Metrics
Numeric KPIs shown as cards on the flight detail page.
Flight identity & metadata
| Name | Description | When to look | Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Takeoff / Landing time (UTC) | First and last in-air fix of the trimmed flight window. | Anytime you need the canonical take-off / landing reference. | Aligns every later metric on a single time origin and end. |
| XC start time | First fix considered "on course" — beyond the local launch zone. | To split warm-up gaggle from real cross-country flying. | Task speed and XC averages stay honest, not diluted by start sequencing. |
| Total duration (min) | Minutes between trimmed take-off and landing. | Comparing flights across days & sites. | Foundational denominator for every "per-minute" metric. |
| XC flight duration (min) | Minutes spent on course (XC start → landing or task end). | To benchmark task speed without the warm-up. | Highlights how much of the flight was actually productive XC time. |
| Analysis version | Marker tying your stats to a specific build of the analyzer. | To know whether your numbers were produced by the current methodology. | Flags outdated stats automatically and offers one-click re-analyse. |
Distance
| Name | Description | When to look | Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total distance (km) | Ground-track length — the sum of every GPS segment of the flight. | Headline number for any flight. | Captures everything you actually flew, including circling. |
| Straight-line distance (km) | Crow-flies distance from take-off to landing. | Comparing efficiency vs total km. | Anchor for the straight-efficiency ratio. |
| Straight efficiency (%) | Straight-line / total × 100. | Days where you doubled back vs days you stayed on a single axis. | Quick read on whether you wandered or stayed committed. |
Altitude & AGL
| Name | Description | When to look | Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max altitude (m) | Highest GNSS altitude touched. | Days with rising bases or epic top-outs. | Quick check that you actually used the day's ceiling. |
| Min altitude (m) | Lowest GNSS altitude (anti-spike filtered). | Reviewing the deepest point of the flight. | Pairs with low-save metrics for safety review. |
| Avg altitude (m) | Mean GNSS altitude, time-weighted across the flight. | Comparing low-route days vs high-route days. | Reveals comfort band you naturally fly in. |
| Cumulative alt gain (m) | Sum of every positive Δalt segment, denoised against tracker noise (baro-preferred). | Big-day vs grindy-day comparisons. | True elevator-work figure — what you climbed in total. |
| Net altitude change (m) | Landing alt minus take-off alt. | Top-landings, bottom-landings, downhill XC. | Flags days where you landed below LZ — adds context to glide ratios. |
| Takeoff altitude (m) | GNSS altitude at the first in-air fix. | Cross-site comparisons with absolute altitudes. | Lets you normalise altitude bands across launches. |
| Landing altitude (m) | GNSS altitude at the last in-air fix. | Decoding net altitude change. | Pairs with take-off alt for top-vs-bottom landing analysis. |
| Time below 300 m (min) | Total minutes spent below 300 m GNSS altitude. | Rough proxy for low-altitude exposure on coastal sites. | Useful only near sea level — for AGL exposure use the metric below. |
| Time < 50 m AGL (min) | Minutes within 50 m of real terrain (DEM-based, per-fix). | Every flight — flagged red as soon as > 0. | The single strongest statistical predictor of incident risk. |
| Mean AGL (m) | Mean DEM-based height above terrain across the flight. | Site-style profiling (ridge, mountain, plain). | Quantifies how high you actually fly relative to the ground. |
| Mean thermal entry alt (m) | Average GNSS altitude at the start of each thermal. | Diagnosing low-and-late entries. | If consistently low, you wait too long before committing to a climb. |
| Mean thermal exit alt (m) | Average GNSS altitude when leaving each thermal. | Tactical: did you milk the thermal or bail at half-base? | Pairs with mean exit % for end-of-climb decision quality. |
| Evolution stripe (m) | Mean thermal-top alt minus mean thermal-entry alt. | Tracking conditions improving / deteriorating. | Growing positive value = the day fired progressively, useful when grouping flights. |
