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2. UTC date UTC time Latitude Longitude 2013 07 29 21 34 20 N35 25 40 32 W120 52 23 40 2013 07 29 21 34 21 N35 25 40 02 W120 52 23 94 210 74 1 0 2013 07 29 21 34 22 N35 25 39 78 W120 52 24 60 210 74 2 1 Figure 15 7 Tracklog list Simply clicking on the desired flight will download the tracklog to the computer Once the tracklog has been downloaded it is possible to save the tracklog in several different formats IGC KML and GPX KML is the recommended format if you wish to view on Google Earth 65
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4. DEER N41 36 25 32 W 122 07 41 40 210 DEER MOUNTAIN WHALEB N41 31 41 70 W 122 08 26 46 2579 WHALEBACK MOUNTAIN LAUNCH N41 32 06 37 W 122 09 09 24 2266 WHALEBACK LAUNCH SHASTA N41 24 37 74 W122 11 43 26 4272 MT SHASTA ASHBUT N41 26 48 96 W 122 02 53 94 2493 ASH BUTTE CREEK MCCLOU N41 17 06 30 W121 56 24 60 1132 MCCLOUD AIRSTRIP WEED N41 26 07 08 W 122 21 59 16 1092 WEED SHEEP N41 34 51 36 W122 13 19 44 1705 SHEEP ROCK HERD N41 37 42 06 W 122 13 50 76 2085 HERD PEAK MTSHEE N41 48 06 00 W121 53 07 02 1872 SHEEP MOUNTAIN HEBRON N41 42 11 94 W 122 01 02 46 1865 MT HEBRON ORR N41 40 03 00 W121 58 33 96 1772 ORR MOUNTAIN CEDAR N41 42 33 12 W121 54 31 26 1812 CEDAR MACDOE N41 49 48 42 W122 00 18 84 1298 MACDOEL CITY JUNIPE N41 50 12 00 W121 59 14 64 1395 JUNIPER HILLD N41 59 24 12 W121 55 50 94 1635 DORRIS HILL DORRIS N41 57 44 52 W121 55 30 00 1293 DORRIS DOME N41 48 32 34 W121 41 15 78 1974 MT DOME SHARP N41 42 11 94 W121 46 14 34 1892 SHARP MTN MIDDLE N41 43 02 34 W121 44 21 06 1608 MIDDLE SISTER TULELA N41 56 52 32 W121 28 43 38 1229 TULELAKE RACETRACK GRASS N41 38 38 11 W122 10 02 42 1529 GRASS LAKE VISITORS CENTER Figure 15 4 Waypoint list Once the file has been opened select alll of the waypoints COMMAND A in MAC and CON TROL A for PC In the drop down menu for WPTS you should see the following options Figure 15 5 63 osDur Read from Brauniger i Send to Brauniger ID Garmin Brauniger X Send to
5. Figure 12 1 Available Pages example You can select different pages by selecting either the UP or DOWN keys F1 and F2 respectively If you press ENTER for that page 2 options become available for each of those pages as shown in Figure 12 2 Pages PO R2G B4 start oto Page Disable Page Figure 12 2 Page Options Selecting the Goto Page option and pressing the ENTER button will jump to that page on the Flight Screen This allows the user to display any of the pages without having to resort to trigger 42 functions to display that particular page or having to scroll through all of the pages in sequence using the F3 button if that option is set It is also possible to disable a page so that when you toggle through the different pages using F3 that page is displayed Figure 12 3 Also all triggers associated with the disable page will be ignored Pages PO R2G B4 start Goto Page Figure 12 3 Disable Page Once a page is disabled an asterisk will be shown on the list prior to the name indicating it is disabled as shown in Figure 12 4 in this case P1 R2G after start is disabled Pages P1 R2G after start Figure 12 4 Enable Page Note that on Figure 12 4 when selecting and pushing ENTER the Goto Page option is not active and the focus will be on the Enable Page pressing ENTER will re enable the page 43 Chapter 13 Settings menu The settings menu Figure 13 1 is used to configure the NAV s many features The men
6. Then disconnect the USB cable and the NAV will start to work 59 Y FIYMASTER C Documents and Settings tuseriMy Documents Flymaster Firmware B 2Live B 2Live fmf Figure 14 1 Firmware Update 60 Chapter 15 Interfacing with GPSDump With the Flymaster GPS it is possible to download tracks and upload waypoints using the GPS Dump interface GPSDump is freeware that can be downloaded to your MAC or PC This section will describe how to use the GPSDump interface It is assumed that the correct drivers have been installed on the computer and that GPSDump has been installed 15 1 Configuring GPSDump Before you can start