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- Page 1 plus C a r t e s i o C a r t e s i o Pro L e o n a r d o Pro L e o n a r d o Pro Version 1.3 UK (18/9/2008)
- Page 2 Digifly assumes no responsibility for special, incidental, punitive or consequential damages, or loss of use. If your Digifly product is not working correctly or is defective, please contact your Digifly dealer. In order to avoid unnecessary inconvenience, we advise you to read the operating instructions carefully before contacting your dealer.
- Page 3 1 INDEX INDEX ................................3 GETTING STARTED ............................8 GUIDE TO SOCKETS .............................8 BATTERIES..............................8 2.2.1 BATTERY TYPES ( "PRO" MODELS ) ....................8 2.2.2 BATTERY TYPES ( "PLUS" MODEL ).....................8 2.2.3 BATTERY LIFE ( "PRO" MODELS ) .......................9 2.2.4 RECHARGING THE INTERNAL LITHIUM BATTERY ( "PRO" MODELS ) ..........9 2.2.5 INPUT FOR EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY ( "PRO"...
- Page 4 EFFICIENCY INFORMATIONS ........................21 4.10 TRACKING AND BEARING INFORMATION ....................21 4.11 DATA FIELDS SHOWN IN SEQUENCE......................22 BASIC FUNCTIONS............................23 ALTIMETER ..............................23 5.1.1 BAROMETRIC ALTIMETER (A1)......................23 5.1.2 ADDITIONAL ALTIMETERS........................ 24 5.1.3 ADJUSTING ALTIMETERS A1 AND A2....................25 5.1.4 GRAPHIC ALTIMETER DISPLAY......................
- Page 5 THERMAL SNIFFER ........................... 36 GPS FUNCTIONS............................37 INTEGRATED 20 CHANNEL GPS RECEIVER (L ).............. 37 EONARDO ODELS GPS STATUS INFORMATION ........................37 POWER SAVING MODES (L ).................... 37 EONARDO ODELS GPS SIGNAL AND BATTERY LIFE (L ) ................38 EONARDO ODELS GPS INFORMATION DISPLAY ........................
- Page 6 TELEMETRY OUTPUT..........................62 9.6.1 BLUETOOTH TELEMETRY OUTPUT ....................62 EXTERNAL GPS CONNECTION (C ) ..................63 ARTESIO ODELS APPENDIX ..............................64 10.1 DIGIFLY CARTESIO PLUS STANDARD ACCESSORIES ................64 10.2 DIGIFLY CARTESIO PRO BT - LEONARDO PRO STANDARD ACCESSORIES ..........64 Page 6...
- Page 7 10.3 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES.......................... 64 10.4 DIGIFLY TECHNICAL FEATURES........................ 64 10.5 STANDARD FUNCTIONS ..........................64 10.6 ADVANCED FUNCTIONS ..........................65 10.7 GPS FUNCTIONS............................65 10.8 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS ........................65 10.9 MAIN SETUP PARAMETERS ........................67 10.10 ADVANCED SETUP (ADV-SETUP) PARAMETERS..................68 10.11 RESTORE FACTORY SETTINGS .........................
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Page 8: Getting Started
2.2.2 BATTERY TYPES ( "PLUS" MODEL ) The Cartesio Plus model has only one non-rechargable 1.5 volt AA size battery. This battery is situated in the removable battery "slot" and can also be replaced with other 1.5 volt AA size batteries. To change this battery you will need a flat-blade screwdriver to... - Page 9 The battery life is about 200 hours. 2.2.3 BATTERY LIFE ( "PRO" MODELS ) the Digifly instruments "PRO" models (Cartesio Pro BT , Leonardo Pro and Leonardo Pro BT) can achieve 30 hours use (main internal lithium battery) + 20 hours use (removable backup battery) under optimal conditions.