Speed & airspeed
| Name | Description | When to look | Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max ground speed (km/h) | Smoothed peak ground speed (anti-spike filtered). | Wind-aided dives and tail-wind glides. | Sanity-checks the wind speed estimate. |
| Avg ground speed (km/h) | Total distance / XC duration. | Quick read on overall pace. | Cross-flight comparison of how briskly you crossed. |
| Max airspeed (km/h) | Highest instantaneous airspeed (smoothed peak). | Days where you used speed-bar. | Quantifies bar use vs theoretical wing speed range. |
| Total avg airspeed (km/h) | Mean airspeed (ground − wind correction) over the whole flight. | Wing/pilot calibration over many flights. | Reveals your honest cruise speed independent of wind. |
| XC avg ground speed (km/h) | XC circuit distance / first→last TP duration. Identical to Task speed. | Comparing tasks across days. | The number competition pilots care about — actual round speed. |
| XC avg airspeed (km/h) | Mean airspeed over the XC circuit legs only. | Decoding upwind / downwind legs. | Filters out wind component to expose pilot-driven pace. |
| % time on speed-bar | Share of flight time above the wing's trim airspeed. | Aggressive XC days vs leisurely ridge soars. | Tracks willingness to push — a tactical maturity indicator. |
| Speed in glide (km/h) | Mean ground speed during glide + float phases. | Polar / wind discussions. | Pairs with mean sink for glide-quality reading. |
| Speed in thermal (km/h) | Mean ground speed during thermal phases (dominated by drift). | Estimating thermal drift sanity. | If unexpectedly high, the wind estimate is probably under. |
Thermals & climbing
| Name | Description | When to look | Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lifts (n) | Number of detected thermal segments after merging short gaps. | Comparing days & sites. | Fewer-but-stronger vs many-broken signal of the day's structure. |
| Circles (n) | Total full circles across the whole flight. | Quantifying time spent rotating. | Pairs with lift count to estimate circles per thermal. |
| Circles / minute | Total circles divided by total flight duration. | Spotting whether you spent the day spinning or moving forward. | Indirect efficiency proxy — too high = stuck, too low = not climbing. |
| Mean vario in thermals (m/s) | Time-weighted average climb rate during thermal phases. | Day-strength snapshot. | The single most useful "was today good?" number. |
| Max vario (m/s) | Highest smoothed climb rate recorded. | Strong-day verification. | Validates the day's reported potential vs anecdotes. |
| Min vario (m/s) | Deepest sink rate recorded (negative; anti-spike filtered). | Worst-air debrief. | Flags transitions you'd want to avoid next time. |
| Best thermal gain (m) | Highest single-thermal altitude gain. | Highlight reel for the flight. | Defines the day's ceiling on altitude per climb. |
| Mean gain per thermal (m) | Average altitude gained per detected thermal. | Are you topping out or bailing early? | Pairs with exit % to diagnose tactical vs untimely exits. |
| Longest thermal (min) | Duration of the single longest thermal. | Glassy / locked-in climbs. | Helps identify the conditions where you can stay centred for ages. |
| Avg circle duration (s) | Mean seconds per full circle. | Wing-loading and bank-angle discussions. | Tighter circles = stronger cores or better wing-loading use. |
| Vario σ in thermals (m/s) | Standard deviation of vario during thermal phases. | Comparing your consistency thermal-to-thermal. | Lower σ = you replicate climb quality, sign of mature centring. |
| Thermal efficiency (%) | Sum of thermal Δalt (baro-preferred) over cumulative gain. | How much of your altitude work happens inside cores. | High value = you climb cleanly; low = lots of secondary lift mixed in. |
| Top-3 thermals vario (m/s) | Mean vario of the three best thermals of the flight. | Noise-immune day-strength estimate. | Less skewed by weak climbs than the mean over all thermals. |
| Mean thermal exit % | Average exit altitude as % of peak per thermal (100 = topped out fully). | End-of-climb decisions. | Low value = you bail too early; high value = you milk too long. |
