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Old November 20th 14, 02:34 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Dave Nadler
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A good start!

Most important though: Keep a CAREFUL record of all your changes,
as you'll need to repeat the process next time the official source
is updated. Make this info available to reviewers as well.

Hope this helps,
Best Regards, Dave

PS: Are you going to tackle local airspace info customization too?
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Old November 20th 14, 10:51 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Wednesday, November 19, 2014 6:34:09 PM UTC-8, Dave Nadler wrote:
A good start!

Most important though: Keep a CAREFUL record of all your changes,
as you'll need to repeat the process next time the official source
is updated. Make this info available to reviewers as well.

Hope this helps,
Best Regards, Dave

PS: Are you going to tackle local airspace info customization too?


Looks like a thorough approach to me.
Local airspace can be retrieved using Lynn Alley's excellent website.
FAA data can be added there too, but if you have information you would like to keep from your own database proceed it with a tilde (squiggly thing).
Jim
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Old November 20th 14, 02:23 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Consider how turnpoints for a long MAT could be arranged. Some CD's like the idea of spiralling a long MAT in towards the finish point, such that the incremental distance of each successive point results in the addition of about 10-15 minutes on task.


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Old November 21st 14, 05:38 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Thursday, November 20, 2014 9:23:42 AM UTC-5, Dave Springford wrote:
Consider how turnpoints for a long MAT could be arranged. Some CD's like the idea of spiralling a long MAT in towards the finish point, such that the incremental distance of each successive point results in the addition of about 10-15 minutes on task.


Dave,
Good point, I usually add several short distance Turnpoints and steering points near finish, but forgot to add that to my checklist. These have been useful at Cordele and elsewhere.
regards,
Chris
 




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