LK8000 http://www. lk8000 .it

1. Workshops Mateusz Pusz mateusz.pusz@gmail.com 29.11.2010 LK8000http://www.lk8000.it

2. Agenda Introduction Operational modes Interface Map Preparation to flight Usage scenarios (Workshops) Links Q&A

3. Note Most of the pictures of that presentation were captured on LK8000 1.20b in Mar 2010 The latest version of the software may slightly differ from the presented one

4. LK8000 Software written by pilots and for pilots Main developer – Paolo Ventafridda The owner of the FAI Diamond Badge Several Alpha and tens of Beta testers living and flying all over the world Software validation both in real scenarios with different HW configurations and under Condor The Competition Soaring Simulator Free of charge!!! Application is a fork of XCSoar project Software binaries and source code available for download from the project website Real alternative for SeeYou and WinPilot

5. Operational modes

6. Directionto the target Clock from GPS source Target Compass Distance to the target MC Current Efficiency Efficiency needed to reach the target Vario Final Glide Bar Expected height above the target Ground speed Scale Status Wind Mode Bottom Bar 10 sets of parameters (4 sets fully configurable)

7. The center of the thermal accounted for wind and height Current height in a thermal and current MC value Vertical profile of the thermal Scale Status Mode Height AMSL Average vario from last 30 seconds Altitude gain in the thermal Height AGL Average vario from the whole thermal

8. Interface(Turbulence-Proof)

9. Left UP Right UP Zoom IN Zoom OUT Left InfoPage Right Menu

10. Up Select Down Left InfoPage Right Menu

11. Scroll Down/Up Page Next/Prev

17. AUX Parameters of active operational mode

24. Map

25. Flight direction

26. Safety

27. Glide range

28. Terrain obstacles

29. Circling 1/2

30. Circling 2/2

31. Ridge

32. Final Glide Bar Far away from finish line For MC=0 we will reach the finish line, with actual MC we will not make it Altitude needed to reach finish line accounted for MC, water ballast and wind We will reach finish line even with current MC For MC=0 we are nearly there

33. Airfields accessibility Airfield not accessible Airfield accessible

34. Airspaces All on

35. TrueWind Calculates direction and speed of the wind during straight flight Does not need any external devices to work correctly Results accuracy confirmed against: circling wind Zander SeeYou PC Condor

36. Preparation to flight

37. What is needed ahead of flight? LK8000 with your favorite configuration PLR files with glider polar WinPilot format + additions Waypoints files WinPilot (DAT) or SeeYou Mobile (CUP) format may be nested inside LKM or XCM files Terrain and topology [optional but strongly suggested] LKMAPS –LKM and DEM files XCSoar –XCM file Airspaces [optional] Format Open Air = WinPilot Review and set correct values in Basic Setup window

38. Polar MassDryGross[kg] Mass for which glider’s polar was measured MaxWaterBallast[liters] Water ballast volume Speed1[km/h], Sink1[m/s], Speed2, Sink2, Speed3, Sink3 3 speed and sink pairs taken from glider’s polar WingArea[m2] LK8000 Extension (not present in WinPilot) Allows setting Wing Loading in Basic Setup

39. Waypoints Name Latitude and Longitude Height AMSL Waypoint type Airfield Landable TP – Turn Point Direction and length of airfield together with its radio frequency (only in SeeYou CUP) Comment

40. Terrain and Topology 1/3 Terrain Ground heights AMSL Used for terrain obstacles calculation drawing of terrain height map when Waypoint does not have a height provided in a waypoints file than the height in that place on map is used Topology Characteristic terrain features (roads, rivers, lakes, etc.)

41. XCM Files 2/3 XCSoarFormat Warning:That format is obsolete and may stop to be supported at some time in the future XCSoar On-Line Generator Allows easy map generation by your own for any area in the world specified by: coordinates waypoints file (WinPilotformat) http://xcsoar.dd.com.au/cgi-bin/terrain.pl

42. LKM and DEM Files 3/3 LKMAPS format New maps format providing newer and more accurate terrain data (up to 250m) more topology details Allows customization of the amount of details drawn on the map to the pilot needs Download A set of ready to download maps http://www.lk8000.it/download/maps.html Requesting If interesting area is not ready for download than a simple form has to be filled and sent to the project’s author

43. Airspaces Open Air (WinPilot) format http://www.winpilot.com/UsersGuide/UserAirspace.asp Type Name Height from – to AMSL or AGL Shape Lines Arc

44. Basic Setup Water ballast Wing loading The ratio of total mass of the glider(that specific example with itsequipment, pilot, luggage, chute, etc)to its wing area Bugs factor Moves speed polar

45. Home Waypoint It should be set after every change of waypoints file Home Waypoint is a place where a map is centered after LK8000 startup if no GPS signal is present is an airfield to which LK8000 always shows the radial and distance is a landable with thehighest priority on the listof alternate landings is a waypoint that will alwaysbe visible on the InfoPage3.1Commons is a height for barometerin a case when the glider islocated close to the home

46. Usage scenarios(Workshops)

47. Flying with airfield reachable Safety altitude = 300m Bad!!! Good!!!

48. Flights inside an airspace 1/2 Before the flight we filter only our airspace type Accept the warning with ‘ACK Warn’

49. Flights inside an airspace 2/2 We left the airspace (shading present) We are inside the airspace(no shading)

50. Tasks 1/3LK8000 setup Set a map, waypoints and airspaces (Setup System 1) Set glider data (Setup System 7) Set logger data (Setup System 20)