interfacing your Flymaster GPS unit with your computer you must first make sure that you have set the correct COM port on GPSDump Connect your instrument to the computer and make sure both are switched on In the GPSDump menu select the drop down menu under MISC as shown in Figure 15 1 below GpsDur File Edit Logs Wpts CTR View Window m 600 GpsDump 0 27 dev JERNIA elas gt Set track gap time B XC Ti Garmin rauniger C Trainer N Set loop flight gap Garmin USB Flytec Flymaster Analyse selected track general pes Analyse selected track FS Analyse selected track OLC Status Set Flymaster name _ Set Flymaster altitude alarm UTC date UTC time Latitude Lor im h Upload COMPID CIVLID Dump debug data Figure 15 1 Setting up COM port On a MAC when you select COM port you should get a sc
7. UTC offset to the UTC time obtained from the GPS receiver The UTC offset should be defined in the settings menu see Section 13 2 3 so that the correct local time is displayed Note 3 The TTG field is dynamic and will vary according to the current flight status and type of task defined It will show TTG time to go before start gate opening and will then change to SS Speed Section time which is the time elapsed after the opening of the start If no start gates are defined in the task or no task is defined then this field will show Dur which in this case is the time elapsed since takeoff The takeoff event is triggered when ground speed exceeds 5km h and a 3D fix is available Note 4 The Altitude field indicates the absolute height in meters or feet depending on the setting This altitude corresponds to the barometric altitude and thus depends totally on the QNH absolute pressure at a given moment and location in regards to the correspondent pressure at MSL The altimeter cannot be reset but can be set using the corresponding menu option see Section 13 1 22 Chapter 4 Menu mode When in flight mode pushing the menu S1 button accesses the menu mode When in menu mode pushing the menu S1 button will go back to flight mode To access the different items on the menu you can use the UP S3 and DOWN S4 keys Once a menu item is selected pushing the ENTER S2 executes the selected function A short description Main Menu ay
8. YES a brrrr sound is produced when the pilot has successfully crossed a turnpoint see Turnpoint validation 13 4 2 Start Open When this function has been set to YES a siren type is produced when the start time has elapsed This tone does not indicate that a successful start has been made however 13 43 Goal Possible When this function is set to YES a brrr sound is made to indicate that it is possible to make GOAL This is based on having a positive number for altitude above goal This is calculated based on the average glide ratio and it takes into account wind day quality and glider performance 13 4 4 Airspace When this function is set to YES a siren type sound is produced indicating that the pilot has entered the buffer zone see Section 8 close to airspace 13 5 Advanced Features The advanced features settings option can be used to set more of the NAV vario acoustics Figure 13 6 Damper 6 Cadence 1 Dynamic freq On Buzzer 3 Auto Silent On Start Speed 1 Figure 13 6 Advanced Features 13 5 1 Damper The NAV s vertical speed calculation is based on air pressure variations It is very seldom to have air pressure absolutely stable Turbulence caused by air moving near the sensor is sufficient to cause small variations in pressure For this reason the NAV filters averages the pressure data to prevent constantly detecting tiny pressure variations The value that defines how must the pressure is filtered
