9. Command Summary
Weather and Thermal Data Services
| CTRL-w | weather update - provides a current report of weather conditions, including wind speed and direction, cloudbase altitude, amount of cloud coverage, and general weather trend (improving, stable, or deteriorating). This function only works when the COM radio frequency is 128.95 MHz. |
| CTRL-x | toggle between text and voice weather updates |
| CTRL-c | display bearings and distances to obvious signs of lift (either obvious ground-based thermal triggers or the bases of building clouds) |
| CTRL-v | display local magnetic variation (true degrees = magnetic degrees + magnetic variation) |
Competition-Related Functions and Data
| CTRL-t | Begin flight task selection. The following five commands are functional only if they follow a "CTRL-t" command |
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display a list of waypoints from which to select, and display instructions for making a selection |
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select Buchanan airport as a turnpoint or goal |
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select Hamilton Army airport as a turnpoint or goal |
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select Half Moon Bay airport as a turnpoint or goal |
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select Sonoma County airport as a turnpoint or goal |
| CTRL-p | snap a turnpoint photo (only functions if a task with a turnpoint has been chosen) |
| CTRL-f | display flight computer data - elapsed course time, course distance achieved, average course speed since launch, current course speed, and estimated time to arrival |
| CTRL-r | Display flight results. Only functional after landing short of goal or after completing goal - not functional in flight unless goal has been achieved. Display course distance achieved, task distance, flight time on course, and average course speed. |
Navigational Functions
The following functions display distance, bearing, and glide ratio to
the listed location from the plane's current position.
| CTRL-b | Buchanan Airport |
| CTRL-h | Hamilton Army Airport |
| CTRL-l | starting (launch) position |
| CTRL-m | Half Moon Bay Airport |
| CTRL-q | center of "soarable" area |
| CTRL-s | Sonoma County Airport |
Glider Performance Data
| CTRL-a | display current indicated airspeed, sink rate, and glide ratio (through the air - not necessarily the glide ratio across the ground) |
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