Navigation; Get Ready To Navigate; Entering Waypoints; After Your Flight - Flytec Element Handbuch

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1.3 After your flight

Saving tracks

Your Element will automatically detect your landing and then save the data
from your flight. It will switch itself off about 5 minutes after you land.
Alternatively, you can switch off your Element immediately after landing by pressing
. Keep it switched on by instead pressing
You can also switch off your Element at any time. Note that this will stop recording if
you are in flight.
Press and hold the On/Off key .
Confirm Off? by pressing .

Uploading tracks

Your Element saves flight data as IGC track files, so uploading is fast and
easy. All online contest sites (such as OLC and XContest) use the IGC format.
Your Element works as a USB mass storage device, so when you connect it to your
computer it will appear as an external hard drive. Your track files are stored in a folder
named tracks.
Make sure your Element is switched off.
Connect the device to your computer with the included USB cable.
Open the icon labelled Element on your computer.
Open the folder named tracks.
Drag-and-drop the IGC track file to your desktop.
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2. Navigation

2.1 Get ready to navigate

Entering waypoints

For an example flight, imagine you want to fly over these locations:
Take-off: Niederhorn 1926 m
Midpoint: HouseThermal 1460 m
Landing: Interlaken 560 m
Here is how to store these locations in your Element as waypoints.
Press and hold , then use the arrow keys
Waypoints. Press .
Select Edit. Press
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Press to create a new waypoint.
Spell out Niederhorn using the arrow keys
to move back and forth. Use
characters. Holding down will also delete a character. Press
on to the next page.
Select N and enter 46°42.686' for the latitude. Press
Select E and enter 07°46.681' for the longitude. Press
Enter 1926 for the Niederhorn waypoint altitude. Press
The waypoint named Niederhorn is now saved. Repeat this procedure to enter
the waypoints for HouseThermal and Interlaken.
Press to return to the Main Setup Menu.
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N 46°42.686' E 7°46.681'
N 46°42.983' E 7°52.767'
N 46°41.170' E 7°51.517'
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