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In flight usage

Cumulus permits the use of the keyboard to minimize the use of the stylus or directly touching the screen while in flight. For N800 user the hardware key support is limited on the available keys. So most of the functions are only accessed by using the menu.

Shortcut Keys

The following shortcut keys are defined in GPS mode:

If you are working in manual navigation mode, there are more keys available to control Cumulus. See here for more details.

You can also get information on objects on the map by typing them with the stylus or your finger nail. An information box is shown on the screen that contains all avaliable data about the touched object. Press I to get the data for the selected waypoint. In the info menu you can also add the listed airfield as a new waypoint or select it as your waypoint.

Use Zoom to waypoint to get the waypoint you selected into view on the map. Cumulus will try to display the selected waypoint near to the edge of the map. A selected waypoint's name is displayed in reverse colors as the other names. Depending on the distance to the waypoint, the waypoint may be too far away to show on the map because the zoom factor would exceed it's minimum. In that case, a message is shown in the bottom of the screen (in the taskbar area). If the waypoint is too close, the zoom is set to maximum and the waypoint may be further from the edge than normal.

Labels for different point items maybe turned off or on by pressing the related shortcut key (A, O, T, W, see above) or via the menubar item View-Labels-.... The defaults are set in the Map Objects configuration tab. You can add distance and projected arrival altitude to the labels by pressing E. Normally the labels just show the item point name.

Logfiles are written in accordance to the IGC file standard. They are placed in the user's data directory, so you can easily transfer them to your desktop, beam them to your friends or analyze them using KFLog.

Tasks are routes between waypoints, which are handled as turnpoints here. They can be created and modified in the Pre-Flight setting dialog under the tabulator task. Tasks stored from there are automatically shown in the task selection dialog. Tasks are drawn in thick purple lines, and turn points are drawn with the correct photo sectors drawn in red and green.

Prior to the flight, you should select the glider you're flying with and enter the amount of water balast you've taken with you. You can do that in the Pre-flight settings. On the second tab, you can select a task.

In-flight settings are values that may change in-flight. There are three dialogs, which can be easy used. There are:

You can open these dialogs by tipping on the related display at the left side of the map view.
Altitude Dialog
This dialog allows you to change the altitude reference (MSL, STD, AGL, AHL), the altitude unit (Meters or Feet), the QNH (hPa) and to leveling the displayed altitude to the expected value.
McCready Dialog
This dialog allows you to change the amount of water you still have, the bug factor and the McCready setting. It is only available, if a glider selection exist.
Variometer Dialog
This dialog allows you to change the integration time of the variometer. Furthermore the variometer can operate in a TEK mode but for that it needs wind information for calculating the true airspeed. Be careful with the TEK mode, it is not validated that it works always right.
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