The route optimizer works like a navigation app for the air. You place only the task: takeoff, turnpoints and goal. For the date and takeoff time you choose, it reads the forecast along the corridor (wind at each altitude, soundings, cloud base), places likely thermals from KK7 hotspots and the XCviewer thermal model, adds the valley breezes and flies thousands of virtual glides with your wing's polar. It keeps the fastest route that stays clear of terrain, below airspace floors and within reach of a landing field, and shows alternatives you can pick or reshape by dragging the line.
What you get
- The best route with every planned climb: where, up to which altitude, at what rate and at what time.
- A suggested takeoff time when the day needs to build, and holding time while the ceiling rises.
- Alternative routes on the map: click one to choose it, or drag the line to pass through another valley.
- Clear reasons when no route works: a ridge in the way, a ceiling too low, an airspace floor, wind too strong.
- Options to respect airspace, avoid lee sides in strong wind and keep a landing field within reach.
- Task export to XCTrack (QR code), SeeYou Navigator, Oudie and GPX instruments.
Why it matters for you
- Hours of map study become a plan you can read in a minute.
- Every climb and glide is checked against terrain, airspace and the real performance of your glider.
- You see your plan B before you need it: where the route breaks, and why.
- Free accounts can try it three times, no card needed.
The optimizer plans with forecasts and models. The air can differ from the forecast: keep your margins, check the airspace on your instrument and land when in doubt.
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