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  • Page 1 ½ SkyDrop user guide 2102...
  • Page 2  light weight & compact size – 68g, 98 x 58 x 20 mm about this user guide Despite the fact that we made SkyDrop vario as intuitive as possible, we recommend to read this user guide. We know well this is not your favorite activity, so just briefly go through to understand basic concept.
  • Page 3 – please read SkyDrop is in silent mode after start-up, so if you want to hear vario sound, select FTime widget and manually start the flight by long press. This feature will help you to be nice to other pilots before launch.
  • Page 4 SkyDrop uses various widget layouts on home screens. You can adjust all screens, layouts and widgets easily through online drag&drop configurator at vps.skybean.eu/configurator, or you can set it directly on device. Before selecting layout of the screen, we recommend to make a list of widgets to be shown and choose the most adequate layout.
  • Page 5 widget list and description (name on LCD) Vario bar () shows graphical value of analog vario, each step represents 1 m/s, the total range of analog vario bar is -6 to 6 m/s. Vario (Vario) shows value of digital variometer, actual lift/sink value in m/s or ft/m.
  • Page 6 Airspace Info () shows name, class, floor and ceiling of the closest or violated airspace. Also arrow and distance of best exit course are shown. See the section 6 how to load airspace data into SkyDrop. Wind direction (WDir) shows absolute value in degrees (0-359).

  • Page 7: Screen Layout Options

    screen layout options Each slot can show one widget, its size is adaptable, so the larger slots show larger numbers or letters. Of course, there are physical limits, so don’t put large widget into small slot e.g. Airspace info or Thermal assistant.

  • Page 8: Settings Menu

    Long press the middle button and then press the right button to enter settings menu on SkyDrop vario. There are 9 main entries with their submenus. 1. Vario 1.1. Lift threshold defines the positive vertical speed level, when vario sound is activated (in 0.1m/s steps).
  • Page 9 1.5.9. Digital vario int. defines time of displayed digital vario value averaging (don’t applies to sound output). 1.5.10. Average vario int. defines time used to compute average vario value and defines Vario history time range. 1.5.11. Vario Demo simulates vario sound. This function is very useful, if you changed some advanced vario settings, so you won’t be surprised in the air ...
  • Page 10 2.4. QNH2 values in hPa are pressures adjusted to mean sea level for actual date and location according to local info service. SkyDrop can store two different QNH values for flying in wide altitude range. Standard QFE pressure 1013.25 hPa is default value of QNH2.
  • Page 11 3.7. Glider ID fields are used to be written in recorded track logs. 4. Flight logs contains all recorded track logs arranged by their date, showing basic flight statistics. 5. Navigation 5.1. Create Task generates new blank competition task named TASKnnn (starting at 001) and enter its edition.
  • Page 12 Download and unzip Airspace data of desired location from our web vps.skybean.eu/air. Then copy data to AIR folder in your SkyDrop. If you can’t see such folder, you might need to create it. The countries in airspace list overlap, so the same file can be in multiple zip files.
  • Page 13 7.6. Format of coordinates can be chosen from – DD.dddddd, DDº MM.mmmʹ or DDº MMʹ SSʺ. 7.7. Distance units can be set to metric or imperial. 7.8. Earth model allows you to switch between WGS-84 and FAI Sphere models. 8. Bluetooth 8.1.
  • Page 14 9.2.5. Flip orientation checkbox turns over LCD screen. 9.2.6. Animation checkbox enables smooth switching between home screens. 9.2.7. Cycle checkbox sets the display into mode which will periodically (10s) switch your screens in carousel mode. 9.2.8. Temperature shown in Celsius or Fahrenheit units. 9.3.
  • Page 15 Bluetooth. Debug msg. option runs at 921600 baud rate and is used for development. 9.5.4. Calibration submenu contains motion sensors calibration routines. Despite SkyDrop vario is well calibrated from production, it can drift within time or geographical position (particularly compass). We recommend to recalibrate...

  • Page 16: Bluetooth Pairing

    BLE. Modern Android devices can work with both standards, we recommend to use BLE mode. I you want to use SPP you need to pair SkyDrop before the first use in system Bluetooth settings. Turn vario on, enable Bluetooth and choose protocol according Android app.

  • Page 17: Technical Specification

    Please use web online configurator vps.skybean.eu/configurator to update or configure SkyDrop vario: 1. Connect SkyDrop (powered off) to the computer via micro USB cable. Charging screens will appear and vario will connect to computer as flash disk (USB mode shown on LCD).
  • Page 18 Gyroscope calibration is the most simple. After activation leave SkyDrop in calm static position while status bar is running. Press the middle button to confirm and save new calibration data.

  • Page 19: Troubleshooting

    SkyDrop variometer. We highly recommend to use both hook&loop mount and safety strap when flying with SkyDrop, hooks go to vario. Security strap is not unbreakable for your safety, it can hold at least 8kg of tension, what is more than enough for vario body.

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