Thread: Safety Altitude
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Old October 3rd 16, 11:14 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Safety Altitude

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


No.

There is no one safe arrival height.

The correct course of action is to let the computer report your estimated arrival height at your destination (f(MC, wind, ballast, bugs) and then do that PIC thing.

Evan Ludeman / T8