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Page 10: Normal Or Long Key Press
NORMAL OR LONG KEY PRESS The length of time a key is pressed on your Digifly instrument influences the functions available. For a normal key press, you must press the button for less than a second. For a long key press, you must keep the button pressed down for at least 2 seconds. -
Page 11: Menu Navigation
MENU NAVIGATION To navigate the menus on your Digifly instrument, go to the MENU page by pressing the key (function “men”). To return to the instrument’s main display, press the (function “ESC”). From the “MENU” page, to select the sub-menus, move up and down... -
Page 12: Multi Language Help
To change the help language go to (MAIN SETUP \ n. 32 LANG) & select the language of choice When updating the software on the Digifly instrument, make sure you upload the latest help file for the language you have selected, using the “upload HELP” function of the Digifly Vltools software on your PC. - Page 13 3 QUICK REFERENCE GUIDES THERMAL DISPLAY SCREEN Graphic Altimeter / Thermal Centering Altimeter A1 Equivalent McCready Altimeter A2 (customisable data field) McCready Blank (customisable data field) Integrated Vario Clock UTC Analogue Vario (customisable data field) Efficiency - Ground speed (customisable data field) Volume Level - Flight Recorder - Bluetooth Link - Battery State - GPS Signal - Subpage Info / Edit display data field ●...
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Page 14: Glide Compass Display Screen
GLIDE COMPASS DISPLAY SCREEN Altimeter A1 (customisable data field) Integrated Vario (customisable data field) Equivalent McCready McCready Estim. Time to Next WP (customisable data field) Analogue Vario Efficiency - Ground speed Current WP name (customisable data field) North Direction Current WP Direction Next WP Direction Altitude to Next WP Distance to Next WP... -
Page 15: Glide Plotter Display Screen
GLIDE PLOTTER DISPLAY SCREEN Altimeter A1 (customisable data field) Integrated Vario (customisable data field) McCready Equivalent McCready Clock UTC (customisable data field) Analogue Vario Efficiency - Ground speed Current WP name (customisable data field) North Direction Current WP Direction Next WP Direction Course Predictor FAI Cylinder Pilot Location... -
Page 16: Main Display Screens
4 DISPLAY MAIN DISPLAY SCREENS The are 3 main display screens on the Digifly instrument: - The Thermal Display , the Glide Compass Display and the Glide Plotter Display. To manually switch between these 3 main display screens, press the key. -
Page 17: Plot Scale
, wind speed and wind direction. For some of these function to be active, Waypoints must have been entered in to the Digifly instrument and a Route activated and a GPS “FIX” achieved. 4.3.1 PLOT SCALE... -
Page 18: Sub Screens
SUB SCREENS On each of the main display screens (the Thermal Display screen, Glide Compass Display screen and Glide Plotter Display screens) there are 3 fully customizable sub pages, a total of 9 sub-pages already setup and configured with information related to: Current Waypoint Next Waypoint Arrival Waypoint... -
Page 19: Customisable Data Fields
DISPLAYING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATING TO WAYPOINT AND ROUTES For these functions to be active, Waypoints must have been entered in to the Digifly instrument, a Route activated, the GPS switched “ON”, a GPS “FIX” made,”. - Page 20 TIME INFORMATIONS The Digifly instrument can display time information related to Waypoints and Routes: ero: Estimated relative time related to start gate time in seconds, negative = advance (wrong) / positive = delay (correct).
- Page 21 DISTANCE INFORMATONS The Digifly instrument can display distance information related to Waypoints and Routes: dstT: Distance to last thermal. dst1: Distance to current Waypoint. dst2: Distance to next Waypoint. dstA: Distance to Goal. EFFICIENCY INFORMATIONS efrT: Efficiency required to last thermal.
- Page 22 4.11 DATA FIELDS SHOWN IN SEQUENCE GENERIC INSTRUMENTS : SPECIAL INSTRUMENTS (temp): "TEMPERATURE" (effA): "IST AIR EFF" (mB): "PRESSURE" (brt): "BRG TO LST TH" (ieff as): "AIR SPEED" (br1): "BEARING TO WP" (ieff gs): "GROUND SPEED" (br2): "BEARITO NEXT" ( ) : "BLANK"...
