CoTASA (V3.0) VNE alarm, horizon, etc

[Khainapha61]

Hi Guys
Cotasa is really a nice and useful utility, I installed now V2. In V1 you could set the VNE individualy. It just popped up after start or a break. Now I see that anymore. Any idea? Like to have it back.
Tx and regards K,

[Bre901]

VNE is defined by the glider manufacturer so you shouldn't change it. The previous version had this feature in case the data file couldn't be read or the glider wasn't found in the list.

However you can change the safety margin between VNE and the start of the alarm, either in the CoTASA.ini file (DV1=) or interactively during the flight using the "I" and "U" keys (see manual page 6)

[Crakob]

Hi Marc,
is it possible to "speed up" the reaction of the wind-arrow ?
(sometimes when it gets close and low , it would be nice if the arrow would move immediately when the plane turns.
It feels to me, as if it reacts slower if your bank angle is high ??

Christian

[Bre901]

Hi Marc,
is it possible to "speed up" the reaction of the wind-arrow ?
(sometimes when it gets close and low , it would be nice if the arrow would move immediately when the plane turns.
It feels to me, as if it reacts slower if your bank angle is high ??

Christian

Hi Christian

what mode are you using : compass or North up ?

[Crakob]

compass mode ( (North up is too difficult for me )

[Bre901]

I'm a bit surprised by your question, I have never seen such a thing.
The wind arrow is fixed with respect to North (as the wind comes from the flightplan).
The compass is rotated in as real time as possible (about 20 FPS) from the heading data taken from the UDP stream.
Check the glider compass and the heading value (top left).

Compass.jpg

[Crakob]

oh. sorry. i use this (Thought that was compass-mode)

but maybe (probabely) its because the wind in condor can shift (depending on the settings) and in cotasa it's fixed .
So when i ´m close to the mountains it is more visible(noticeable) than in "clean" air.

Anyway this wind-arrow is suuuuuper !!!!!! Thanks again a lot for that fantastic tool.

Christian

[Capricorne]

Your Picture is not CoTaSa 2 but a previous version...

[Capricorne]

Your Picture is not CoTaSa 2 but a previous version...

Oups, I have forgot that you can chose # Arrow style (0=basic, 1=nice, default)
Arrow Style=1

your picture is the 0 style , only choice in version 1 of CoTaSa.
Sorry

[Bre901]

A bug has been found in CoTASA V2.0 : TAS is over-estimated when taking off from an altitude airfield

This is fixed now

The new version of CoTASA uses either ISA (International Standard Atmosphere) or Condor's atmosphere models (many thanks to Uros)
All text colours (+WB graphical) can be user-defined.

For ascending compatibility reasons (and because using the Condor model yields smaller safety margins) , the ISA model is still the default, you'll have to change the settings to use the Condor model.

CoTASA V2.1 (installer or Zip package) may be downloaded from the webpage : http://condorutill.pagesperso-orange.fr#CoTaSa

If you use the installer, you can install V2.1 over V2.0, your CoTaSa.ini file will be preserved and updated to V2.1 format at first start.

If you use the Zip package, backup your CoTaSa.ini file and overwrite the one in the package with it, it will be updated to V2.1 format at first start.

[Bre901]

Following the release of Hangar Update 7, I have updated the glider data for CoTASA, they are available for download
http://condorutill.pagesperso-orange.fr/
No need to update CoTASA
Search for "Glider data" below the CoTASA icon, download the file and unzip it in the Settings folder

[Crakob]

hi Marc,
i,ve got a question:
Since it happens quite often that l forget to close cotasa between two flights. And when i close cotasa, for what reason whatsoever, my streamingsoftware (OBS) stops to deliver a picture than. So i can't close cotasa while i'm streaming. (Otherwise i would have to close OBS and start a new stream)

so i guess its a quite single-minded request, but: would it be possible to he have something like a "reset-key" assigned in Cotasa.?

best regards
Christian

[Bre901]

I guess it would be possible to do that, I'll take a look at the code to evaluate how complicated it would be ...

[Bre901]

Following the release of Hangar Update 8, I have updated the glider data for CoTASA, they are available for download
http://condorutill.pagesperso-orange.fr/
No need to update CoTASA
Search for "Glider data" below the CoTASA icon, download the file and unzip it in the Settings folder

[Bre901]

There was a typo in the CoTASA_data.txt file.
It has been corrected and uploaded again.
If you already had downloaded the file, either download it again or open the file in a text editor and replace the last "-1" by "-3" at the end of the last line
Apologies for the inconvenience