9. allows the user to change the background of the titles as illustrated in Figure 13 12 53 Table 13 1 Page Triggers Events Event Description Airspace Warning This event occurs when the horizontal or vertical distance to an airspace is less then the respective thresholds Entering Thermal This event occurs when the pilot enters in a thermal Transition This event occurs when the pilot enters leaves a thermal and starts a transition Arriving at Turnpoint This event occurs when the pilot is arriving at less than 1km away from the turnpoint Start Opened This event occurs immediately after the start time Power Up This event is triggered when the instrument is powered up Altitude Speed Altitude Speed 3 4 ft 2 km h 35 ft 5 kmih Dist Goal_ EDOX Br ATAT 0 ED OX Br ATAT 0 Arrival Goal Dist Goal Arrival Goal Dist Line 49917 HILL 499 299 0 49917 HILL 499 arog Ave Vario A 9 0 9 0 A a A e ua dl a r 50 1 f 5 0 1 V iZ i cA 0 240km N 0 240km z N z UN TN Figure 13 12 Inverse Titles The figure of the left shows the normal display and that on the right shows the same display with inverse titles set to Yes 13 9 Language Units The Language and Units menu option allows the user to change the NAV interface language and units A short description off the available options for this menu are shown in Table 13 2 The UP and DOWN keys can
10. can use the UP and DOWN keys to move the contrast bar Figure 13 11 Move the bar to the right to increase the contrast and to the left to decrease the contrast When in the desired position push the ENTER key to confirm the value 13 7 2 Disable Triggers Page event triggers are a important unique feature of the NAV Pages can be automatically activated during flight by defining a trigger event for the page These triggers are set using the Flymaster DESIGNER program See the DESIGNER manual for details Using the triggers the user can view different pages according to different flight contexts These can be automatically activated switched if a certain condition is met One good example is an airspace control page In an airspace control page the user can view the airspaces map as well as different airspaces related data fields eg Distance to CTR Additionally the trigger Airspace Warning can be set to this page During flight the user can have any page active for example a thermal page However if an airspace limit is reached the device will automatic change the page to airspaces one Each device has its own trigger events The current available triggers for the NAV are show in Table 13 1 This menu can be used to disable all the page triggers at once In order to disable page triggers the Disable Triggers option should be set to Yes using the UP or DOWN keys and confirmed with the ENTER Key 13 8 Inverse Titles Inverse titles
11. delay min Figure 6 1 Task Delay To delay a task when in the Task Delay menu simply push the ENTER button when the Task Delay is selected Figure 6 1 Then using UP and DOWN buttons set the number of minutes to delay Finally push the ENTER button to confirm 33 Chapter 7 Task Navigator This function is useful to override the automatic task navigation provided by the NAV and should only be used if for some reason a mistake was made during the creation of the task When this option is selected the NAV displays the task list Using the UP and DOWN buttons the desired waypoint can be selected Pressing the ENTER button will cause navigation to be resumed to the selected waypoint Route navigation will then continue in the sequence displayed in the task menu Task navigator LAUNCH WHALEBACK WHALEB WHALEBACK WHALEB WHALEBACK SHEEP SHEEP ROCK EBRON MT HEBRON GOOSEN GOOSENEST WHALEL WHALEBACK WHALEL WHALEBACK HEBRON MT HE Dist Line 21 1km Figure 7 1 Task Navigator When entering into the Task Navigator menu all of the route points are shown as both the short name and long name Figure 7 1 Selecting any of the routepoints will show a navigation wheel in the lower part of the screen showing the direction to that point along with the distance to the waypoint cylinder The distance shown is the Distance to Line which is the closest point on the cylinder to where the pilot is This is not necessarily the optimum p