| Mean thermal drift (km) | Average horizontal distance between entry and exit of a thermal. | Wind-aware tactics. | Confirms whether thermals drift more than you think on the day. |
Phase distribution
| Name | Description | When to look | Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thermal duration (min) | Total time classified as thermal phase. | Comparing elevator vs cruise time. | High share = climbing-heavy day, low = smooth running. |
| Glide duration (min) | Total time classified as glide phase. | Cruise-day comparisons. | Pairs with mean glide ratio to read overall flow efficiency. |
| Float duration (min) | Total time in low-vario non-circling phases (transitions in marginal lift). | Days where you skimmed without committing. | Detects "neither here nor there" floating that costs distance. |
| Prospect duration (min) | Total time circling in lift that didn't qualify as a kept thermal. | Days you hunted unsuccessfully. | The cleanest measure of wasted time on broken climbs. |
| Floating share (%) | Float duration / (Float + Glide) × 100. | Diagnosing transitional indecision. | High share = you tend to skim instead of committing — tactical signal. |
| Gliding time ratio (%) | (Glide + Float) / total flight time × 100. | Forward-progress read. | Higher = more of the flight was actually moving in a chosen direction. |
Glide & float
| Name | Description | When to look | Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean sink in glide (m/s) | Average vario during glide phases (negative). | Air-mass quality on transitions. | Closer to zero = you found lifty air on glide. |
| Mean glide ratio | Glide-phase distance / altitude loss. | Headline glide-quality number. | Single value to benchmark cross-day cruise efficiency. |
| Best glide ratio | Highest L/D in any single glide segment. | Day's "cleanest air" pocket. | Sets the ceiling against which mean glide should be read. |
| Glides (n) | Number of detected glide segments. | Cruise vs centre comparison. | Many short glides = grindy day; few long ones = locked-in. |
| Max glide distance (km) | Length of the longest single glide segment. | Standout transitions. | Identifies the longest sustained run between climbs. |
| Longest glide (min) | Duration of the single longest glide segment. | "Endless transition" days. | Helps distinguish sky-streets from short glides. |
| Mean vario in float (m/s) | Average vario during float phases. | Reading marginal-lift exploitation. | If positive, your floats actually gained altitude — good signal. |
| Longest float (min) | Duration of the single longest float segment. | Indecision diagnostic. | Long floats often signal hesitation between commit / glide. |
Tactical pacing & MacCready
| Name | Description | When to look | Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Task speed (km/h) | XC circuit distance / first→last TP duration. | Competition flights. | The official scoreboard number — directly comparable across pilots. |
| Implicit MacCready (m/s) | MC implied by your inter-thermal speed vs estimated best-glide speed. Shows "—" when the sample is too small to be reliable. | Tactical pace decoding. | Tells whether you flew "what your climbs deserved" — too cautious or too brave. |
| Avg dist between lifts (km) | Total distance / number of lifts. | Day's structural read. | Big spacing = patient day, tight = thermal-soup. |
| Mean required glide ratio | Average inter-lift off-wind distance / mean alt gain — "what L/D the day asked of you". | Validating that the wing was sufficient. | If > your wing's polar L/D, you needed lift on transitions to make the day work. |
| Glide straightness index | Weighted mean of (direct dist / actual dist) per glide segment; 1.0 = perfectly straight. | Heading discipline review. | Low value = wandering glides costing distance — pure pilotage signal. |
| Total glide ratio on axis | XC circuit distance / cumulative alt gain. | End-of-day pacing summary. | How many km of XC you bought per metre of climb. |
| Avg glide ratio (gliding time) | Distance during glide+float / altitude loss in those phases. | Pure cruise-quality read. | Strips out climbing time, isolates how well you glide. |
Performance windows
