LKSC Oudie Quick Start Guide

v1.04

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Warnings

Profiles

Oudie may be configured to use settings and assumptions that are unsuitable for your flight. Check Oudie’s active profile & settings before flight.

Warning Before flight and at the very least, check ‘PRM’: Polar – Is it set to the glider type & wingspan you’re going to fly? Reserve altitude – Is it set to a safe reserve for your ability, currency and experience on glider type and this Oudie? MacCready – Is it set to the desired setting for the days conditions?

Lookout

PNAs are one of many distractions that compromise a pilots ability to lookout effectively. It is essential that disciplined see & avoid techniques are maintained when using Oudie. Heads down time inflight can be minimised by:

- Practicing with Oudie on the ground. Either the simulator function within Oudie or using SYM Simulator for PC

- Setting up Oudie on the ground, not in the air. Every minute of ground time takes 3 times as long to accomplish in flight.

- Complete high concentration tasks away from traffic. Competition task changed once airborne? Fly away from the gaggles, re-program Oudie, return to your start zone

Disclaimer

These notes are an aid to using Oudie IGC. Nothing herein supersedes guidance from the manufacturer nor a pilots responsibility to use his/her training and judgment to assess the actual flight path & conditions.

Warning: Oudie doesn’t have a brain, pilots must use their own_

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About This Guide

Target audience

This manual is targeted towards a glider pilot that is new to electronic Personal Navigation Assistants (PNAs). It is designed to be read ‘cover to cover’, containing sufficient detail for the novice user. However, instructions are sufficiently blocked / grouped so that a more proficient user may jump ahead to their topic of interest. It is neither exhaustive nor a replacement of the OEM manual, rather a companion to it. An ‘expanded’ version if you will.

Assumptions

The reader possesses gliding knowledge relevant to early cross country flying.

Buttons vs Keys

Buttons – There are only two physical buttons on Oudie. A reset button on the back for when all is lost and another top left corner - the power button. This is used to turn on, sleep, wake and turn off Oudie.

Keys – All other references are to ‘soft’ keys. Pseudo-buttons presented on the screen itself for you to tap with the stylus. These change size, form and function, depending on what screen the user is on at the time.

Key sequences

For clarity and brevity, key sequences are abbreviated in the following way:

Tap the ‘Menu’ key at the bottom of the screen; Tap the ‘Next’ key; Tap the ‘Exit’ key; Uncheck ‘Save Profile’; Tap ‘Yes’

becomes…

☞ Menu > Next > Exit > (uncheck) Save Profile > Yes

Figures 1.1-1.4: Exiting See You Mobile Page of 3 33

Alternate Selection Methods

Many actions on Oudie have an alternate method/s of achieving them. These are annotated with a black and white arrowhead: ➢

Local vs Global Settings

References will be made to local and global settings. A local setting is one in which the change applies to your current map. A global setting is one which applies to every (both) maps.

For example, if you turn off airspace using the MAWT menu, it will only remove airspace from the map you are currently using; a local change.

Alternatively, if you change the distance units to statute miles using ‘Menu > Settings > Units’, it will change your distance units on every map / page; a global change.

Basic settings are explained on page 16.

Screen Orientation

Screen orientation changes the way keys are laid out. This means portrait and landscape users may need to tap ‘Next page’ a different number of times before arriving at the key they want.

Instructions in this guide assume a portrait layout as this is the most common mounting orientation for glider pilots.

Software Version & Database

Instructions in this guide assume an Oudie IGC running See You Mobile version 6.16.001 and a computer running See You Desktop version 7.11 & See You Simulator AUG15.

Both older and future software versions may require minor key sequence variations to those described herein.

Unless otherwise stated, screenshots and practice exercises have been created using the simulator.

Questions & Suggestions?

This is a living document. It will continue to evolve so long as you, the reader, identify errors & omissions and make suggestions. Please send them to CJL76@me.com

Last but not Least

Please DO NOT print this on the club printer. It’s >30 pages long and full of ink cartridge-killing pictures.

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Introduction

The Oudie IGC is a touchscreen Personal Navigation Assistant (PNA) that is equipped with an aviation grade GPS sensor, barometric sensor and sunlight readable LCD screen. Other features include:

- IGC recording up to the highest level - Compatibility with external varios, Flarm, etc - Up to 12 hours battery life

Oudie is ‘the hardware’

See You Mobile (SYM) is a touchscreen compatible glide / navigation application that runs on an Oudie. See You Desktop (SYD) is ‘the software’. 55

As club Oudies will only run See You Mobile, references to ‘Oudie’ will refer to both the hardware and software interchangeably.

Start up

Depending on how Oudie was used before the last shutdown, it will open in one of 3 ways:

Oudie Startup – The cloud filled startup screen will give way to either a startup confirmation screen, a profile selection screen or Oudie’s start up menu. The latter has two large buttons to put Oudie into See You Mobile mode or ‘ConnectMe’ mode for transferring data to another device.

See You Mobile Startup – So long as more than one profile is stored on Oudie, this cloud filled screen will display a profile selection window. Inactivity will result in Oudie picking the last used profile.