12. flight Note that these values are using the integrated vario When the instrument is switched off this value is reset back to zero Max Speed Maximum Speed returned by GPS reached during the flight When the instrument is switched off this value is reset back to zero MotorTemp Motor Temperature available when connected with Flymaster M1 Page Num Current layout active page number Pulse Current heartbeat in beats per minute when using the Flymaster Heart G sensor RPM Motor revolutions per minute available when connected with Fly master M1 Speed Indicates ground speed The speed is only available when the GPS receiver has a valid signal Speed Strt Speed to Start The speed at which the pilot must fly in order to reach the start gate exactly at its opening TAS True Air Speed This information is available when the instrument is used in conjunction with the Flymaster TAS pitot probe Therm Dur Time pilot has spent in the most recent thermal Thermal top The highest point reached during the current thermal Thrml Perfo Perfomance of the most recent thermal showing average rate of climb in most recent thermal Time Current local Time This value is automatic revised when the device gets a valid Gps Signal see Note 2 Trans G R Glide ratio during transition Average glide ratio during transi tions between thermals TTG The TTG field is dynamic and will vary according to the current flight status and type of task defi
13. incorrect or no data provided by the Flymaster NAV Flight safety is the sole responsibility of the pilot It is unsafe to operate the Flymaster NAV while in the air Failure by the pilot equipped with a Flymaster NAV to pay full attention to the aircraft and flying conditions while flying could result in accident with property damage and or personal injury Contents LI 12 1 3 1 4 1 5 Getting Started Charge Tie DARE oo so aa ee eee a ae PEER E EEE PES Dee NSN RS ge eee eee ee ee ERAS hE wee AER ee Using keys Inside Menu ss eaor kk a ee ee et ene NAV Oa aad DA ia ee eee A eee we eae A Resetling the NAV ooo Sk RRA BOR ede GER eB BPE Oe Flight Mode NAV Elements ol Gapin Mente aa ae ae ee eae RE EEE RR eR SSS EG 3 1 1 3 12 3 1 3 3 1 4 3 1 5 3 1 6 BLT JLS 21 9 o E DOUNA EE a ee Gee WA lt a aves a Gewecke hada doe 4 AER AA AR Navigation Ciele a aaa wee eG Ge REE EES bE dew ES HUTSPACOR cui aaa ee a SR ae Oe laa Alitude graph a EE SP E ee ee as Wott Ba lt lt aci ee a ERE GR ee TA ia SE A Ges es a Br ae ats es Ss Se as ee Gn a 32 Data feld Elements aa a a asaret daa LAAA Www Gd da ES Menu mode Waypoints and Task 5 1 Waypoints Actions Memu 2 2 66 6 4440445 DER ae RRR ee RS 5 2 5 1 1 5 1 2 5 1 3 5 1 4 5 1 5 5 1 6 Add Waypoint to Route a ia daci a a a ee a a eee Insert New Waypoint e ces ceceg ega dtia teua eee a a a oo kk a A eae ee e d aaa a ERE a A a Delete Waypoint o
14. s we suggest setting a value lower than the natural sink rate of the glider when flying with speed bar in still air 13 33 Sink Alarm The Sink Alarm is highlighted when the confirmation of Climb TH is made The Sink Alarm defines a vertical speed value at which a sound alarm siren starts to be produced This alarm can be used to identify high vertical speeds as for example in a spiral dive Set the Sink Alarm to 0 to disable the alarm 13 3 4 Base Frequency The audio frequencies can be adjusted to match the user s preference by setting the Base Frq and Increments The Base Frq is the first frequency used to produce the initial sound which corresponds to the climb threshold usually 0 1 m s Later as the climb rate increases a bip bip sound is produced for which the cadence and frequency also increase The Base Frq can be set from 500 to 1500 Hz The higher is the frequency value the higher pitched the sound is 46 In order to change the base frequency value press the ENTER key after the Audio Frequencies menu option is highlighted This action will highlight the Base Frq value so it can be increased using the UP key or decreased using the DOWN key The ENTER key should then be pressed thus confirming the Base Frq setting The preset value for Base Frq is 700 Hz 13 3 5 Increments The Increments parameter sets the frequency increment for each 0 1 m s climb rate increase The increments can be set from 1 to 99 Hz The preset