| Name | Description | When to look | Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best 60-min distance (km) | Best straight-line distance covered in any rolling 60-min window. | Productivity within the prime hour. | Length-independent benchmark — comparable across long and short flights. |
| Best 180-min distance (km) | Best straight-line distance over any rolling 180-min window. | Sustained productivity. | Shows how long you can keep cruising at peak rhythm. |
Wind & exploitation
| Name | Description | When to look | Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (m/s) | Estimated from your circling drift, weighted by time. Shows "—" on flights with too little circling to estimate reliably. | Sanity-checking forecast vs reality. | The wind your wing actually experienced, independent of forecast. |
| Wind direction (° FROM) | Meteorological FROM direction, 0 = N, 90 = E. | Cross-checking the forecast direction. | Confirms or refutes the briefing's wind-aloft call. |
| Wind alignment (°) | Angle (0–180°) between flight heading and wind-from direction. 0 = pure tailwind. | Reading whether you flew with or against the wind. | Quick read on whether the day's geometry was favourable. |
| Transverse effect (°) | Angle (0–90°) between circuit axis and downwind direction. | Site-vs-wind compatibility. | Large value = circuit forced sideways to wind, costing distance. |
| Circuit axis output (%) | XC distance as % of theoretical max wind-aligned distance. | Wind-exploitation grade. | The single best score for "how well I used the wind today". |
| Distance lost (km) | Kilometres lost due to non-alignment with wind direction. | Days that "should have been better". | Quantifies the cost of the wrong axis choice. |
| Off-wind total distance (km) | Total GPS distance minus wind effect. | Cleaning ground-track from tail/head wind contribution. | Pilot-attributable distance, independent of wind drift. |
| Off-wind XC distance (km) | XC circuit distance minus wind effect. | Comparing pilot performance across windy and calm days. | Levels the field — how far you moved the wing. |
| Axis ratio (%) | XC distance / total off-axis distance × 100. | Read of route directness. | High value = stayed on axis, low = wandered far from the line. |
Turn balance
| Name | Description | When to look | Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Left turn % | Share of circling time turning left. | Bilateral symmetry check. | Detects a strong left/right preference — drill candidate. |
| Right turn % | Share of circling time turning right. | Bilateral symmetry check. | Together with left %, confirms whether you're truly ambidextrous. |
Prospecting
| Name | Description | When to look | Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospecting share (%) | Prospect duration / (Prospect + Thermal) × 100. | Day-strength diagnostic. | High share = many false positives — you commit before confirming. |
| Mean vario in prospect (m/s) | Average vario during prospect phases. | Quality of marginal lift you tested. | If consistently positive, your false-rejects might have been climbs. |
| Longest prospect (min) | Single longest prospecting segment. | Identifying stuck-in-broken-lift moments. | Pinpoints the worst time-sink of the flight. |
| Time lost per lift (min) | Prospect duration / number of lifts. | Setup-to-payoff ratio. | Lower = you confirm cores fast; higher = lots of testing per kept thermal. |
| Distance lost prospecting (km) | Prospect duration × avg on-course speed. | Quantifying the geographic cost of broken climbs. | Translates "wasted minutes" into kilometres you could have flown. |
| Potential speed without prospect (km/h) | (XC distance + distance lost prospecting) / total duration. | "What-if" comparison. | Upper bound for the day's achievable XC speed if every commit had stuck. |
Safety exposure
| Name | Description | When to look | Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low saves (n) | Distinct sections where the track dropped below 300 m AGL (DEM-based) AND climbed back ≥ 100 m. | Every flight — recurring low saves predict serious incidents. | Confronts you with how often you flew yourself out of trouble. |
| Lowest save AGL (m) | Lowest DEM-based AGL during any low-save section. | Worst moment of the flight. | The single most sobering safety number of the day. |
XC scoring