Wake Up – You will see this screen if the Oudie was ‘put to sleep’ after last use. Previous settings and activities will be saved for as long as the battery lasts. You might use this mode after setting up Oudie & SYM for the days flying, allowing a quick ‘wakeup’ when on the flight line.

Figures 2.1-2.3: Oudie Start up, SYM Start up, SYM Profile selection

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Powering Down

What, so soon? Though you may not want to finish playing with your new toy just yet, it’s important to know how to power down Oudie properly. Like your home computer, Oudie has some housekeeping to do before shutdown so don’t just pull the plug!

☞ Menu > Next > Exit > (uncheck) Save Profile > Yes

Then, when Oudie’s main Menu is visible, press and hold the power button to turn off. Be patient, it takes a long press to register a shutdown. Oudie doesn’t want to mistake accidental bumps inflight for being told to call it a day.

Note that unless you’re using your own profile, it’s important that you uncheck the ‘Save profile’ checkbox. Otherwise, your changes will overwrite the clubs master settings. The checkbox is shown below.

Are these instructions not making sense? Go back to ‘About this Manual’ on page 3 for an explanation of key sequences.

Figure 3.1: Exiting / Powering Down

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Navigating Oudie

Entering Data

There are multiple ways of entering data into Oudie. These include: Typing on the keyboard – No explanation required. If the cursor isn’t already inside the field to be edited, tap to put it there and type away. A page that doesn’t display the keyboard by default will have a ‘Keyb’ key to allow this. The left facing arrowhead ‘<’ is the backspace key. Using the Plus & Minus keys – As a way to quickly adjust numbers and avoid detailed tapping on the keypad, two pairs of ‘Plus’ & ‘Minus’ keys are provided. Tap to increase / decrease the value up or down by the appropriate value. These values change relative to the field being amended. To use Observation Zone (OZ) distance as an example, large changes +/- 1km and small +/- 0.1km. Displaying a list – Tapping the List key displays a list of options such as waypoints that you can scroll through.

Figures 4.1-4.3: + / - & List keys, Using + / -, Using list

Using a Filter – When navigating a large list with many options such as your turnpoint database after pressing ‘Direct to’, it can be helpful (faster!) to use a filter. A filter only shows you your remaining choices, based on what you’ve already typed. For example, let’s look at the B’s in the turnpoint database displayed below. Tapping the Filter key and then ‘B’ would remove all letters except A, E, I, O, R & U; the only possible choices to complete a waypoint name. Tapping U would leave only the N & R keys showing, as these are the only possible 2nd letters of the waypoints starting with B. It’s harder to explain than to try, so have a go!

☞ Direct To / Goto, tap (Command bar) > Filter ➢ Menu > Direct To / Goto > Filter

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Keyboard keys displayed using Filter; user selection in bold:

…B C D E… ➔ A E I O R U ➔ N R ➔

Turnpoint choices:

Baan Baa Ag ➔ Bingara Berwicks Bundara ➔ Burren Junction ➔

BUndara BUrren Junction ➔

Bundara BuRren Junction ➔

BURren Junction

Figures 4.4-4.8: Using a filter

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Basic Page Layout

Oudie is arranged in a series of pages that are scrolled through sequentially; refer Figures 4.10-13 on Page 13. There are several ways of achieving these page changes but the most common is the ‘Next Page’ button on the command bar (refer to ‘The Command Bar’ on page 10). Tapping this will cycle through the following:

Map 1 – A fully customisable map for navigation. Map data, Navboxes and performance information can all be customised by both content and placement. For instructions on how to do this, refer to ‘Adjusting Basic Settings’ on page 16. Map 2 – An additional fully customisable map outlined above. Designed to be set up as an alternate layout to Map 1. Info Page – Shows position & system information, GPS & battery status, sunrise & sunset times etc. If you want your Lat & Long after landing out, this is where you look for it. Statistics Page – Depicts thermal and soaring performance data, delineated by time (60 & 150min), task & flight.

Maps 1 & 2

Oudie’s main navigation maps can be customised to the users preference. Terrain, Airspace, Task Info and more can all be toggled on or off. Two maps are provided to allow for alternate views to be setup, preventing time consuming changes from being effected in flight. Instructions on how to achieve this follow below. Screenshots of Maps 1 & 2 in the club profiles can be seen on pages 19 & 20.

Statistics

The statistics page is a useful way of checking your soaring performance in-flight. Figures such as Ave Vario, Ave Speed, XC Speed and % Circling are available for the last 60min, last 150min, the task & the flight. Screenshots of the statistics pages can be seen on page 32. To reach them within Oudie, use the following methods:

☞ Map Toggle key (Command bar) ➢ Menu > Statistics page

Flight Properties

The Flight Properties menu opens automatically when you first select a profile upon startup. It allows the user to specify MacCready setting, Reserve Altitude, % Bugs & Ballast (for final glide calculations). A screenshot of the Flight Properties page can be seen on page 13. If a user needs to change any of these settings after startup, they can return to the Flight Properties menu by:

☞ MAWT key (Command bar) ➢ Menu > Mc & Alt

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The Command Bar The Command Bar is the grey bar containing 5 buttons at the very bottom of the screen. It can be hidden using the MAWT Key / Display Options (see below). If hidden, it can be retrieved by tapping the very bottom of the screen.

