etrex Vista has a final glide program. Has anyone used this program, if so
how did you set it up? There isn't anything written on or off line, and the
techs are a little vague.
Rich

[Marc Ramsey]

"Lord Struthers" > wrote...
> My Etrex Vista has a final glide program. Has anyone used this program, if so
> how did you set it up? There isn't anything written on or off line, and the
> techs are a little vague.

I haven't actually used a Garmin that has this feature, but my understanding is
that you have to configure your display to show Glide Ratio Dest, and if you
like, Glide Ratio. When you have a goto waypoint selected, the Glide Ratio Dest
value shows the glide ratio needed to get from your current position and
altitude, to the waypoint position and elevation. The Glide Ratio shows the
current achieved glide ratio, averaged over an indeterminate amount of time.
That's all it does...

Marc