Preflight Settings - Task
Task
Here you have the possibility to define your flight tasks. A common
description about tasks is to find here.
Window description
In a list overview you can see all defined tasks by you. Select a task
entry and click the button
Show to see the details of that task. In the upper line you can
see different spin boxes. In one of them you can enter your true air
speed TAS you want to fly. Also wind direction and wind speed can be
entered. If TAS and wind speed are greater than zero they will be
included in the task calculation. In this case you can see under the
column TH (true heading) the course to be flown to reach the next
target. In the other case the column is named TC (true course). That
means wind speed or TAS are zero. If wind triangle calculation fails,
you will also see the column TC (true course). In such a case wind
correction angle (WCA) and ground speed (GS) are set to a dash.
If you leave the menu with the OK button, the selected task is
treated as to fly now. In this case the task is drawn on the map.
Automatic task point switch
To activate the automatic task point switch, you have to select in the
task view the first approach point by hand. Alternatively you can use
the shortcut key
b to do that. But note the difference. The shortcut key
b will always select the first approach point of a flight task
whilst in the task view you can select any point. If you could not
touch a task point sector or cylinder you must select by hand the next
task point. There is no automatic switch done to the next point as some
GPS devices are doing.
If you select the first approach point already on ground and move
faster as defined
here,
the automatic switch to the next task point will
become active. If you approach into the sector described by the task
point switch radius, the next task point is selected automatically.
The task point switch behaviour can be configured in Settings/Task.
Task management
A selected task can be removed or edited by clicking on the related
icons in the right upper corner of the window. If you want to define a
new task, click on the plus icon. This will open a new screen, where
you can select waypoints, airfields and outlanding points from a toggle
list to be used for task definition. Use the arrows for moving up/down
of task points or to the change the order of the task points.
Flarm IGC data setup
If you press the button Flarm a new window is opened with different
entry fields and buttons.
- Read Pressing this button will read out the set IGC data in the Flarm
device and enter them in the input fields of the window.
- Set Pressing this button sets the Cumulus data in the input fields.
- Clear Pressing this button will clear all input fields.
- Write Pressing this button will download all input field data
to the Flarm device inclusive a selected or empty task.
- Close Pressing this button will close the window.
Please note, task support works only for IGC approved Flarm
devices!
The task to be downloaded to the Flarm device has to be selected on the
task page. If the task definition is empty, an empty task is transfered
to the Flarm device. To get running a transfered task, you have to
cycle the power switch of the Flarm device.