Flight Mode; Needle Unit's; Wind And Connectivity Status - RC Electronics FenixS basic User Manual

FenixS– user's manual

3.1.2 Flight mode

The status icon at bottom right of the vario screen always indicates the thermal flight mode.

3.1.3 Needle unit's

Main needle units can be view at the right top side of the battery status screen. Selection can
be made between m/s or kts. Changing the Vario climb units is described in Sub-paragraph
3.2.2.3.
Figure 8: Vario units in kts.

3.1.4 Wind and connectivity status.

A small section of the main screen is used to constantly display wind information and the status
icons. For the pilot, wind information includes values of wind direction and speed. These values
are represented graphically and numerically in a small half circle on the left side center of the
main screen.
Wind indication features:
Wind direction – pointer, to show wind direction relative to current

track.
Wind speed – displayed numerically in the selected user unit.

Wind absolute direction – displayed numerically in degrees.

Connectivity status icons represent current mode of GPS reception, Flarm
and Bluetooth module. Every module has its own represented icon. Flarm
and Bluetooth connections are fully operating if icons are displayed. For
GPS reception, green color will indicate 3D mode, while red will indicate
no or 2D GPS fix.
F
igure 6: Displaying thermal flight mode.
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Figure 7: Vario units in kts.
September 2021
Figure 9: Wind and
connectivity status
view.