The default layout is shown above and will be referred to below. If you’d like to customise the Command Bar, go to ‘Customising the Command Bar’ on page 16.

Zoom

Maps can be zoomed in / out to the scale desired by three different methods. Zoom levels range from 1 to 999km with 35km being depicted above. Note the zoom level refers to the approximate width of the screen whilst the scale icon depicts the size of the scale division (the width of the black, U-shaped bracket). A zoom level of 1km results in a scale division of 0.1km.

☞ Zoom key, tap (Command bar) ➢ Menu > Zoom

➢ Scale Icon, tap (the number above the black, U-shaped bracket on the map page)

Direct To

The ‘Direct To’ / Goto key is the blue D with the red arrow through it in the centre of the command bar. It is how you commence navigating directly to a particular waypoint. Once pressed, a number of waypoints will appear in a list format. Tap the column headers (Name, Type, Bearing, Distance) to sort the list by that header. Alternate taps toggle low to high / high to low (A to Z, Z to A etc). Above and below this list are some useful shortcuts. Usually Last Thermal, Takeoff & Soaring Begin above and recently selected waypoints below. Once you’ve selected the waypoint (tap to highlight blue), con\firm your choice by tapping the grey ‘Goto’ key in the bottom left corner.

☞ Direct To / Goto, tap (Command bar) > (select waypoint) > Goto ➢ Menu > Direct To / Goto > (select waypoint) > Goto

MAWT Key

The ‘MAWT’ key is used to quickly toggle certain features on and off. This saves time and effort in not having to go deeper into the settings menu, allowing the user to quickly or temporarily customise the map pages. There are two pages of MAWT options that can be displayed / hidden, tap the Next key to see the 2nd page of options. These include but are not limited to: Map, Airspace, Waypoints, Task (hence “MAWT”), Navboxes, Track, FAI, Side (profile) view & Terrain. A shaded MAWT box depicts selected / displayed and a white one deselected / hidden.

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☞ MAWT key, tap (Command bar) ➢ Menu > Display Options

Figure 4.9: The MAWT menu

Map Toggle

Next to the Direct To button is the Map Toggle. Each tap of this key scrolls to the next page of Map 1, Map 2, Info & Statistics.

Figures 4.10-13: The 4 navigation screens

Menu

‘nuff said.

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Profiles

Profiles allow a user to quickly return to previously saved settings for a given glider, type of task or user.

For example, instead of reconfiguring Oudie’s glider polar each time you change between 15m and 18m tips in IUO, it would be advantageous to create one profile for each. Then, at start up, a user could chose between something like the following in the profile selection window:

LKSC D2C-15m LKSC D2C-18m

Equally, a user may prefer Oudie to display maps differently, depending on what type of task they are flying. A profile could be created for Racing tasks and another for Assigned Area Tasks (AAT) for example.

Oudie’s strength (customisation) is also a weakness. What if a competition pilot had used Oudie last? Unbeknownst to us, safety-critical settings such as final glide altitude reserve and MacCready could be set far beyond our abilities. Safety considerations aside, it would be discourteous to fellow club members for users to change Oudie’s settings to suit their own personal preferences before each use. What if a Polish visitor changed Oudie into Polish, how would we navigate through the Polish menu titles to the Language option to return Oudie to English? Celsius vs Fahrenheit, m/s vs ft/min the potential for customisation is endless.

Warning A user must never use or modify the clubs master profile!

Copy the master, rename it to your name and customise away. Club masters start with the letters ‘LKSC’ ie. LKSC D2C 15m

Thankfully, Oudie has a solution. To prevent users ‘chasing their tails’ and re-configuring each others settings before each and every use, Oudie allows a user to create a personal profile.

To preserve a pure profile on each Oudie, club profiles that start with ‘LKSC’ are never to be used directly. They are the base from which a user will copy, rename and customise to their own needs.

Creating a personal profile

Don’t want your efforts customising Oudie to go to waste? Save your profile to your own computer. Go to ‘Backing up profiles’ on page 30 in the Advanced section of this manual to see how.

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To create your own profile:

☞ Menu > Next > Switch Profile > (uncheck) Save Profile > Yes > Tap to highlight the profile to be copied > Copy

Alternatively, copy a club profile when the Profile window opens at startup

☞ Tap to highlight the profile to be copied > Copy

The next screen to open will be ‘Flight Properties’. To bypass initial setup actions such as loading a turnpoint database, go to ‘Adjusting Basic Settings’ on page 16 or ’Task Creation’ on page 21 for more information.

Figure 5.1-5.2: Profiles

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Initial Setup Actions

Loading a turnpoint database

Turnpoint databases are loaded via See You Desktop (SYD) using the ‘Mobile Wizard’ function, the most common approach. Alternatively, more competent users may wish to load the files directly into Oudie, selecting which file to use in the Files menu:

☞ Menu > Settings > (next, next) > Files

Use of the Mobile Wizard is independent of a valid subscription so you can still transfer to Oudie using a trial or expired version of SYD. SYD is for PC only (or Macs running Windows) and is available for download at:

http://download.naviter.com/seeyou/wcusetup.exe

Before commencing the transfer, ensure your desired waypoint database is loaded into SYD. Although beyond the scope of this guide, instructions on how to load a custom waypoint database into See You Desktop are provided in the Advanced section on page 30.

