Now You Are Ready To Y; Information Display; First Flight - Flytec Element Handbuch

ow you are ready to y!
ording
Your Element will automatically detect your take-o and begin recording
ight data. «REC» will appear at the top of the display screen. In ight, the
display screen shows you the most useful information.
GPS signal
Battery charge
Compass rose
Analogue vario
Last thermal
Airspace
F1
Route / Waypoint
irst flight
ALT 1 gives your altitude above Mean Sea Level. It is automatically calibrated by GPS.
Ground speed is given in kilometres per hour, knots, or miles per hour.
The compass rose shows your direction of ight by indicating the relative position of
True North with the symbol « N». You are always ying toward the top of the
compass rose.
Last thermal shows the relative position of your last climb. If you need to return to
that thermal, turn your glider so that the indicator appears at the top of the compass rose.
Airspace shows the direction to the nearest airspace. (Feature coming soon!)
The analogue vario shows your vertical speed (climb or sink) in metres per second,
Integrated vario
ranging from +10m/s to -10m/s. You may also choose feet per minute, ranging from
+20 fpm x100 to -20 fpm x100.
Wind direction
Ground speed
Time
Flight

information display

Scroll with the arrow keys
between various
The integrated vario gives your vertical speed averaged over the last ve seconds.
information displays, e.g.
graphic altimeter
Wind direction is shown once you have own a few 360s. Your Element will
F2
automatically calculate the wind direction from your drift and show it as a small wind
arrow to the right of the compass rose.
When landing, keep the wind arrow pointing down. That means you are
ESC / On / O
ying into wind.
6.8 m/s

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