15. set to Cylinder see Table 5 2 for a description of the various task point types Pushing ENTER while on a selected task point will open a Task Point Menu at the bottom of the screen in the DO area which will allow you to Edit Move or Remove a task point from the task Table 5 2 Task point types Type Navigation Take off This first task waypoint is automatic defined as Take Off This waypoint however is only a place marker for calculating the entire task length The NAV will ignore it for navigation purposes Cylinder The cylinder type is defined by a coordinate and a radius The coordinate is taken from the chosen waypoint and the radius can be defined by the user The default value usually 400m for the radius is defined in the Turnpoint Size settings During naviga tion NAV will advance to the next task waypoint once the pilot transitions over the cylinder line Start In Exit Start In route waypoints are start gates sometimes also known as Exit start NAV will only validate the waypoint and advance to the next waypoint on the route if the user is inside the set radius after the start time Note that the sequence in which this waypoint appears in the task list in very important see Note 5 Start Out Enter Start Out is the most commonly used start gate sometimes also known as an Entry start NAV will only validate this waypoint and advance to the next waypoint when the user is outside the radius after the start time Note
16. 2 11 29 03 40 52 00 01 01 2012 11 29 02 46 16 00 16 02 2012 11 29 02 03 18 00 10 58 2012 11 29 01 40 20 00 15 17 2012 11 29 01 25 00 00 05 45 2012 11 28 23 39 34 01 44 26 2012 11 28 23 30 38 00 02 34 Delete all flights Are you sure Figure 10 3 Delete all flights WARNING Deleting all flights will completely erase the flight log memory all track logs will permanently erased 10 3 Memory capacity The current firmware version it can store up to 131000 points which equates to over 36 hours with a 1 second recording interval obviously if you set it to a 10 second recording interval you get 360 hours See Section 13 2 2 on how to change the interval Also important to understand is how the data is organised there are 256 blocks of data which can handle 510 points each as a flight grows it takes up these blocks so each flight will occupy a multiple of 510 points at an extreme example if you have 256 flights each with 1 second the memory will be full and you only have 256 seconds of flight data this is obviously not a realistic scenario 40 Chapter 11 GPS status In the main menu the NAV provides a detailed view of the GPS status the current position dilution of precision pdop value and the current GPS coordinates of the pilot Main Menu Waypoints Task Task delay Task navigator Near Airfields ae na Pages Settings Shutdown N 36 95262 plis W 122 05188 pDop 2 00 Figure 11 1 Satellite status F
17. 5 the bearing is approximately 2602 Navigation Arrows When a route is active the direction of next optimal point is pointed by an arrow larger arrow The optimal point corresponds to the unique point on the waypoint cylinder which lies along the optimal route red route in the Figure 3 6 example If no route is defined the arrow will start showing the direction to the takeoff after the takeoff is detected i e the average speed exceeds 5km h 13 During a competition task flight using the optimal tangent navigation saves a substantial amount of time The smaller arrow closer to the centre of the navigation wheel points to the centre of next waypoint cylinder and the arrow furthest away from the centre of the navigation wheel points to the optimised edge of the waypoint after the next one The combination of all three arrows provides a spatial location of the waypoint Figure 3 6 Route Optimisation The example in Figure 3 6 shows a hypothetical task A pilot navigating to the centre of the waypoint following the small arrow will probably be flying the blue course whilst a pilot using the optimised route red course will fly the substantially shorter red route The direction to the waypoint after the next one is shown by a small arrow on the outer part of the navigation wheel In the example in Figure 3 6 this arrow is pointing along the green line which shows the direction to WP2 even though WP1 has not been reached Small cours
