Flymaster SD+ - 4 Menu Mode

3.2 Data eld Elements
Data eld elements can be used to shown numerical information like altitude, vertical speed, speed, glide
ratio, and many others.
These elements have congurable size, and position, although the text within has only 3 possible sizes.
The folowing table explains the available data elds. As the GPS SD+ rmware evolves this list will likely
grow.
Note- The GPS SD+ considers a thermal has been entered when the integrated vario value is above 0.5m/s
and considers the thermal as been exited when the integrated vario goes bellow -1.0 m/s. Once in the
thermal the Gain indicator will keep track of the maximum altitude reached in the thermal. If the altitude
is less than the the max thermal altitude then a negative number will show the dierence from the highest
point reached. If the altitude is equal or higher than the maximum reached then a positive number will
show the altitude gained since entering the thermal. The Gain indicator keeps track of how much altitude
is being gained in the thermal. When a pilot enters a thermal the GPS SD+ will reset the Gain indicator
to 0 and will start to track how much altitude the pilot has gained. At a certain point in the thermal the
lift may become weaker and inconsistent. At this point the gain indicator will show altitude loss in this
inconsistency. Once the pilot climbs in the thermal again the indicator will show the gain since entering
the thermal.
Note- All the internal GPS SD+ time calculations are based on UTC (Coordinated Universal Time). This
is also the time saved on the track-log. However, the time displayed in the time eld is calculated adding
an UTC oset to the UTC time obtained from the GPS receiver. The UTC oset should be dened in the
settings menu (see Section 4.7.2) so that the correct local time is displayed.
Note- The Altitude eld indicates the absolute height in meters or feet depending on the setting. This
altitude corresponds to the barometric altitude and thus depends totally on the QNH (absolute pressure at
a given moment and location in regards to the correspondent pressure at MSL). The altimeter cannot be
reset, but can be set using the corresponding menu option (see Section 4.7.1).
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