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+====== Thermal Task Setting ======
+This page is based on the task setting tutorials prepared by Liz Sparrow and Mark Davenport for the Apprentice Tasksetters for [[https://wwgc2022.co.uk/|WWGC 2022]], which is being held at Husbands Bosworth.
+The files are zipped up as they are rather large.
+===== Planning a Task =====
+{{ :xc:tasksetting:ppt_for_3rd_jan_2020task_setting_2021.zip |Overview of Task Setting}}
+As always, the slides for the initial presentation are not as instructive as listening to it was.  However the task setting 'method' comes down to:
+  - Decide how fast one will fly, given the weather, glider and past performance;
+  - Look at the weather:
+    - When will be be soarable enough to fly XC?
+    - What height will cloudbase be through the day?
+    - Will it turn blue?
+    - Wind strength at flying levels?
+    - How easy to climb?
+    - How long will soaring last?
+    - Best area?
+    - Any other weather than might significantly change the day?
+  - From the two items above, work out how far one can fly.  If, for example, it works out at 320km, setting a 300kmm task gives a little wriggle room;
+  - Airspace Constraints:
+    - Sources of information - NOTAMs etc.
+    - Airspace to avoid (vertically & laterally)
+    - Advisory Airspace avoidance
+    - Tactical considerations
+  - Other points to consider:
+    - Remember that up & down-wind legs fly better than cross wind legs;
+    - Geology can have a bearing.  Around Moreton-in-Marsh thermals won't work as well as Stow-on-the-Wold.  The Cotswolds, Downs, Chilterns & Lincolnshire & Yorkshire Wolds are all free-draining, so they dry quickly and warm faster than low flat ground that holds water.  Warmth = thermals.  :)
+    - As well as the bedrock, the Cotswold Edge and similar ridges can generate hill lift;
+    - Towns, car parks, warehouses & so on are good thermal generators;
+    - We are advised to avoid VRPs;
+  - Plan a task:
+    - Decide where the task should be set
+    - Decide type of task (number of TPs)
+    - Establish the Permanant and Temporary Airspace that will impact on the task
+    - Establish likely start & finish times
+    - Estimate likely achievable speed
+    - Decide shape & distance
+    - Consider implications of a better or especially worse weather than forecast
+===== First Example =====
+{{ :xc:tasksetting:homework_task_setting_2.2.21.zip | First Example}}
+{{ :xc:tasksetting:2020-01-17-sally.docx |My solution}}