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

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ExampleshowingtheGlideAmoebaeinflatterrain

InflatterraintheGlideAmoebaearesimplecirclesthatareoffsetbythewind.

TheGlideAmoebae’slocationiscalculatedusing:

• Theglider’spolar

• Thewindspeedanddirection

• Theglider’sMSLAltitude

• Theelevationofthe

surroundingterrain

• Theglider’sairspeed–Thefinalglidecalculationsarebasedontotalenergyfinalglide.Asyou

flyfasteryourgliderhasmoreenergyandcouldpulluptogainaltitudeandrange.For

example,if2identicalgliderswereatthesamelocationandaltitudebutdifferentairspeeds,

theoneathighairspeedwouldhavemoreenergyandcouldpulluptogainmorealtitude.

ThereforetheGlideAmoebaeforthegliderathighspeedwouldbedisplayedfartherawayfrom

thegliderthantheGlideAmoebaeoftheglideratlowerairspeed.

Toaccessthesettings

fortheGlideAmoebaegoto:

Menubutton/SetupMenuIcon/PersonalPreferencesTab/FinalGlideSettings

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