| Name | Description | When to look | Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| XC flight type | Best circuit category: Free / Out-and-Return / Flat triangle / FAI triangle. | Every XC flight. | Tells the scoring engine which multiplier applies. |
| XC distance (km) | Best circuit distance — "longest distance on course". | Headline XC number. | Comparable across days, the canonical "how far". |
| XC score (pts) | XC distance × multiplier (1.0 / 1.2 / 1.4). | League rankings. | Direct input to FFVL / XContest / CIVL leaderboards. |
| XC multiplier | Per-type multiplier — 1.0 free, 1.2 flat, 1.4 FAI (FFVL default). | Knowing which premium your shape unlocked. | Reveals the value of pushing for FAI vs settling for flat. |
| XC turn points | Latitude, longitude and time of each corner of the optimised circuit. | Plotting the scored shape on the map. | Drives the map overlay and the leg-by-leg sector analysis. |
| XC free distance (km) | Best free-distance route (1–3 turn points). | Comparing route shapes. | What you'd get without insisting on a closed loop. |
| XC out-and-return (km) | Best out-and-return — out + back leg sum. | Wind-aware route choices. | Quantifies the value of returning vs continuing free distance. |
| XC flat triangle (km) | Best flat-triangle perimeter (no leg > 45% of total). | Triangle geometry comparison. | Smaller leverage than FAI, but easier to close. |
| XC FAI triangle (km) | Best FAI-triangle perimeter (each leg ≥ 28% of total). | The premium shape. | 1.4× multiplier — the highest pay-off geometry. |
Tracker quality
| Name | Description | When to look | Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tracker gaps (total s) | Sum of seconds across IGC tracklog gaps > 5 s. | Diagnosing GPS dropout. | Warns when long gaps may bias time-weighted metrics. |
Charts
Interactive charts on the flight detail page. Each one targets a specific question.
Core time-series
| Chart | What it shows | When to look | Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altitude over time | GNSS altitude vs Unix timestamp. | Reading the flight's macro-shape (climb-out, plateau, glide-out). | The single most legible "what happened today" picture. |
| Speed over time | Instantaneous ground speed vs time, smoothed. | Bar use, glide-out speed, slow zones. | Pairs with vario chart to read tactical pace. |
| Vario over time | Smoothed vertical speed vs time. | Locating climbs and sink zones. | The pilot's-eye view of the day's structure. |
| Baro vs GNSS altitude | Both altitude sources overlaid. | Verifying barometric drift / instrument issues. | Catches divergence indicating a calibration or sensor problem. |
| Airspeed estimate | Instantaneous and glide-phase airspeed vs time. | Decoding the wing's actual cruise pace. | Shows true airspeed independent of head/tail wind. |
| Tracker quality | GPS recording interval over time. | Debugging dropouts. | Identifies the timestamps where data went missing. |
Distributions & brackets
| Chart | What it shows | When to look | Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altitude brackets | Time spent in each 100-m altitude band. | Site-style analysis (always low? always high?). | Surfaces the comfort band you actually use. |
| Altitude brackets % | Same as above, but as % of flight time. | Cross-flight comparisons of altitude usage. | Length-independent view of altitude habits. |
| Phases distribution | Pie/bar of thermal/glide/float/prospect duration shares. | One-glance day character. | Climbing-heavy vs cruise-heavy at a single look. |
| Vario distribution | Histogram of vario buckets across the flight. | Day-strength signature. | Skewed positive = strong day, narrow = mellow. |
| Time vs vario | Time spent in lift / glide per 0.5 m/s vario bucket. | Decoding what the day "felt like". | Shows where the pilot really spent the day vario-wise. |
| Turning radius distribution | % time in each 10-m turning-radius bracket. | Wing-loading / flying-style reading. | Reveals tight-and-fast vs wide-and-slow climbing habits. |
Per-thermal
| Chart | What it shows | When to look | Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thermal ranking | Per-thermal gain & mean vario, sorted. | Identifying the day's standout climbs. | Lets you focus the debrief on the climbs that mattered. |
