Brauniger Competino - 1 Contents; Table of Contents

COMPETINO Manual
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1 Contents
1 Contents...............................................................................................2
2 Operation .............................................................................................3
2.1 Turning the Unit On and Off .......................................................................3
2.2 Keypad..........................................................................................................3
2.3 Main Screen ...............................................................................................4
2.4 Map Screen................................................................................................4
2.5 Final Glide Screen......................................................................................5
2.6 Main Setup Menu .......................................................................................6
2.7 Basic Settings ............................................................................................7
2.8 User selectable fields .................................................................................8
2.9 Battery Management ..................................................................................8
2.10 Data Exchange Via PC...............................................................................9
2.11 Transferring New Firmware to the COMPETINO .....................................10
3 Technical Data ...................................................................................11
4 Air pressure functions ........................................................................11
4.1 Altimeter and Air pressure........................................................................11
4.2 Analog Vario.............................................................................................12
4.3 Digital Vario..............................................................................................12
4.4 Acoustics and Volume Level ....................................................................12
5 Speed.................................................................................................14
5.1 Stall Alarm................................................................................................14
6 GPS Functions...................................................................................15
6.1 Assessment of Reception Quality ............................................................15
6.2 Compass and Flight Direction ..................................................................15
6.3 Track and Bearing....................................................................................16
6.4 Ground-Speed..........................................................................................16
6.5 Glide Ratio (=L/D Ratio) ...........................................................................16
6.6 The Wind Component: Head, Cross, and Tail Winds...............................17
6.7 Wind Direction and Strength ....................................................................17
6.8 Waypoints and Co-ordinates ....................................................................17
6.8.1 Waypoints - Alter, Delete, or Add....................................................18
6.8.2 Deletion of Waypoints:....................................................................19
6.8.3 Insertion of Waypoints ....................................................................19
6.8.4 Current Coordinate Indicator...........................................................19
6.8.5 Distance to Waypoint......................................................................19
6.8.6 Saving the Current Position ............................................................19
6.9 Goto-Function ..........................................................................................20
6.10 Flying Routes ...........................................................................................20
6.11 Routes: Set - Delete - Alter .....................................................................21
6.11.1 Setting a New Route.......................................................................21
6.11.2 Altering a Route: .............................................................................22
6.11.3 Deleting a Route: ............................................................................22
6.11.4 Changing a route into a Competition Route:...................................22
6.12 The Competition Route ............................................................................22
6.13 Competition – Route: Set - Alter - Delete ................................................23
6.14 Flying a competition route ........................................................................23
6.15 Final glide calculation ...............................................................................25
6.16 Relocating Thermals ................................................................................26
6.17 Restricted Areas.......................................................................................26
7 Flight Memory and Flight Analysis.....................................................27
8 User Selectable Fields.......................................................................28
8.1 Temperature.............................................................................................28
8.2 Time and Date..........................................................................................28
8.3 Flight time.................................................................................................28
8.4 Dist Goal ..................................................................................................28
8.5 Alt a. Goal ................................................................................................28
9 Other functions...................................................................................29
9.1 Simulation ................................................................................................29
9.2 Factory Settings, Unit Specific Parameters ..............................................30
9.3 Optional Software Packages ....................................................................30
10 Landing in Water................................................................................30
11 Guarantee and Liability......................................................................30