New SkySight Route Color meanings

G M

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Jun 5, 2021, 2:41:10 PM6/5/21

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I noticed that SkySight has changed its Route Forecast Section and gives auto suggested routes but with different color schemes: red, green and yellow (or close enough). Does anyone know what these color codes represents, suggested distance for difference sailplane classes perhaps? I searched and could not find anything. I believe the potential distance section is for an 18 meter ventus.

Thanks in advance

Matthew Scutter

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Jun 6, 2021, 12:54:59 AM6/6/21

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On Sunday, 6 June 2021 at 4:41:10 am UTC+10, G M wrote:
> I noticed that SkySight has changed its Route Forecast Section and gives auto suggested routes but with different color schemes: red, green and yellow (or close enough). Does anyone know what these color codes represents, suggested distance for difference sailplane classes perhaps? I searched and could not find anything. I believe the potential distance section is for an 18 meter ventus.
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> Thanks in advance

It's meant to be a proxy for difficulty.
Red -> Longer and more complex
Green -> Shorter and easier

All of the calculations in the program, including PFD & Route forecast vary according to the performance/pilot factor you set in Settings -> Account. The default is 100.

G M

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Jun 6, 2021, 7:44:59 AM6/6/21

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Thanks - big help, it is a great new feature

John Foster

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Jun 7, 2021, 12:02:36 PM6/7/21

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Does the route forecast suggestions factor in other forms of lift like ridge lift and convergence as well, or is it just based on thermal lift predictions?

Matthew Scutter

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Jun 7, 2021, 7:27:53 PM6/7/21

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Yes, with some caveats. It will only use a ridge or a convergence as a speed boost on a thermal flight - it will be unlikely to route find in zero-thermal conditions, it lacks the creativity required. It also requires the ridge to be more significant than say, most ridges in the East Coast USA, which are on the limits of what models can resolve.

If you see the lift on the XC Speed chart, that's the same data the route finder is using.

See an example at: https://i.imgur.com/Yk6qo5e.png

Task Week

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Jun 7, 2021, 11:25:44 PM6/7/21

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I am still super confused on how to see the color codes for route suggestions. When I go to route it does not automatically generate a route and when I select one there is no color coding?

Thanks,
Tony

Matthew Scutter

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Jun 7, 2021, 11:48:28 PM6/7/21

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1) Click "Route Forecast"
2) Click once on the map to pick a start point
3) Wait for the spinning circle to finish thinking - if it's 8am and lots of people are checking the forecast it should be in memory and solve the tasks almost instantly. If you click back 4 days and pick South America as your region, you could be waiting 20 seconds for us to load gigabytes out of cold storage and calculate everything for you.
4) See the suggested tasks including colours: https://i.imgur.com/pYiTVwH.png . Mousing over them will highlight the relevant route on the map.
5) If you like one of the generated tasks, click on it and it'll load it. If you don't like the generated tasks, continue drawing your own task.

This will be the subject of an upcoming video and be added to the manual shortly.

Nicholas Kennedy

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Jun 9, 2021, 10:36:37 AM6/9/21

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When I opened Skysight this morning the language switched to French.
Where can I change it back to English?
I looked in settings and on my Skysight that only holds regions
Thank in advance
Nick
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Dan Daly

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Jun 9, 2021, 11:00:20 AM6/9/21

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Upper right, settings.
Then, account.
Then, upper right again, a drop-down list.