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Page 23: Barometric Altimeter (A1)
5 BASIC FUNCTIONS ALTIMETER The Digifly instrument has 7 different altimeters: A1, A2, AG, A3, H1, H2 and HA. A1: Barometric altimeter. A2: Altimeter A2. AG: GPS altimeter. A3: Last thermal height gain. H1: Estimated height over current WP. H2: Estimated height over next WP. -
Page 24: Additional Altimeters
The A3 altimeter is automatically zeroed when a thermal is found. There are 2 parameters that can be adjusted to allow the Digifly instrument to identify a thermal; the vertical speed (vario) and for how many consecutive seconds this vertical speed is detected. -
Page 25: Adjusting Altimeters A1 And A2
5.1.3 ADJUSTING ALTIMETERS A1 AND A2 Go to the altimeter menu “ALTIM” and select which altimeter (A1 or A2) you want to adjust. Move up and down using the arrow keys and press the key (function “EDIT”). To adjust the altimeter value use the arrow keys and confirm with the key (function “SAVE”) or leave without saving with the... -
Page 26: Superfast Intellivario
VARIOMETER 5.2.1 SUPERFAST INTELLIVARIO The Intellivario is a revolutionary system designed by Digifly which is based on the use of sophisticated digital filters. This results in a very sensitive vario and is immune to radio interference. All the variometric functions are subject to these filters. -
Page 27: Integrated (Averaged) Vario
“speaker” graphic at the bottom of the screen. You can set the threshold level for the Digifly instrument to indicate lift, go to (MAIN SETUP \ n. 2 V.UP) and sink, go to (MAIN SETUP \ n. 3 V.DN). -
Page 28: Stall Alarm
AIR SPEED (WITH OPTIONAL AIR SPEED PROBE) The airspeed can be shown by the Digifly instrument. To display your air speed, you must have an air speed probe connected. The optional air speed probe should be plugged in to the right hand socket on the bottom of the vario. - Page 29 TEMPERATURE The temperature can be shown by the Digifly instrument. The ambient temperature reading can be shown in metric (°C) or imperial (°F) units. To change the units of display, go to (MAIN SETUP \ n. 30 U-TE) and change to “CEL” or “FAR”.
- Page 30 TIME / CHRONOGRAPH The following time and chronograph information can be shown by the Digifly instrument: “rt”: UTC time. “ch”: Chronograph. Time or chronograph data can be shown in any of customizable display fields (e.g. on the Thermal Display screen highlighted here in red).
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Page 31: Thermal Centering Function
6 ADVANCED FUNCTIONS TOTAL ENERGY COMPENSATION Total energy compensation is the rate of change of atmospheric pressure and displays this as a vertical speed. If you slow down in flight, your glider will climb using the excessive kinetic energy. A “non-compensated” vario would interpret this as lift. Now, if you are flying quite fast and slow down when you enter a thermal, the vario reading gets rather difficult to interpret. -
Page 32: Air Efficiency (Glide Ratio)
BARX). The vertical scale (y), vario (in m/s) can also be adjusted, go to (MAIN SETUP \ n. 7 FS_V). AIR EFFICIENCY (GLIDE RATIO) To utilize the air efficiency functions you must have an air speed probe connected. The optional air speed probe should be plugged in to the right hand socket on the bottom of the vario. -
Page 33: Speed To Fly
There are three polars preloaded, (2 for hang gliders and 1 for a paraglider). To see the three default polar curves and to calculate your own, use the Digifly Excel software available from the Digifly web site (www.digifly.com). - Page 34 On the figure above, you can see different values of speed to fly value related to different flight conditions. The X-axis shows horizontal speed, the Y-axis shows sink rate. In a head wind or sink conditions, the best glide speed increases. In order to find the optimum speed to fly value in sink, you simply add the sink of the air to the polar of your glider, drawing a new polar and a new tangent line from the initial point of axes.
