Thermal Circling

Thermal Circling is written for glider pilots wanting to better understand climb performance. Thermal Circling is an animated app showing aerodynamic performance of glider while circling in a thermal. The app allows the user to vary bank angle, speed, sink rate, thermal strength and thermal size. The app also calculates the optimum bank angle and provides the pilot climb rates when the optimum bank angle is not used. This app is intended for students through experience pilots. The animation and the calculations make for an excellent educational app that's sure to improve one's soaring performance. One of the best aspects of the app is its graphing of climb performance. These graphs give feedback to the sensitivity of varying bank on climb performance. The animation can be played at real time, 2x, 4x or 8x. The animation shows the variation in rising airmass, depending on the thermal model selected.