18. 51 Centering GPSDUMP 644444 en bik RG AEA AS RA d e a 61 15 2 Uploading Waypoimte cocos eR ae A ee ed 62 15 3 Downloading tracklogs gt o sc ae Swe REE PE eee ee wae 64 Chapter 1 Fully charge battery before using your Flymaster for the first time Figure 1 1 right view The battery may be charged by either connecting the NAV USB connector to the wall socket charger or USB cable USB connector can be found on the right side of the NAV see figure 1 1 1 1 Charging the Battery Flymaster NAV has an advanced battery power management system which gives the pilot accurate information about the battery state as well as the charging time and battery remaining time To charge the Flymaster NAV battery you can use the wall charger the USB cable or the car charger Original Flymaster accessories are recommended in order to avoid damage to the power management system The Flymaster NAV has 2 charging modes namely Quick Charge and Slow charge The charging mode choice is automatic and based on the power source Quick charge mode is activated when charging with the wall charger or the car charger while Slow Charge mode is activated when a USB cable connected to a PC or MAC is used Charging and battery status information is shown on both the power up screen and the Shutdown menu When the Flymaster NAV is connected to a power supply wall charger or via USB cable even with the unit off the instrument will show if it is being Slow o
19. Brauniger Name Send to Brauniger ID Name EEE al Read from Flytec Flymaster Gps SNO2063 SW1 031 Send to Flytec ID 61 waypoints sent Send to Flytec Name Send to Flytec ID Name ID DEER WHALEB LAUNCH SHASTA ASHBUT MCCLOU WEED SHEEP HERD MTSHEE HEBRON ORR CEDAR MACDOE JUNIPE HILLD DORRIS DOME SHARP MIDDLE TULELA GRASS Latitude N41 N41 N41 N41 N41 N41 N41 N41 N41 N41 N41 N41 N41 N41 N41 N41 N41 N41 N 41 N41 N41 N41 36 31 32 24 26 17 26 34 37 48 42 40 42 49 50 59 57 48 42 43 56 38 Read from Flymaster Send to Flymaster ID Send to Flymaster Name Send to Flymaster ID Name Read from Garmin Send to Garmin Read from Garmin USB Send to Garmin USB Read from MLR NMEA Read from MLR Fast Send to MLR Read from XC Trainer Send to XC Trainer ID Send to XC Trainer Name Read from Leonardo user area Read from Leonardo comp area Send to Leonardo user area W Send to Leonardo comp area SISTER W121 28 43 38 1229 TULELAKE RACETRACK SSS SS SS SES ES ESEE W122 10 02 42 1529 GRASS LAKE VISITORS CENTER M ae a Figure 15 5 Waypoint options Here you have the option of sending the waypoint ID or the waypoint name or both Once you select the type of waypoints to send you should see the the waypoints being sent to the instrument 15 3 Downloading tracklogs To download a track simply click on the FLYMAS
20. Element provides graphical indication about the current GPS signal quality Basically the lower the PDOP value position dilution of precision the more accurate calculations are for determining position Values bellow 3 0 are fairly accurate The relationship between what is shown and the signal quality can be seen in Table 3 3 Note that FAI rules require 3D tracklog Table 3 3 GPS signal quality Symbol Description BF 3D position with a PDOP bellow 1 5 GF 3D position with a PDOP between than 1 5 and 2 0 Br 3D position with a PDOP between than 2 0 and 3 0 Le 3D position with a PDOP greater than 3 0 amp 2D position no altitude information amp No GPS Signal data which includes GPS altitude Therefore the NAV will only start recording a tracklog when 3D information is available The NAV has an high sensitivity 50 channel GPS receiver which offers unmatched tracking performance in harsh signal environments 160 dBm sensitivity and very short acquisition times The NAV has a 4 Hz GPS update rate most of others only provide 1Hz which allows the NAV pilot to see very small speed and position changes Furthermore the movement of the direction arrow is smoother and any position change is shown in a quarter of the time of other devices Note that the 4 Hz update rate requires more than 5 satellites in view More information about GPS accuracy and also other GPS related information can be seen in http www
