Glide - Kanardia Nesis III User Manual

Nesis III User's Manual
(a) Parameters
Speed threshold This limit shall be set below flying speed. It is used to-
gether with the RPM threshold to determine when to start the count-
down.
Countdown The countdown time - waiting time. When this time elapses, it is
considered that engine is cool enough.
Exceed time It works together with the RPM threshold. When RPMs are
higher than the threshold for more than Exceed time, it is considered
that the engine is hot.
8.3.9

Glide

Glide is used to calculate the distance that can be reached by aircraft with
engine not working – in a glide mode. The following parameters have to be
defined:
Glide ratio (finesse) Define the glide ratio of the aircraft. Act conserva-
tively. Smaller values yield to shorter glide distances.
Reserve altitude Define the reserve altitude. If some airfield can be reached
in a glide mode above this altitude, then Nesis marks this in green. If
an airfield can be reached, but below this altitude, it is marked yellow.
All others are marked red.
This feature is impractical for some aircraft types: gyro-planes and
helicopters. In this cases set the glide ratio to zero.
See also section 3.7.1 on page 27.
Figure 69: Engine shut down example.
(b) Countdown.
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8.3 Settings
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