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fcst24 alternative to XCSoar?

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son_of_flubber

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Jul 14, 2016, 1:19:23 PM7/14/16
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Win Pilot is overlaying fcst24 data in their moving map app.
fcst24 looks interesting even without Win Pilot. Modest subscription fee. Is anyone in the USA using fcst24 for soaring?

www.fcst24.com

Tango Eight

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Jul 14, 2016, 2:31:23 PM7/14/16
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Honestly, this year has been so good in New England all you really need is the diurnal temperature swing, the synoptic map, maybe a forecast sounding or two.

Less is more. Go fly.

T8

son_of_flubber

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Jul 14, 2016, 10:43:05 PM7/14/16
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I'm not having any trouble finding lift. I like to look at maps, forecasts, clouds.

Tango Eight

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Jul 15, 2016, 7:21:38 AM7/15/16
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lol. OLC suggests you are having trouble finding your way to the *airport*, never mind finding lift.

Map presentation doesn't improve forecast quality, it just presents more data (read: conjecture) in a format that can be efficiently assimilated. If that's worth the price of admission to you, that's fine.

son_of_flubber

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Jul 15, 2016, 7:53:40 AM7/15/16
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On Friday, July 15, 2016 at 7:21:38 AM UTC-4, Tango Eight wrote:

> > I'm not having any trouble finding lift. I like to look at maps, forecasts, clouds.
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> lol. OLC suggests you are having trouble finding your way to the *airport*, never mind finding lift.

I tried OLC a couple times and moved on to the other fun things that one can do with log files.


Paul B

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Jul 16, 2016, 2:36:28 AM7/16/16
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On Friday, 15 July 2016 21:53:40 UTC+10, son_of_flubber wrote:


> I tried OLC a couple times and moved on to the other fun things that one can do with log files.


Please tell :)


Cheers

Paul

Soartech

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Jul 19, 2016, 7:50:00 PM7/19/16
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I think he is refering to sites and programs that analyze your flight in great detail such as SeeYou, IGC Replay and ParaglidingLogbook.com.
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