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Old June 18th 19, 10:39 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Kevin Neave[_2_]
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Default flight computer ergonomics and function

For thermal XC if your computer is telling you to fly at 60kts then you're
probably flying dry and have MacCready set pretty low. So no you won't get
anywhere.
You need to climb faster and set MacCready higher

The wind only affects the rate of climb you need to make progress, speed to
fly between climbs is determined by "normal" MacCready

Flying Ridges or Wave, or final gliding to a fixed point, is a different
ball game

KN



At 07:44 18 June 2019, Mike the Strike wrote:
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ly, if your computer tells you to fly at 60 knots against a 60 knot
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d, you are not going anywhere!
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