| Thermal centering | Early-vs-late vario per thermal. | Reading whether you centred fast. | Quantifies "did I get the core early?" as a number per climb. |
| Thermal entry / exit altitude histogram | Distribution of entry and exit altitudes. | End-of-climb decisions. | Reveals whether you bail consistently low or high. |
| Thermal exit efficiency | Per-thermal: peak alt, exit alt, exit %, mean vario. | Diagnosing premature departures. | Identifies the climbs you should have stayed in longer. |
| Thermal drift | Per-thermal drift in km, with duration and gain. | Wind-aware tactics. | Surfaces strong drift you might not have felt in real time. |
| Thermal consistency | Per-thermal mean vario and σ. | Comparing your repeatability across the day. | Lower σ across thermals = mature, stable centring. |
Glide & polar
| Chart | What it shows | When to look | Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glide ratios | Per-segment L/D for every glide. | Reading transition quality. | Pinpoints the glides that paid and the glides that bled altitude. |
| Speed polar (scatter) | Airspeed vs sink rate during glide phases. | Wing characterisation. | Empirical polar — compare with the manufacturer curve. |
| Glide efficiency vs polar | Per glide: actual L/D, theoretical L/D from polar, efficiency %. | Air-mass quality reading. | > 100% = you flew in lifty air; < 100% = sink across the glide. |
| Hovering | Rolling glide+float share over time (forward-travel %). | Reading commitment cadence. | Drops in the curve mark hesitation / float-heavy stretches. |
| Glide heading rose | Polar histogram of GPS bearings during glide phases (16 sectors). | Cross-checking actual headings vs intended axis. | Confirms whether your glides really followed the chosen course. |
| Inter-lift glide ratio | L/D between consecutive thermals. | Day-by-day quality check. | Direct read on transition efficiency between climbs. |
Wind
| Chart | What it shows | When to look | Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind & speed on course | On-course speed plus wind tail component over time. | Decoding leg-by-leg pace. | Shows where the wind was helping or hurting your run. |
| Course & direction | Pilot heading deviation overlaid with wind direction. | Heading-discipline review. | Surfaces drifts away from the chosen line. |
| Wind per thermal (×4 views) | Per-thermal estimated wind; drives evolution, altitude, hodograph and time-rose views. | Cross-day wind-aloft tracking. | The hodograph by altitude is the single most informative wind-shear chart. |
XC progress
| Chart | What it shows | When to look | Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linear distance | Cumulative ground-track distance over time. | Pacing review. | Flat segments highlight time spent climbing vs gliding. |
| Linear course distance | Cumulative on-course distance over time. | Comparing real vs planned progression. | Strips wandering from the headline km figure. |
| Course variation | Deviation from a linear GPS / airspeed pace. | Reading consistency. | Spots the periods you sped up or slowed down vs your average. |
| XC progress | Running max on-course distance over time. | Quantifying when distance was banked. | The classic "stair-step" XC chart — when did the kilometres come. |
| Distance made good / hour | Hourly buckets of usable XC kilometres. | Comparing morning vs afternoon productivity. | Reveals the prime hour and the dead hour of the flight. |
| Sector speeds | Per-leg distance, time, speed. | Competition debrief. | Pinpoints the leg that broke the round. |
Hourly views
| Chart | What it shows | When to look | Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hourly mean vario | Mean climb rate per clock hour. | Day-arc reading. | Quantifies when the day fired and when it died. |
| Hourly speed | Sliding 1-hour avg ground speed and on-course speed. | Pace comparison across the flight. | Surfaces the hour you really moved. |
| Hourly airspeed | Sliding 1-hour avg airspeed. | Wing/pilot pacing across the flight. | Wind-corrected version of hourly speed. |
| Hourly lift share | % time in lift per clock hour. | Day-strength evolution. | Shows how much each hour was "in the elevator". |
| Hourly prospect share | % time prospecting per hour. | Quality of the day's lift over time. | Signals when you were testing more than committing. |
