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NKClearNavManual•Version0.5•July3,2008

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needtopresstheStartNowbutton.TheonlyreasonusetheStartNowbuttonwouldbeifyou

wantedtostartwithoutgoingthroughthestartgateoracrossthestartline,orifyouhad

startedbutforsomereason(GPSissue..?)theClearNavdidnotthinkyouhadstarted.Oncethe

taskstartsthebuttonchangesfromStartNowtoExitTask.TheExitTaskbuttonisusedtoexit

thetaskifyoudecidetore‐startorabandonthetask.

• NextLeg/TurnHere?Button

TheNextLegbuttonisusedtomoveontothenextlegofthetask.Forexample,ifyouare

currentlynavigatingtothefirstturnpointandhavejustroundedtheturnpointyouwouldpress

theNextLegbuttontotelltheClearNavtostartnavigatingtothenextturnpointinthetask.

TheClearNavwillautomaticallyswitch

tothenextlegwhenyouentertheturncylinderofan

assignedtask,butitwillnotautomaticallyswitchwhenflyinganareatask–becauseyouwill

probablywanttocontinueflyingintotheturnarearatherthanmovingonassoonasyouenter

theturnarea.

ThebuttonchangestoaTurnHere?buttonwhenyouenterintoaturnarea.

WhenyouselecttheTurnHere?buttonthetaskisredrawnwiththatpointastheturnpointand

theactivewaypointischangedtothenextwaypointinthetask.AftertheTurnHere?buttonis

pressed,itturnsintoanUndoTurnHerebutton.SelecttheUndoTurnHerebuttontoresume

navigationtothecalculatedidealturnpoint.

• ResumeTaskButton

TheResumeTaskbuttonisusedtoresumethetaskafterithasbeensuspended.Thetaskis

suspendedanytimeyoustartnavigatingtoanon‐taskturnpoint.Forexample,ifyouare

gettinglowandusetheSelectionBoxtoflytoanearbyairport,thetaskwillbesuspended.

WhentheResumeTaskbuttonispressedtheClearNavwillresumenavigatingtothewaypoint

thatitwasnavigatingtowhenthetaskwassuspended.

• GlideToFinish/GlideToNextWPButton

TheGlideToFinishbuttonmakesitpossibletodisplayfinalglideinformationaroundmultiple 

turnpointstothefinish.TheClearNavwillcontinuenavigatingtothecurrenttaskturnpoint,

buttheFinalGlideWindow willnolonger

displaythedifferentialfinalglidetothenext

turnpoint.Itwilldisplaythefinalglidearoundtheremainingtaskturnpointstothefinish.Also,

theDistanceWindowwillshowthedistancearoundtheremainderofthetask.Thereisno

changeinthetextdescriptionintheFinalGlideWindow

–instead,theDestinationWindow

changesto“ToFinish”toindicatethatthefinalglidecalculation istothefinish

point.TheotherindicatorthatyouaredisplayingtheGlideToFinish numberintheFinalGlide

WindowisthattheGlideToFinishbuttonwillchangeintotheGlideTo

NextWP(waypoint)

button.PresstheGlideToNextWPbuttontoresumedisplayingthefinalglideanddistanceto

theactivetaskwaypoint.

• AchievedSpeed

TheAchievedSpeedisthespeedachievedfromthestarttoyourcurrentposition.Itisagood

referenceforhelpingtocalculate

thePredictedSpeedfortheremainderofthetask,butitis

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