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posted 6/3/2020 1:56:13 PM
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Glide range is a nice feature. With the new changeable altitude, I would want to use it differently though.

Over water, I'd want it down to 0ft. Can I reach any land? all I want is ditch near a beach.
Over ground, 1000ft for a somewhat controlled emergency or precautionary landing.

Some alternatives:
1. Can we have 2 circles? One inner circle (maybe dashed, or a different color) to whatever set altitude, and an outer (full line) down to 0ft?
2. Can we have 2 settings and an automatic switch, like today where we can choose to display the circle only over water, except switching between 2 values?

NB: a search of "glide range" on this forum brings a couple of interesting older threads, which might be interesting to look at too.
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posted 6/7/2020 10:51:21 AM
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The day I feel safer in case a panic button exists, I will stop flying Smile
Edited 6/7/2020 11:11:01 AM by MikeTwoOne
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Glide range circle
ArnaudC - 6/3/2020 1:56:13 PM
     Glide Range does show the glide to 0ft AGL, as far as I know. Why do...
pilot-byom - 6/3/2020 3:57:27 PM
             Showing, you’re not working with the latest (beta) version!
efrenken - 6/3/2020 8:06:20 PM
                 NEVER will I give beta software the slightest chance to kill me.
pilot-byom - 6/7/2020 7:18:35 AM
     SkyDemon shows glide range to a user-configurable height AGL, by...
Tim Dawson - 6/4/2020 9:26:27 AM
             I think that would be really useful. However, I can see a problem...
Sky Painter - 6/4/2020 10:30:52 AM
     Hi everyone. Following the glide range topic, I have been thinking...
kaiserman - 6/4/2020 1:22:58 PM
     We've thought about this potential "panic button" a number of times...
Tim Dawson - 6/5/2020 9:33:24 AM
     The day I feel safer in case a panic button exists, I will stop flying...
MikeTwoOne - 6/7/2020 10:51:21 AM

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