Caution If participating in a competitive event, it’s highly recommended to only use the

official competition turnpoints. The default SYD/SYM database may contain duplicate names for differing locations! What’s the task TP…the town, the

airstrip or the silo?

Badge-seeking pilots should ensure their flight turnpoints, corrected for type of observation zone, meet the leg / distance requirements for their desired goal. A 299km flight for a diamond goal is treated the same way as a 29.9km one –

rejection!

Custom waypoint / turnpoint files can retrieved from: - The World Wide Soaring Turnpoint Exchange, soaringweb.org Choose the SeeYou .cup format http://soaringweb.org/TP/Keepit_xc/lk15_xc.cup (general XC) http://soaringweb.org/TP/Keepit_comp (competitions) - The Lake Keepit Soaring Club Website

(Information > Downloads > Waypoints) http://www.keepitsoaring.com/LKSC/index.php/info-and-links/downloads/waypoints

- The Competition Director

1). Connect Oudie to the computer using a USB cable. If using Parallels for Desktop on a Mac, ensure it connects on the PC (not Mac) side.

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Changing Units

There are two ways to change the units used and displayed on Oudie. Both methods are accessed on the Units page within the Settings menu.

☞ Menu > Settings > Units

To change all fields to the one scheme, click the Metric, Imperial or British soft keys at the bottom of the page. Otherwise, change each field to the desired unit one by one.

Specifying a Glider Polar

Oudie needs to know how your glider performs to give meaningful navigation and final glide information. This is done through the Polar page within the Settings menu.

☞ Menu > Settings > Next > Polar

Common gliders are already stored in Oudie, tap ‘List’ to reveal the stored polars. Alternatively, type your glider type in the ‘Glider’ window, then populate the remaining fields with the data specific to your glider.

Figure 5.3 - Setting your glider’s polar

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Adjusting basic settings

Navboxes

The information boxes displayed on Map pages 1 & 2 are called Navboxes. They can be dragged into your preferred position by ‘tap and holding’ the stylus on the navbox then dragging it into the desired position. Customisation of which navboxes are displayed is done in the settings menu.

☞ Menu > Settings > Navboxes > (check/uncheck) each Navbox

Club profile-specific navbox settings are discussed in ‘Navboxes - Club Profiles’ on page 19 while advanced navbox customisation is discussed in the Advanced section on Page 30.

While map page setup will vary greatly with personal preference and intended task, a user may consider:

Map 1 - Next waypoint view, track up display, navboxes for next waypoint Data Map 2 - Task overview, map zoomed to fit task, north up display & navboxes for total task data; or

Map 1 - Racing task layout Map 2 - AAT task layout

Caution Similarly named Navboxes exist that are easily confused with one another. Care should be taken to ensure the desired navbox is selection made, as confusion between ALT Baro & ALT AGL, required L/D & required task L/D may prove quite misleading.

Customising the Command Bar

Making changes to command bar fields such as Zoom, MAWT & Direct To etc have discussed earlier. You can customise what appears in the command bar itself by selecting:

☞ Menu > Settings > Next > Next > Commands

Highlight the button you wish to change, tap edit and make your choice. As tapping the zoom scale (see below) will give will also take you to the zoom menu, perhaps you don’t require duplication of this function in the command bar? A shortcut to the task menu or nearest airport may suit you better.

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Cardinal Pointer

If chosen for display, the cardinal pointer is a black arrowhead, typically located at the top of either map screen. Tapping this arrowhead opens the Map Orientation menu. The cardinal pointer is visible under the time on the front cover of this manual.

Possible map orientations include but are not limited to: North up - North is at the top of the screen. Common for ‘big picture’ orientation Pan Mode - Instead of the map centring on the aircraft location, this option allows the user to zoom and pan to explore the area Track up - Map is orientated so current track (not heading) is at the top of the screen. This is the most common choice. Goal up - Map is orientated and zoomed so that your goal (current waypoint) always appears at the top of the screen

To make changes to the type of map orientation used:

☞ Cardinal pointer (on map screen) ➢ Menu > Map Orient.

Setup Airspace

The two basic customisations to airspace are how Oudie displays airspace on the map pages and which airspace Oudie alerts you to in flight.

Setting how airspace is displayed is done within the airspace section of the setup menu. Cycle through each airspace type in the dropdown menu, specifying visible range, width, colour and fill type (transparent or % shading).

☞ Menu > Settings > Setup airspace

Setting how Oudie informs you of proximate airspace is done within the warning section of the settings menu. Individual airspace types can be toggled on or off using the checkboxes. As waiting until you’ve already penetrated the airspace wouldn’t be very helpful, Oudie gives you advance warning (amber) based on the time, distance & altitude you specify. These buffers are global settings, they apply to ALL the airspace types you’ve chosen to be warned about. If you continue, airspace entry will result in an alert (red).

☞ Menu > Settings > Next > Warnings

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Figure 6.1-6.3: Airspace

When Oudie alerts a user to impending airspace infringement during navigation, three options are given to clear the warning. ‘Ignore’ while flying towards it, ignore for ‘5 min’ or ignore ‘Today’, until the next takeoff. The ‘Dismiss for’ field on the Warnings page allows a user to specify a custom dismissal duration, in minutes.

