Thread: Safety Altitude
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Old October 3rd 16, 11:28 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Jonathan St. Cloud
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Default Safety Altitude

The below is what I do, but I had not actually thought of putting in a higher MC than flying with at the time of final glide. Just curious about using a higher MC, when do you input this value, before beginning final glide or while I glide. If the day is still active I began final glide before I have arrival altitude.

On Monday, October 3, 2016 at 3:14:32 PM UTC-7, Tango Eight wrote:

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