| Hourly float share | % time floating per hour. | Indecision tracking. | Highlights the hour you spent neither circling nor gliding. |
| Hourly glide share | % time gliding per hour. | Cruise-window mapping. | Pairs with hourly lift share to reconstruct the day's rhythm. |
| Evolution stripe | Thermal entry & peak altitudes over time. | Conditions improving / deteriorating. | Visual proof of "the day picked up" or "ceiling collapsed". |
Phase deep-dives
| Chart | What it shows | When to look | Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect altitudes | Mean altitude per prospecting phase. | Are you prospecting too high or too low? | Surfaces a habit of testing weak lift in the wrong band. |
| Prospect alt gains | Net alt gain/loss per prospecting phase. | Quality of the lift you tested. | If many segments end positive, your "rejects" might have worked. |
| Float altitudes | Mean altitude per float phase. | Floating habits across altitude bands. | Shows where you tend to skim instead of commit. |
| Float alt gains | Net alt gain/loss per float phase. | Reading low-energy gain potential. | Some floats actually climb — this chart finds them. |
| Lift share per altitude | % time in lift per 100-m altitude bracket. | Where the day's elevator works. | Identifies the band you should target on the day. |
| Mean vario by alt third | Mean vario in each altitude-range third (low/mid/high). | Ceiling-band quality check. | If top third is the strongest, you should commit higher. |
| Mean thermal vario by alt third | Same as above, restricted to thermal+prospect phases. | Pure climbing-air read. | Strips out cruise to expose where lift was strongest. |
| Mean vario per altitude bracket | Mean vario per 100-m altitude bracket. | Fine-grained ceiling exploitation. | Granular version of the band-quality reading. |
Spider, ambidexterity & behaviour
| Chart | What it shows | When to look | Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Efficiency spider | 8-axis radar comparing your flight to a level benchmark. | End-of-flight summary. | One picture summarises which axes performed and which lagged. |
| Ambidexterity | Left/right turning split across the flight. | Symmetry diagnostic. | Surfaces a side preference quickly. |
| Ambidexterity detail | Radius distribution split L/R + mean vario per side. | Decoding why one side performs better. | If one side has tighter radius and stronger vario, drill the other. |
| Stress signature | Behavioural indicators across 5 families (motor / decision / escape / breakpoint / context) plus a composite 0–100 score. | Fatigue and tunnel-vision pattern detection. | Catches behavioural drift you didn't feel during the flight. |
Events & energy
| Chart | What it shows | When to look | Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy budget per phase | Net change of kinetic and potential energy summed per phase type, in absolute kJ. | Reading where energy was actually banked or burned. | Connects vario and speed into a single physics-true picture. |
| Low-save details | Per low-save event: time, lowest AGL, duration, climb regained. | Safety review. | Annotated table that drives the safety findings on the page. |
| Missed climbs | Per detected missed climb: thermal n, exit alt, tail vario, estimated missed gain. | "What you left on the table". | Quantifies premature exits with a metres-of-altitude estimate. |
Map & phase ribbon
| Chart | What it shows | When to look | Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Track (lat/lon) | Downsampled track for the map overlay (≈ 1500 points max). | Map view, multi-flight overlay. | Light-weight geometry that still captures the flight shape. |
| Phase timeline (ribbon) | Coloured segments for each phase, indexed in seconds since take-off. | Comparing flights side-by-side. | Two flights aligned on the same time axis tell their story instantly. |
| Airspace crossings | Detected airspace traversals with times, altitudes and class. | Compliance review. | Surfaces violations you may not have spotted while flying. |
Need more depth on any single metric? Open the flight detail page in the app — every numeric KPI carries a hover tooltip with the formula, the source data, and the unit.