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Navboxes - Club Profiles

Navigational boxes are one of the most important parts of SeeYou Mobile. They show all parameters of flight.. Navboxes are setup separately for Map 1 and Map 2 views. That is because normally you will want to use the two map views for two different reasons. One could be general navigation while the other one is for tasks where details are important. You will require two different settings for which Navboxes should be displayed in these conditions. The following describes what each of the navboxes shows within the club profiles:

Map 1

Figure 7.1 - Club profile, Map 1

Starting at left

MC + Increases the MacCready value by 0.2 ktsMC - Decreases the MacCready value by 0.2 ktsTarget (Target name) Name of the active/target waypointDis (Distance to target) Distance to the active/target waypointBrg (Bearing to target) Bearing of the target from present position VarA (Average vertical speed) Average vario for the last 20s VarT (Thermal vario) Average vario since beginning of circlingAgl (Height AGL) Height above the ground immediately below the gliderOpt (Optimised distance) Optimisation over a preselected # of waypoints (for OLC)

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Map 2

Figure 7.2 - Club profile, Map 2

Starting at left

Target (Target name) Name of target waypointArrival (Arrival Altitude) Expected arrival altitude at target waypoint considers distance, MC, wind, polar, bugs, ballast & arrival altitudeTsk.Sp (Task Speed) Speed on task to the present positiontRemain (Task remaining time) Time remaining till task time elapsestETE (Task Estimated Time) Task estimated time enrolee (task time remaining)tDelta (Task Delta time) Estimated difference between task & actual flown times Req. L/D (Required L/D) Required glide ratio to reach the target waypointCur. L/D (Current L/D) Current glide ratio

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Task Creation

Create a task

The most common way (it’s the easiest!) of putting a task into Oudie is to sync from a See You Desktop, Oudies companion software on the PC. Whether it be your own PC or the clubs, tasks created on See You Desktop are easier to create, edit and display. If you’re participating in a competition or 4 day weekend, the task setter will most likely have created the task in front of you on the club computer anyway. Why reinvent the wheel? When the masses have cleared, go to the computer and transfer the days task/s into Oudie. To learn how to move a task from SYD to Oudie, go to ‘Syncing a task from a PC’ on page 24.

A user will want to be familiar and proficient with both methods. If you’d like to create a task directly in Oudie, here’s how:

☞ Menu (Command bar) > Task

If there’s an active task in Oudie, you’ll see it now. You can clear it with the ‘Clear Task’ button in the Tools menu. Otherwise, if the screen is blank or you want to create a new task, select ‘Tools’:

☞ Tools ➢ Menu (Command bar) > Task > Tools (if from another page)

Figures 8.1-8.3: No active task, An active task, Several saved tasks

Let’s create a task Lake Keepit - Boggabri - Coonabarabran - Lake Keepit.

Tap ‘Insert point’ to start the task creation process, waypoint by waypoint. Type the start point name, ‘Lake Keepit’. As you type, letter & number keys will disappear as you refine which waypoints are possible with your tapped entries. For more information about how this works, refer to ‘Using a Filter’ in ‘Navigating Oudie – Entering Data’ on page 7.

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Once your desired start point is shown, tap either ‘OK’ key. A map of your waypoint will be shown, as well as the default observation zone (OZ) settings you specified during initial setup. Check these settings now, including the Line only, Auto next & AAT checkboxes. Lets use a 6km long start line so check the ‘Line only’ checkbox, change the radius to 3km placing the cursor in the radius box and using the + & - keys or by tapping the ‘Keyb' button (3km radius equals 6km start line length). If the picture looks right, tap ‘OK’. It should look like the screenshot in Figure 8.4 below.

The screen will automatically change to the ‘Insert point’ page again. Enter your next task waypoint, Boggabri, now. Again, your default OZ type will be shown. As an exercise, let’s overwrite this, specifying an FAI 90° sector instead. Uncheck ‘Line only’ (if checked) Change Direction to ‘Symmetric’ Change Radius 1 to ‘5.00km’ Change Angle 1 to ‘45°’ Do a TLAR check on the map (That Looks About Right?) Click ‘OK’. It should look like the screenshot below in Figure 8.5

Note that as OZ’s are specified symmetrically, an angle of 45° results in a 90° sector or a 1/4-sized piece of pie. Hence the informal name, ‘pie wedge’.

Figure 8.4-8.6: LK 3km Start Line, Boggabri FAI Sector, C’bran Cylinder OZ

Continue this process until your task has been entered. You can navigate back and forth through the waypoints by tapping the double arrowheads at the bottom of the screen: << and >>.

At Coonabarabran, try speccing a ‘Cylinder OZ’. Known informally as a ‘Beer Can’. It has a 500m radius and 180° angle. Remember that this OZ type reduces your distance by it’s radius, each time you cross its boundary. If this was a 300km ‘straight line’ badge flight, you would only be credited with 299km!

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Finish by specifying your Finish point, Lake Keepit. In my example, I’ve chosen a 4km semi-circle (direction ‘previous’, 2km radius, 90° angle) at the Finish point.

