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LK8000 http://www.lk8000.it Workshops Mateusz Pusz [email protected] 29.11.2010 Agenda Introduction Operational modes Interface Map Preparation to flight Usage scenarios (Workshops) Links Q&A Note Most of the pictures of that presentation were captured on LK8000 1.20b in Mar 2010 The latest version of the software may slightly differ from the presented one LK8000 Software written by pilots and for pilots Main developer – Paolo Ventafridda Several Alpha and tens of Beta testers living and flying all over the world Software validation both in real scenarios with different HW configurations and under Condor The Competition Soaring Simulator Free of charge!!! The owner of the FAI Diamond Badge Application is a fork of XCSoar project Software binaries and source code available for download from the project website Real alternative for SeeYou and WinPilot Operational modes Target Direction to the target Clock from GPS source Compass Distance to the target MC Current Efficiency Efficiency needed to reach the target Vario Final Glide Bar Expected height above the target Ground speed Scale Status Wind Bottom Bar 10 sets of parameters (4 sets fully configurable) Mode Current height in a thermal and current MC value The center of the thermal accounted for wind and height Vertical profile of the thermal Scale Status Mode Height AMSL Average vario from last 30 seconds Average vario from the whole thermal Altitude gain in the thermal Height AGL Interface (Turbulence-Proof) Left UP Right UP Zoom IN Zoom OUT InfoPage Right Menu Left Up Select Down InfoPage Right Menu Left Scroll Down/Up Page Next/Prev AUX Parameters of active operational mode Map Flight direction Safety Glide range Terrain obstacles Circling 1/2 Circling 2/2 Ridge Final Glide Bar Far away from finish line Altitude needed to reach finish line accounted for MC, water ballast and wind For MC=0 we are nearly there For MC=0 we will reach the finish line, with actual MC we will not make it We will reach finish line even with current MC Airfields accessibility Airfield not accessible Airfield accessible Airspaces All on TrueWind Calculates direction and speed of the wind during straight flight Does not need any external devices to work correctly Results accuracy confirmed against: circling wind Zander SeeYou PC Condor Preparation to flight What is needed ahead of flight? LK8000 with your favorite configuration PLR files with glider polar Waypoints files LKMAPS – LKM and DEM files XCSoar – XCM file Airspaces [optional] WinPilot (DAT) or SeeYou Mobile (CUP) format may be nested inside LKM or XCM files Terrain and topology [optional but strongly suggested] WinPilot format + additions Format Open Air = WinPilot Review and set correct values in Basic Setup window Polar MassDryGross[kg] MaxWaterBallast[liters] Water ballast volume Speed1[km/h], Sink1[m/s], Speed2, Sink2, Speed3, Sink3 Mass for which glider’s polar was measured 3 speed and sink pairs taken from glider’s polar WingArea[m2] LK8000 Extension (not present in WinPilot) Allows setting Wing Loading in Basic Setup Waypoints Name Latitude and Longitude Height AMSL Waypoint type Airfield Landable TP – Turn Point Direction and length of airfield together with its radio frequency (only in SeeYou CUP) Comment Terrain and Topology 1/3 Terrain Ground heights AMSL Used for terrain obstacles calculation drawing of terrain height map when Waypoint does not have a height provided in a waypoints file than the height in that place on map is used Topology Characteristic terrain features (roads, rivers, lakes, etc.) XCM Files 2/3 XCSoar Format Warning: That format is obsolete and may stop to be supported at some time in the future XCSoar On-Line Generator Allows easy map generation by your own for any area in the world specified by: coordinates waypoints file (WinPilot format) http://xcsoar.dd.com.au/cgi-bin/terrain.pl LKM and DEM Files 3/3 LKMAPS format New maps format providing newer and more accurate terrain data (up to 250m) more topology details Allows customization of the amount of details drawn on the map to the pilot needs Download A set of ready to download maps http://www.lk8000.it/download/maps.html Requesting If interesting area is not ready for download than a simple form has to be filled and sent to the project’s author Airspaces Open Air (WinPilot) format Type Name Height http://www.winpilot.com/UsersGuide/UserAirspace.asp from – to AMSL or AGL Shape Lines Arc Basic Setup Water ballast Wing loading The ratio of total mass of the glider (that specific example with its equipment, pilot, luggage, chute, etc) to its wing area Bugs factor Moves speed polar Home Waypoint It should be set after every change of waypoints file Home Waypoint is a place where a map is centered after LK8000 startup if no GPS signal is present is an airfield to which LK8000 always shows the radial and distance is a landable with the highest priority on the list of alternate landings is a waypoint that will always be visible on the InfoPage 3.1 Commons is a height for barometer in a case when the glider is located close to the home Usage scenarios (Workshops) Flying with airfield reachable Safety altitude = 300m Bad!!! 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Flights inside an airspace 1/2 Before the flight we filter only our airspace type Accept the warning with ‘ACK Warn’ Flights inside an airspace 2/2 We left the airspace (shading present) We are inside the airspace (no shading) Tasks 1/3 LK8000 setup Set a map, waypoints and airspaces (Setup System 1) Set glider data (Setup System 7) Set logger data (Setup System 20) Tasks 2/3 Task setup Nav 2/3 -> Task Edit Add all waypoints For the first waypoint set start observation zone type task type task observation zones type waypoints advancement type (see next slide) advanced parameters for start and finish (competitions) For the last waypoint set finish observation zone data In case of AAT task set observation zone data for each waypoint Tasks 3/3 Waypoint advancement type Manual Auto Automated advancement of waypoints right after reaching them May provide problems when we are crossing start line many times (i.e. thermalling or on a tow) Arm Manual advancement of all waypoints NOT recommended Latched advancement of all waypoints Recommended for AAT Arm start Latched advancement of a start waypoint All other waypoints advanced automatically (like Auto) Recommended but a pilot needs to remember about arming it right before starting a task Team flying Friend’s location Our code Links LK8000 LK8000 Forum http://www.postfrontal.com/forum/default.asp? CAT_ID=11 XCSoar http://www.lk8000.it http://xcsoar.org Condor2Nav http://sourceforge.net/projects/condor2nav Q&A Menu (Backup)