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Glide range circle


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ArnaudC
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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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Tim Dawson
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We've thought about this potential "panic button" a number of times over the years, but we are not convinced that in the event of an emergency, the pilot will really want to reach for a button in SkyDemon and pin their hopes on what it tells them. Could you list all the information you'd like to see in this potential screen?
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