If you think you’re done, get an overview of the task and conduct a gross error check by tapping ‘OK’ and looking at the task in ‘List’ view. From left to right, each line displays track, leg distance, cumulative distance, ETA & OZ radius. Even better, view it on the map by tapping Tools > Map. Change the scale using the Scale button in the bottom left corner and pan around by dragging.

Figures 8.7-8.9: LK 4km Semi-circle Finish, Task o’view-List, Task o’view-Map

In order to differentiate your task from the many that will eventually save your task list, give it a name. This is done on the ‘Options’ page of the Task menu. Task duration (if applicable), task MacCready and start gate restrictions are also specified here. I’m calling it ‘The Boggabri Bolt’. If already in the Task menu, you can do this by:

☞ Tools (if already in the Task menu), Options

Finally, now that you’ve created and named your task, it’s time to save your work. If already in the Task menu, you can do this by:

☞ Tools, Save task

If you’ve navigated away from the Task menu, you can return and save by:

☞ Menu, Task, Tools Save task ➢ Task key, tap (if you’ve put it on command bar), Tools, Save task

To check if the last saved successfully, look for it by tapping:

☞ Tools > Load task

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Caution Once you THINK you’ve entered the task correctly, take the time to check it’s saved successfully and step through it waypoint by waypoint. Program once, check twice.

Whenever you want to review the entire task, tap ‘Edit’. If you’ve navigated back to the map pages, you can return to the task overview by:

☞ Menu, Task ➢ Task key, tap (if you’ve put it on command bar)

If the screen is blank, you’ll need to activate (‘Load’) it first. Screenshots of saved and active tasks are shown in Figures 8.2 & 8.3 on page 21.

Perhaps you find the task a little hard to see in map mode? In the club profile, both the task and some airspace types are blue. Let’s change the task line to pink, the same colour as the OZ’s:

☞ Menu, Settings, Setup Task, Task Style, Colour (change)

Figures 8.10-8.12: Task colour before, Task colour change, Task colour after

Syncing a task from a PC (See You Desktop) Making a task in SYD an active task in Oudie is a two step process. First, transfer the task/s in Oudie using the See You Mobile Wizard and second, select & activate your desired task.

Sync - Connect Oudie to your PC with a USB cable. If connected correctly, Oudie will be seen by the computer as an external hard drive. If this hasn’t happened, exit SYM, power Oudie down completely, restart and try again.

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Select the tasks you wish to sync or if all, clink on one, followed by Ctrl+A. Select ‘See You Mobile Wizard’ in the File menu or press Ctrl+F9 as a shortcut.

A window will open asking you what data you’d like to sync. Use the checkboxes to select what you’d like to transfer from the PC but at a minimum, check ‘Waypoints and Tasks’.

If not auto-detected, specify the location of your Oudie in the next window. Use the drop down list next to the drive letter to chose which profiles you’d like to assign these task/s to or check ‘Assign to all profiles’ to use all and click ‘Next’.

Finally, draw a rectangle around the region you’d like to synchronise and click ‘Next’.

Figures 8.13-8.15: Tasks in SYD, Assign Tasks to Profiles, Specify sync area

Activate - All that’s left to do now is activate your desired task within Oudie.

☞ Menu, Task, Tools, Load task, tap to select, OK

The active task window will open. A quick common sense check by looking at the waypoints, distances & OZ’s and you’ll be ready to fly.

Figures 8.16-8.17: Saved tasks, Active task

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In-flight Navigation

Lets assume you’ve competed the initial setup actions for Oudie, created a profile or made a duplicate of a club master, customised settings and stored your desired turnpoints. You’ve also transferred from PC or created & saved within Oudie, your desired task. For expediency, you put Oudie to sleep after this, allowing a quick wake up once on the flight line. In the queue for launch and at least 2 gliders before it’s your turn:

Wake Oudie – A short press of the power button, followed by tapping the ‘Confirm’ key. If attempting a badge flight, it’s essential that Oudie is turned on before takeoff. Without a recorded baseline altitude (pre-takeoff), your OO must deny your claim.

Confirm your task is active – ☞ Menu > Task ➢ Task key, tap

If your task is displayed, you’re good to go! If not, load it using the ‘Load task’ key. Not seeing your task in the task list? Scroll down to the bottom of the page. Still not seeing it? It seems you forgot to tap ‘Save’!

Confirm you’re ready to start – Upon returning to the map page, a black ‘Start --:--‘ box may be visible but most importantly, your ‘Target’ navbox should show your start point. If not, make your start point the active waypoint (the one you’re navigating to) by:

☞ Menu > Task > Start point, tap to highlight > Goto

Fly! – Oudie will start navigating and recording automatically. When ready to start, consider using one of the smallest scales to help you navigate to the start line / zone.

Starting a Task – Oudie will announce a start with a warning sound and start box, displaying a start time. To accept this start, tap the box at the top of the screen. Task navigation and statistics will commence from this point. A start can be seen in the screenshot on below.