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Page 35: Equivalent Mccready
EQUIVALENT McCREADY To utilize the McCready functions, you must have an air speed Equivalent probe connected. The optional air speed probe should be McCready plugged in to the right hand socket on the bottom of the vario. If this parameter (ADVANCED SETUP \ n. 8 POLA) is set to “OFF”, all display information relating to McCready, McCready Equivalent, Thermal Sniffer is not displayed on the instrument, creating a cleaner display for users not needing this functionality. -
Page 36: Thermal Sniffer
THERMAL SNIFFER To utilize the thermal sniffer function, you must have an air speed probe connected. The optional air speed probe should be plugged in to the right hand socket on the bottom of the vario. If this parameter (ADVANCED SETUP \ n. 8 POLA) is set to “OFF”, all display information relating to McCready, McCready Equivalent, Thermal Sniffer is not displayed on the instrument, creating a cleaner display for users not needing this functionality. -
Page 37: Gps Status Information
4) GPS icon with a cross = GPS antenna is turned off. POWER SAVING MODES (Leonardo Models) The GPS receiver in the Digifly Leonardo has 3 power saving modes. Go to (ADVANCED SETUP \ n. 7 POWE). “STD”: The GPS is activated every 1 second, with no power saving. -
Page 38: Ground Efficiency (Glide Ratio)
With the GPS power saving mode set to “STD” (ADVANCED SETUP \ n. 7 POWE). The integrated GPS receiver in the Digifly Leonardo consumes 90% of the total current of the instrument and consumption depends on the strength of the satellite reception. -
Page 39: Wind Speed And Direction Indication Using Gps
Go to (ADVANCED SETUP \ n. 4 EFF) to set the time over which the average Ground Efficiency is calculated If your ground speed drops to lower than 2km/h or the GPS fix is not valid, the left indicator displayed as “ 0.0 0 ”. If you are in lift, the efficiency indicator is in reverse and shows the average efficiency calculated in the last glide , go to (ADVANCED SETUP \ n. -
Page 40: Hsi Graphics Indication
- HSI BRG1 - HSI (H1) GLIDE PLOTTER DISPLAY GLIDE COMPASS DISPLAY 7.12 HSI GRAPHICS INDICATION This is a new feature on the Glide Plotter Display screen for a fast and intuitive navigation. It is a dotted cross hair that dynamically and automatically tells you your vertical and horizontal track error related to the current waypoint WP1 (altitude range +/- 300mt) (bearing range +/- 60°). -
Page 41: Direction, Distance And Height To Waypoints
7.14 DIRECTION, DISTANCE AND HEIGHT TO WAYPOINTS This is a powerful feature that displays the direction, distance and the estimated height of arrival over the current Waypoint (H1); next Waypoint (H2) and the Arrival Waypoint (HA). To view this data a Route has to be activated. Page 41... -
Page 42: Required Efficiency To The Current/Next Waypoint And To Arrival At Goal
The height over the current Waypoint (H1) is based on the following information: Altimeter A1, Distance to Waypoint, Waypoint Altitude and Average Glide Ratio (ground related). The Waypoint Altitude has to be included in the Waypoint name in the format: aaaNNN or edited when a mark position is stored. -
Page 43: Waypoint Management
Competition Waypoints can be used only in the Competition Route (Rt 1 Comp) and User Waypoints can be used only in User Routes (Rt 2 User - Rt 12 User). Waypoints can be managed manually through the Digifly instrument or with an external Windows program running on a PC. -
Page 44: Create New Waypoint With Current Position (Mark)
7.18.2 CREATE NEW WAYPOINT WITH CURRENT POSITION (MARK) When the GPS has acquired a valid position (UTC sync) is possible to capture your current GPS position using the “MARK” function. Press the key (long press) to go to “MARK” page. To save your position, press the key (function “SAV”). -
Page 45: Navigate To A Waypoint (Goto)
WPT” is shown. 7.19 ROUTE MANAGEMENT The Digifly instrument can store up to 12 Routes with 20 Waypoints on each Route. A Route allows you to automatically navigate to all Waypoints stored in it. The Route display includes also the total distance of the route and the total required efficiency for the Route. -
Page 46: Insert Waypoints In An Empty Route
7.19.1 INSERT WAYPOINTS IN AN EMPTY ROUTE To insert Waypoints in an empty Route, press the key (function “EDIT”). The first Waypoint of the list appears, scroll trough the Waypoint list using the arrow keys and then press the key (function “SAVE”). 7.19.2 INSERT A WAYPOINT AT THE LAST POSITION OF THE ROUTE Scroll to the last position on the Route you want to add a Waypoint to using the arrow keys... -
Page 47: Delete Waypoints In A Route
7.19.5 DELETE WAYPOINTS IN A ROUTE To delete all Waypoints in a Route press the key (long press) and confirm with “YES”. To delete a Waypoint in a Route, scroll to the desired position using the arrow keys then press the key (function “EDIT”). -
Page 48: Competition Route
7.20 COMPETITION ROUTE The Digifly instrument automatically manages Waypoint navigation for competitions. For competitions use, the Digifly instrument has a special Route (Rt 1 Comp) with options dedicated to competition rules. The 2 images show the same Route on the Digifly instrument and COMPEGPS Air 7.20.1 SETUP THE COMPETITION ROUTE (Rt 1 Comp) - Page 49 Select the correct Start Pylon icon for the start Pylon Waypoint (any Waypoint can be selected): = start pylon validation entering into the circle. = start pylon validation exiting from the circle. The Start pylon function is only activated if one of these two start pylon icons is selected.
