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Ground Speed & Compass

Understand the current ground-speed widget, compass direction, and related lower-screen flight information.

Ground Speed and Compass Instrument

The ground-speed instrument is the lower-left circular widget in the in-flight layout.

Ground-speed instrument in the live in-flight layout

Ground speed: Shows current GPS-derived speed.

Direction: A cardinal heading label is shown above the speed value.

Compass ring: The circular background acts as a compass reference.

Tap for Speed Information

Tap the widget to open the Speed Information sheet. It shows:

  • Airspeed, Ground Speed and Wind (speed and compass point), plus a compass. The compass is left out on a location-masked competition flight.
  • Speed History, a graph of the last 30 minutes with a solid line for ground speed and a dashed line for airspeed. The graph is part of the Adventurer plan.
  • A note that airspeed and wind are approximated with a drift algorithm. If they look wrong, do a quick S turn when it is safe to recalibrate them.

Speed Information sheet

For wind details and the forecast, see Wind Speed and Direction.

If powered equipment is active, a separate small fuel/engine card can appear between the lower-left and lower-right widgets.