Figures 9.1-9.2: Active Task, Task started

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Re-starting a Task – Should you wish to abort task navigation and start again, make your start point the active waypoint by:

☞ Menu > Task > Start point, tap to highlight > Goto

Changing the active waypoint – Follow the sequence above to start navigating to another task waypoint at anytime. If you want to navigate to a waypoint not contained within the task, you can do so by:

☞ Menu > Goto > Scroll or Filter > tap to highlight > Goto ➢ ‘Direct to’ key (command bar), tap > Scroll or Filter > tap to highlight > Goto

Checking your performance – The easiest way to check your performance is by comparing your Current L/D to your Required L/D. The former is what you are doing, the latter what you need to do. It’s pragmatic because it is based upon your actual path through space. Two words of warning though:

- Current L/D represents the glide angle you are achieving at that moment in time. It is neither a forecast nor guarantee of your future performance. Reducing groundspeed, lift or glide performance (water / bugs) may reduce your performance accordingly.

- Two differing Required L/D navboxes can be chosen for display. ‘Req. L/D’ to the active waypoint and ‘tReq. L/D’ to the task finish. Ensure it’s understood which one is displayed.

Potential landing options – On the map pages, potential landing options are shown with coloured bubbles next to the waypoint names. Unless setup otherwise, the numerical value is the required L/D to get there from your present position.

Green shading denotes a landing area that can be reached at current MacCready and amber a landing area that can be reached at a MacCready of zero. Both shadings assume your recent soaring performance continues (no loss of lift, increase in sink, increase in headwind, etc) so maintain a healthy suspicion.

Greater detail is available on the nearest waypoint page. One tap of the ‘Direct to’ key and scrolling to the right will show information that includes ‘Arrival altitude’ and ‘Req L/D’ to waypoint. Refer to the screenshot on next page. Tapping a column heading will sort the data by that heading. Sorting this page by ‘Required L/D’ may be the most advantageous.

Adding a waypoint – During your flight you may wish to store your present position or one nearby. Perhaps you’ve seen a promising thermal source or a good outlanding field you’d like to record for later use. You can do this by:

☞ Menu > Add waypoint

On the map page that opens. tap the location of the waypoint you’d like to create. If it’s the gliders present position you’d like to store, click the ‘Click to add waypoint’ box at the top of the screen. Edit the waypoint details and tap ‘OK’; or if you’d like to navigate there immediately, ‘Goto’.

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Final glide – The final glide icon is a series of chevrons above or below a reference line, 1° per chevron. Chevrons above indicate the glider is above final glide to the finish waypoint at the MacCready specified. The MacCready setting as well as altitude excess (+ve, above final glide) or shortfall (-ve, below final glide). Figure 9.3 below shows a glider that is: 3,011ft above final glide, at a MacCready of 2)

Tapping on the final glider indicator opens a window where the relevant final glide conditions can be adjusted: MacCready, Bugs, Altitude Reserve, etc.

Finish flight – Oudie will finish the flight without any user input. If you’d like to speed up this process, tap the ‘Finish now’ box that opens at the top of the map screen. Make sure you don’t turn off Oudie until the flight has been finished or the flight log may not be signed and saved properly, this is essential for a badge flight.

Upload your flight to SYD or the OLC – When it comes to copying flights to a computer, Oudie is designed to function like a USB stick. After connecting the USB cable, a user can drag and drop the files in the usual way.

Figures 9.3-9.5: Landing options, Detailed landing options 1 & 2

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Oudie Simulator & Simulator for PC

Simulator vs Simulator for PC

Oudie Simulator allows you to use your profile on your Oudie within your own region / turnpoint database but requires the physical hardware.

Simulator for PC allows you to practice Oudie’s main functionality using any PC or Windows-enabled Mac but you’re limited to the default profile and the supplied TP database.

Limitations

The Simulator for PC is a great way to practice navigating with the Oudie but it does have some limitations. You will be able to: - Adjust and save your settings - Create a task (using the European, default waypoints*) - Practice flying the task, using the simulator mode

You will not be able to: - Create your own profile - Switch profiles - Import your own database*

*Instructions on how to customise Oudie to LKSC terrain, airspace & TP’s have been written, as have the required support files. Contact the author at CJL76@me.com for details.

Installation

Simulator for PC is, as its name suggests, for PC’s only, though it can be run happily on a Windows-capable Apple Mac. This can be achieved by: - Bootcamp

https://support.apple.com/en-hk/HT201468 o Pros: Free. Perfectly adequate. Uses less system resources (as only

one operating system runs at a time) o Cons: As only one OS runs at a time, you need to restart to return to

Mac OS - Parallels for Desktop (authors choice)

http://www.parallels.com/au/products/run-windows-on-mac-au-parallels-desktop-10-for-mac/

o Pros: Allows both operating systems to run simultaneously. Windows runs ‘in a window’ on Mac OS. File transfer is seamless

o Cons: A paid solution (AUD89). System resource intensive as it runs two operating systems concurrently. May not be suitable for old or slow computers.

- Other Virtual Machine (VM) software

Whichever option you chose, you’ll still need to purchase a copy of Windows.

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Advanced

Profiles

Backing up profiles from Oudie to PC -

Connect Oudie to your PC.  Oudie will be treated like any other storage device such as a USB drive or external Hard Disk Drive (HDD).  The drive letter assigned to Oudie will vary but in File Manager on your PC you should see something like this:

TFAT (E:)

If Oudie is a little recalcitrant in being found, try disconnecting the cable, restarting Oudie and reconnecting.

