XVI. Navigation : add/edit/delete a route menu

To reach this page, slide up from any flight screen to make menus appear, then click « Navigation menu » button, then click « dd/Edit/Delete a route » button. Routes are ordered by last modification date.

Notes about navigation routes:

- Creating a route is only possible if at least 1 waypoint is available in the instrument.

- Creating a waypoint requires a name, its GPS coordinates, and its altitude. The altitude is not mandatory, but is required to display the “glide ratio to waypoint” item.

If you already have a waypoints file, it is possible to send this file with the SYS PC Tool by clicking the “Send a file to the instrument” icon.

- Waypoint files should be in Oziexplorer or CompeGPS .wpt format.

- Using GPSDump software (above versions 5.28 for PC, 0.52 for Mac and 0.24 for Linux) is also an alternative solution. GPSDump supports more waypoints file formats, and handles waypoints more efficiently. Please note that GPSDump will not erase existing waypoints in the instruments whereas SYS PC Tool will.

- To skip a waypoint before reaching it, and switch to the next one, you can click one the “Switch to the next waypoint” icon in the navigation menu (only visible when a route is active).

- To be able to follow your route, you must insert dedicated items, such as “waypoint information” in your screen configuration file (see “Customize the flight screen and vario”).

About the online “Route Maker” tool:

Out of competition, the simplest way to create a route or a list of waypoints is to use our online tool, called « Route maker ». Simple, fast and efficient, you can create a route in a few minutes.

To build a route with the online tool « Route maker » :

1. Go to the webpage http://www.syride.com/fr/route or click on the Syride Tools menu in SYS PC TOOL .
2. This online tool allows to define waypoints, cylinders… When your route is ready, click on the Download the route file button to save it on your computer, or on the Directly upload the route to your instrument button to send it to your instrument which should be connected and turned on).

Please note that only the first method will allow you to keep a backup of your route file on your computer. Direct upload might not be available on all Operating System and browsers.

1. If you’ve downloaded the route file to your computer, turn on your Evolution and connect it to your computer, then click on the “Send a file to the instrument” icon in SYS PC TOOL

Here are the steps to create a route in the instrument:

First you will have to give your route a name, and define if it is a Competition route or not. This choice is important as it will allow specific waypoint types for competition, such as ESS, SSS, Goal…

For a competition route, you will be asked the kind of task. This choice will impact the start validation conditions.

Here are the waypoint types available in competition mode:

Take-off: this waypoint is optionnal and can only be set as the first waypoint of the route. It’s not used for navigation, but allows to display the full length of the task.

Start of Speed Section (SSS): this waypoint is mandatory in a competition route creation. It can be validated by entering it (enter) or exiting it (exit). A start time must be defined.

- SSS in a race to goal task: with an exit start, if the pilot is inside the cylinder at the start time, the start is validated, and the Evolution switch the navigation to the next waypoint. With an enter start, if the pilot is inside the cylinder at the start time, the waypoint will only be validated upon cylinder entry crossing after the start time. In both cases, the competition time will begin as of the start time (SSS validated or not).

- SSS in an elapsed time task: unlike in race to goal tasks, the competition time will only start after crossing the start cylinder (enter or exit direction) after the start time. It is possible to cross as many times as desired the start cylinder, the competition time being reset each time you cross it, as long as you haven’t validated the next waypoint.

- SSS in race to goal with multiple starts tasks: in addition to classic race to goal tasks information, you will have to enter the number of gates and the time intervals between these gates. Here’s an example of tasks using multiple starts: a task with 5 starts at 13:00 / 13:20 / 13:40 / 14:00 / 14:20 should be input with a 13:00 start time, 5 gates with 20 minutes interval. The time taken will be that of the start before your last crossing of the waypoint. If I cross the SSS cylinder at 13:25, the start will be 13:20 and your competition time will be 5min. If you cross the start again at 13:41, your competition time will be 1min.

End Speed Section (ESS): ESS waypoint is only available after a SSS has been put in the route. It defines when your competition time ends. However, the task will only be finished if you make it to the goal. Please note: you will not be able to end your competition route without defining an ESS.

Conical End Speed Section (ESS): same as classic ESS except that you will have to enter the cone’s incline instead of its radius (PWC rules define a 0.4 incline by default).

Goal cylinder: this is the last waypoint to put in a route. It’s optional.

Goal line: same as before, the goal line is a finish line (displayed as half a circle). The default virtual goal line (according to PWC rules) extends to 100m each side of the GPS goal coordinates, to a total of 200 m, and is perpendicular to the line between the goal point and the previous turnpoint coordinates. The minimum length of the line is 50m.