On Monday, October 3, 2016 at 4:00:50 PM UTC-5, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
Does anyone use a safety altitude in their flight computers for final glide? If so why or why not?

I put in 1000 feet for my arrival altitude. Stick to it pretty religiously.. Also generally set a higher than actual MC to give a bit more pad for my poor (but improving) final glide air reading skills.

Why? Because I want to be sure I can get there with enough altitude to safely fly a pattern, even if I do encounter a bit more sink than lift on the way home. And I tend to set the MC higher because you probably remember how flat the glide is in something like your old Nimbus 4 with a 15-20 knot tailwind. Even with a 1000 foot arrival and MC=2, it seems awful low when still 10 miles out!

Steve Leonard