You can then navigate to the where the profiles are stored.  Navigate your way through the folder tree in the usual way to the Settings folder

Profiles end in the .xml file extension.  If your profile is called BobsBigBadBelle, the file name will be BobsBigBadBelle.xml

Copy this to your desired backup location in the usual way.  

As an alternative to copying profiles within Oudie, profile duplication can also be achieved in this manner.  Once you’re happy with the layout and functionality of your ‘master’ profile, copy and paste duplicates to the same folder, changing the name of each new copy you make.  Just make sure you go back into Oudie to change the glider polar to be appropriate to your new profile.

Should you wish to transfer a backup profile from PC to Oudie, or install that of a friend, copy the file to this location.  Just make sure that before use, you check the glider polar, reserve altitude and task MacCready before setting off on your flight.

Observation Zones

Setting default Observation Zone (OZ) types -

☞ Menu > Settings > Setup Task

The first boxed group is for Observation Zones. Oudie will set all OZ’s to these dimensions when you create a new task, unless you choose to specify otherwise.

When first navigating to this screen, the default settings for the ‘Start’ OZ will be shown, a 0.5km radius start line. Adjust this to the type, angle and radius you desire. In order to change the start line to a start cylinder, ‘Line only’

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must be unchecked. The angle windows will no longer be greyed out and manual amendment is now possible. Refer to screenshots for a 1km wide (0.5km radius) start line and 3km wide (1.5km radius) start cylinder below.

Once the default start OZ is, you can continue own down the dropdown type menu to types ‘Point’ & ‘Finish’. Three common ‘Point’ OZ types are shown below, together with the settings required to achieve them.

Settings

Changing Screen Orientation -

Oudie’s screen orientation can be set to 0, 90, 180 or 270 degrees rotation, to suit mounting methods and left vs right-handedness.

☞ Menu > Settings > User Interface

0° - Landscape orientation, ‘Naviter’ logo bottom, stylus bottom right corner 270° - Portrait orientation, ‘Naviter’ logo right, stylus top-right corner

Figure 10.1 Screen Orientation

Changing Navbox Size -

Those having difficulty reading Navbox text may consider increasing their size.

☞ Menu > Settings > Navboxes > tap to highlight name > Edit

The dropdown Size menu allows choices of Normal, Large & Huge. After making the desired selection, tap OK.

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Statistics -

Figure 10.2 Statistics

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Cheat Sheet

Tasking & Navigation

Active wpt (change) ☞ Menu > Goto > Scroll or Filter > tap to highlight > Goto ➢ ‘Direct to’ key (command bar), tap > Scroll or Filter > > tap to highlight > Goto Airspace (setup) ☞ Menu > Settings > Setup airspace Airspace (warnings) ☞ Menu > Settings > Next > Warnings Command bar (edit) ☞ Menu > Settings > Next > Next > Commands Direct To / Goto ☞ Direct To / Goto, tap (Command bar) > (select waypoint) > Goto ➢ Menu > Direct To / Goto > (select waypoint) > Goto Flight properties ☞ MAWT key (Command bar) ➢ Menu > Mc & Alt Landout (Lat & Long) ☞ Menu > Info page (tap) ➢ Map toggle (Command bar), tap <if user installed> MAWT key (show) ☞ MAWT key, tap (Command bar) ➢ Menu > Display Options Navbox (show/hide) ☞ Menu > Settings > Navboxes > (check/uncheck each) Navbox Polar (set/change) ☞ Menu > Settings > Next > Polar Profile (copy) ☞ Tap to highlight the profile (during startup) to be copied > Copy Profile (create) ☞ Menu > Next > Switch Profile > (uncheck) Save Profile > Yes > > Tap to highlight the profile to be copied > Copy Power down ☞ Menu > Next > Exit > (uncheck) Save Profile > Yes Statistics (view) ☞ Map Toggle key (Command bar) ➢ Menu > Statistics page Task (confirm active) ☞ Menu > Task ➢ Task key, tap Task (create) ☞ Menu (Command bar) > Task > Tools Task (force start/restart)☞ Menu > Task > Start point, tap to highlight > Goto Task (make active) ☞ Menu, Task ➢ Task key, tap <if you’ve put it on command bar> Task (save) ☞ Tools, Save task <if already within the task menu> ☞ Menu, Task, Save task <if outside the task menu> ➢ Task key, tap <if you’ve put it on command bar), Save task Task (set options) ☞ Tools, Options <if already within the task menu> ➢ Menu > Task > Options <if outside the task menu> ➢ Task key, tap (if you’ve put it on command bar) > Options Units (change) ☞ Menu > Settings > Units Waypoint (add) ☞ Menu > Add waypoint Zoom ☞ Zoom key, tap (Command bar) ➢ Menu > Zoom ➢ Scale Icon, tap

Setup

Cardinal pointer (edit)☞ Cardinal pointer (on map screen) ➢ Menu > Map Orient Navbox (resize) ☞ Menu > Settings > Navboxes > tap to highlight name > EditOrientation (change) ☞ Menu > Settings > User Interface OZ (change default) ☞ Menu > Settings > Setup Task

☞ Primary method ➢ Alternate method

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