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Page 50: Start Pylon Navigation
To edit Start Pylon Time Gate go to Route Display (Rt Comp 1) and using the arrow keys select fields “start /next gate/num of gate” then press the key (function “EDIT”). n°1 SGhh = Hour to start, n°2 SGmm = minutes to start, n°3 SGst = Next Start Pylon Time Gate Interval in minutes (if necessary), n°4 SGnm = Number of Start Pylon next Gates. -
Page 51: Fai Cylinder Navigation
(long press). 7.20.3 FAI CYLINDER NAVIGATION If the current Waypoint is a standard FAI Cylinder Turnpoint, the Digifly instrument will guide you to the Waypoint giving you continuous information about your position, the distance and direction to the Waypoint. -
Page 52: Manually Jump To Previous/Next Waypoint
When you arrive near the FAI Cylinder the Digifly instrument will alert you with a sound, a pop-up message “NEAR” and the flight recorder rate is automatically increased to 1 data point per second. To change Near value, go to Route Display (Rt Comp 1) and using the arrow keys select fields “start /next gate/num of gate”... -
Page 53: Activating The Flight Recorder
0,5 m/s for at least 4 consecutive seconds is required to recognize a take off (0,5 x 4 = 2). In order to respect the FAI rules access to the setup menu on the Digifly instrument is blocked when the flight recorder has been activated. -
Page 54: Always Record Mode
5 seconds after the instrument is turned on and stops recording when the instrument is turned off. In order to respect the FAI rules access to the setup menu on the Digifly instrument is blocked when the flight recorder has been activated. -
Page 55: Log Book Management
LOG BOOK MANAGEMENT To view saved flight data go to press the key (function “ENT”) and select “LOGBOOK”. A list of all recorded flights with take off date and time is shown. To select which flight you want to view, move up and down using the arrow keys and then press the key (function “ENT”). -
Page 56: Pc Connection And Interface
GPS. CONNECTING WITH COMPEGPS, MAXPUNKTE, GPSDUMP, CHECKIN (PWC) SOFTWARE 9.2.1 UPLOADING COMPETITION WAYPOINTS To upload competition Waypoints from your PC to the Digifly instrument , install on your PC one of the following software packages (CompeGPS, MaxPunkte, GpsDump, CheckIn-PWC). -
Page 57: Download A Single Flight
The download can be stopped pressing the “ESC” key on the your Digifly instrument. 9.2.3 DOWNLOAD ALL FLIGHTS To download all flights from your Digifly instrument to your to the PC, go to the “LOGBOOK” menu (without entering in it ). -
Page 58: Firmware Upgrade
The latest Digifly software may be downloaded from the Digifly web site (www.digifly.com) & installed using the optional PC serial or USB cable. The optional PC serial or Digifly USB cable is connected to the middle socket on the base of the Digifly instrument. -
Page 59: Upgrade Process
9.4.1 UPGRADE PROCESS Make sure the battery on your Digifly instrument is fully charged. Turn off your Digifly instrument and plug the Digifly PC serial or USB cable in to the middle socket on the base of the Digifly instrument. -
Page 60: Problems Connecting To Your Pc
Problem: I attached the cable but the software does not connect. Solutions: A) Unplug the cable, download from our web site the driver installer (www.digifly.com - >software -> " DIGIFLYNEXTGEN-USB Driver.zip”, run it on your PC then plug in the cable again. - Page 61 D) From Windows, right click on the Vltools icon and tick the check box “run this program in Windows98/WindowsMe compatible mode”. Problem: The cable is working with the Digifly Vltools but not with the software I'm using. Solutions: Make sure that the software and the cable are using the same COM port number (try with the Digifly Vltools program to check the COM port number).
