Environmental Variables - Compass C-PILOT EVO User Manual

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Glide over terrain
Distance at end of glide: C-Pilot EVO, if you have loaded the terrain map of your flight
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zone, can estimate the distance that you can fly in straight line at the speed-to-fly taking into
account the terrain of the area. This piece of information can be extremely useful to know the
distance that separates you from the next side of a valley or to the next ridge.
Altitude at end of glide: this field shows the altitude at which your glide at the speed-to-fly
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will intersect the terrain. Also this field is extremely useful in Cross-Country flights: it will
allow you estimating, for example, at which altitude you will reach the next ridge. Also in this
case you need to load the terrain maps of your flight area.
Arrival time at ground: this fields estimates the time at which your glide will intersect the
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terrain.
Other fields
Map: this is one of the most important and complex fields. It shows the task, the track log,
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the waypoints, and the terrain map. It is very useful in competition and in cross-country
flights to optimise your flight. The next chapter will describe in details how to use it.
Task name: shows the name of the active task.
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Map scale: it is shown as a segment with the indication of its length.
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Navigation status: show useful information about the status of the flight. For example, it
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indicates whether the start window is open or closed, or, if open, if you have to enter or exit
to validate it.
Heading from take off: shows the bearing in degrees from the takeoff point to your current
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position. It can be very useful to communicate your current position to the retrieve team.
Controlled airspace
Airspace warnings: this field lists the airspaces that triggered one of the proximity or arrival-
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time alarms. It is particularly useful adding this field to the display that you associate to the
"airspace warning" condition. This display will be shown automatically when at least one
alarm is active.

Environmental variables

Humidity: relative humidity (in percentage) determined by the optional external sensor
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C-Probe.
Temperature: temperature measured by the optional external sensor C-Probe.
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Cloud-base altitude: altitude of the cloud base, calculated by taking into account
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temperature, humidity and dew point determined by the optional external sensor C-Probe.
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