Flytec 5030 GPS - Table of Contents

Flytec 5030 GPS
Table of Contents Page
1 Flight Functions ..............................................................................................................................6
1.1 Analogue Vario ...............................................................................................................................................................6
1.2 Altimeter and Air Pressure..............................................................................................................................................6
1.3 Digital Vario and Netto Vario ..........................................................................................................................................7
1.4 Speed .............................................................................................................................................................................7
1.5 Speed without speed sensor ..........................................................................................................................................8
1.6 Stall Alarm ......................................................................................................................................................................8
1.7 Acoustics and Volume Level...........................................................................................................................................8
1.8 User selectable fields....................................................................................................................................................10
1.8.1 Temperature ......................................................................................................................................................12
1.8.2 Time and Date ...................................................................................................................................................12
1.8.3 Flight time ..........................................................................................................................................................13
1.8.4 Track and Bearing..............................................................................................................................................13
1.8.5 Distance to Waypoint.........................................................................................................................................14
1.8.6 Glide Ratio (=L/D Ratio).....................................................................................................................................14
1.8.7 Dist to Goal ........................................................................................................................................................15
1.8.8 Alt ab.Goal .........................................................................................................................................................15
1.8.9 Distance to cylinder of a waypoint in a competition route.................................................................................. 15
1.8.10 Userfield L/D req to goal ....................................................................................................................................15
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1.9
Speed to Fly (For best Glide)........................................................................................................................................16
.8.11 XT Error, Crosstrack Error .................................................................................................................................16
1.10 McCready Ring........................................................................................................................................................16
1.11 Average Thermal Climb...........................................................................................................................................17
1.12 Battery Management ...............................................................................................................................................17
2 GPS Functions .............................................................................................................................18
2.1 Assessment of Reception Quality.................................................................................................................................18
2.2 Compass and Flight Direction.......................................................................................................................................19
2.3 Ground-Speed ..............................................................................................................................................................19
2.4 Head, Cross and Tail Winds; the Wind Component ..................................................................................................... 20
2.5 Wind Direction and Windspeed ....................................................................................................................................20
2.6 Waypoints and Coordinates..........................................................................................................................................20
2.6.1 2Current Coordinate Indicator............................................................................................................................ 21
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2.7
Goto–Function ..............................................................................................................................................................21
.6.2 Saving the Current Position ...............................................................................................................................21
2.8 Flying Routes................................................................................................................................................................22
2.9 The Competition Route - For Record Flights, Performance Flyers and Competition Pilots ........................................ 23
2.10 Relocating Thermals ...............................................................................................................................................29
2.11 Restricted areas CTRs ...........................................................................................................................................29
3 nit's Setting Menu (Set-up Mode) ..............................................................................................30 U
3.1 Basic Settings...............................................................................................................................................................30
3.2 Flight Memory and Flight Analysis................................................................................................................................31
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3.3
Waypoints - Alter, Delete, or Add .................................................................................................................................34
.2.1 Graphic Display of Flights in Map Format.......................................................................................................... 33
3.4 Routes Set - Delete - Alter............................................................................................................................................35
3.5 Competition - Route Set - Alter - Delete .....................................................................................................................36
3.6 Restricted areas CTRs Set - Alter - Delete............................................................................................................... 36
3.7 Simulation.....................................................................................................................................................................38
3.8 Factory Settings, Unit Specific Parameters ................................................................................................................. 39
3.9 Optional Software Packages ........................................................................................................................................39
3.10 NMEA data output...................................................................................................................................................39
4 Data Transfer................................................................................................................................40
4.1 Data Exchange Via PC .................................................................................................................................................40
4.2 Transferring New Software to the Flytec 5030 GPS.....................................................................................................41
5 Appendix.......................................................................................................................................42
5.1 Stall alarm.....................................................................................................................................................................42
5.2 Netto vario ....................................................................................................................................................................42
5.3 True or Indicated Airspeed; TAS or lAS.......................................................................................................................43
5.4 Polar Curve and Required Speed.................................................................................................................................43
5.5 McCready Theory - Optimized Speed to Fly................................................................................................................. 45
5.6 Final Glide Calculation..................................................................................................................................................47
5.6.1 Safety Altitude ( = Alt above BG )...................................................................................................................... 50
5.6.2 Final glide calculation with several Waypoints inbetween ................................................................................. 50
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5.7
TEC Total Energy Compensation .................................................................................................................................50
.6.3 Manual Windcomponent ....................................................................................................................................50
5.8 New Regulation for Record Flights or Decentralized Competitions..............................................................................51
5.9 Proof of Flights - Security against Manipulation ...........................................................................................................51
5.10 Digital Signature and OLC `Registration ................................................................................................................. 51
6 Miscellaneous...............................................................................................................................52
6.1 Landing on Water .........................................................................................................................................................52
6.2 Guarantee and liability..................................................................................................................................................52
6.3 Technical Data..............................................................................................................................................................52
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