- Page 62 COM port number. The Digifly instrument will appear to your device as the " Digifly Cartesio Pro BT" or the "Digifly Leonardo Pro BT" and its telemetry data will be output on its serial output..
- Page 63 PDA, Smartphone or Laptop to the telemetry data output format from the Digifly instrument. To choose the correct Digifly telemetry data output format go to (ADVANCED SETUP \ n. 6 TELE) , for more information read the related protocol documentation on our web site www.digifly.com.
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Page 64: Optional Accessories
Leg strap. AA 1.5V removable non-rechargeable battery. 10.2 DIGIFLY CARTESIO PRO BT - LEONARDO PRO STANDARD ACCESSORIES The Digifly Cartesio Pro BT , Leonardo Pro and Leonardo Pro BT models has the following accessories provided as standard: Protective case. Leg strap. -
Page 65: Advanced Functions
10.6 ADVANCED FUNCTIONS 3 adjustable polar curves. McCready and Equivalent McReady function (with optional air speed probe). Speed To Fly (with optional air speed probe). Efficiency related to the air (with optional air speed probe). Netto Vario (with optional air speed probe). Thermal sniffer (with optional air speed probe). - Page 66 The Digifly CartesioProBT, LeonardoPro, LeonardoProBT are supplied with leg strap, protective case , internal rechargeable lithium battery , AA 1.5V High Power non- rechargeable battery and wall adaptor . The Digifly CartesioPlus is supplied with leg strap, protective case and AA battery. 3 year warranty. Page 66...
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Page 67: Main Setup Parameters
10.9 MAIN SETUP PARAMETERS The following is a list of parameters that can be adjusted. For each parameter you can see the range of values, the factory setting (default) and the unit of measure. Name Description Range Default Units CTRS display contrast 40 - 60 V.UP... - Page 68 10.10 ADVANCED SETUP (ADV-SETUP) PARAMETERS The following is a list of parameters that can be adjusted. For each parameter you can see the range of values, the factory setting (default) and the unit of measure. Name Description Range Default Units IFLY intelliflight function ON/OFF...
- Page 69 10.12 DATA FIELDS SHOWN IN SEQUENCE GENERIC INSTRUMENTS : SPECIAL INSTRUMENTS (temp): "TEMPERATURE" (effA): "IST AIR EFF" (mB): "PRESSURE" (brt): "BRG TO LST TH" (ieff as): "AIR SPEED" (br1): "BEARING TO WP" (ieff gs): "GROUND SPEED" (br2): "BEARITO NEXT" ( ) : "BLANK"...
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Page 70: Thermal Display Screen
10.13 THERMAL DISPLAY SCREEN Graphic Altimeter / Thermal Centering Altimeter A1 Equivalent McCready Altimeter A2 (customisable data field) McCready Blank (customisable data field) Integrated Vario Clock UTC Analogue Vario (customisable data field) Efficiency - Ground speed (customisable data field) Volume Level - Flight Recorder - Bluetooth Link - Battery State - GPS Signal - Subpage Info / Edit display data field ●... - Page 71 10.14 GLIDE COMPASS DISPLAY SCREEN Altimeter A1 (customisable data field) Integrated Vario (customisable data field) Equivalent McCready McCready Estim. Time to Next WP (customisable data field) Analogue Vario Efficiency - Ground speed Current WP name (customisable data field) North Direction Current WP Direction Next WP Direction Altitude to Next WP...
- Page 72 10.15 GLIDE PLOTTER DISPLAY SCREEN Altimeter A1 (customisable data field) Integrated Vario (customisable data field) McCready Equivalent McCready Clock UTC (customisable data field) Analogue Vario Efficiency - Ground speed Current WP name (customisable data field) North Direction Current WP Direction Next WP Direction Course Predictor FAI Cylinder...
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