21. M WHALEB TP1 2 km CYLINDER WHALEB TP2 400 m CYLINDER SHEEP TP3 3 km CYLINDER HEBRON TP4 6 km CYLINDER GOOSEN TP5 2 km END OF SPEED WHALEL TP6 2 km SECTION GOAL 05 00 00 PM WHALEL TP6 400m 5 3 1 Setting up the task Start by deleting any existing task on the NAV see Section 5 2 4 Then add to the task in the right order LAUNCH WHALEB twice SHEEP HEBRON GOOSEN and finally WHALEL twice The NAV will automatically assume LAUNCH as the takeoff since it is the first waypoint on the list The first WHALEB will be used as Start and the last WHALEL will be used to define the landing deadline The completed task should look like Figure 5 4 31 Waypoints 61 Task ALTURA Af LAUNCH W AMBROS A HALEB 1 2 5 ANTELO A WHALEB 0 0 ASHBUT A SHEEP SHE 3 0 ASPEN AS HEBRON M 218 BALL BAL GOOSEN G 17 2 BEATTY B WHALEL 18 9 E BIKINI BIK WHALEL 0 0 G BLACK BL BLY BLY BONANZ B DC53 Total 68 1 Type Start out enter Size 002 000km Time 13 00 Figure 5 4 Task example As waypoints are entered their properties can be edited as you enter each waypoint On the task list select the first occurrence of WHALEB and edit it Change the waypoint type to Start Out set the distance to 2 000km and the start time to 13 00 Note that all times are in the 24 hour clock Beware that it is very important that the first occurrence of WHALEB be set as Start otherwise the NAV will assume that WHALEB needs to be com
22. TER button on GPSDump 64 L GpsD File Edit Logs Wpts CTR Misc View Wind GpsD cu usbserial A60050pW g E Garmin Brauniger XC Trainer MLR types Save kml Garmin USB Flytec Flymaster Leonardo Flymaster Live SN00156 SW1 031 Reading track list Abort ID Latitude i lanaituirda l Mainht T Nama DEER N41 36 OOO Selecttrack NTAIN WHALEB N41 31 LAUNCH N41 3 i 29 07 13 21 34 20 00 50 09 SHASTA N41 06 07 13 20 36 11 ASHBUT N41 2 06 07 13 20 35 08 MCCLOU N41 06 07 13 20 32 23 WEED N41 2 06 07 13 20 30 24 SHEEP N41 3 1806 12 23 02 52 HERD N41 MTSHEE N41 4 HEBRON N41 4 ORR N41 4 CEDAR N41 4 MACDOE N41 JUNIPE N41 HILLD N41 59 24 12 W121 55 50 94 1635 DORRIS HILL DORRIS N41 57 44 52 W121 55 30 00 1293 DORRIS DOME N41 48 32 34 W121 41 15 78 1974 MT DOME SHARP N41 42 11 94 W121 46 14 34 1892 SHARP MTN MIDDLE N41 43 02 34 W121 44 21 06 1608 MIDDLE SISTER TULELA N41 56 52 32 W121 28 43 38 1229 TULELAKE RACETRACK GRASS N41 38 38 11 W 122 10 02 42 1529 GRASS LAKE VISITORS CENTER Figure 15 6 Downloading tracklog When you click on the Flymaster button a list will populate showing all of the flight logs on the instrument Figure 15 7 sDump 0 27 dev cu usbserial AG00SopW_ Garmin Brauniger XC Trainer MLR types Save kml Garmin USB Flytec Flymaster Leonardo Flymaster Live SN00156 SW1 031 No track selected
23. aces drawn on the Map view 13 6 1 Enabled Setting this option to yes will draw traces on the Task Map setting no a trace will not be drawn 13 6 2 Auto Zoom Setting Yes causes the system to automatically zoom into the trace when entering a thermal making it easy to understand the location of the thermal 13 6 3 Grey lines Set Yes the trace lines in lift will be drawn in black while the sink will be drawn in grey Conversely No all the trace lines will be drawn in black 13 6 4 Track up Track up allows the trace to be displayed with either the track relative to North track up off Figure 13 9 or with the current heading to the top of the screen Figure 13 10 5l Dist Line 257 us 0 120km Figure 13 9 Track Up Off Altitude Dist Line Cur G R 257 4 a 0 120km Figure 13 10 Track Up On 13 7 Screen The screen menu option allows the user to set the Screen contrast to Enable Disable the pages triggers and to colour invert the titles Figure 13 11 52 Settings Set Altimeter Time Vario Acoustics Alerts Advanced Features Trace Screen Language Units Device settings RF Probes Disable triggers No Inverse Titles Yes Figure 13 11 Screen Settings 13 7 1 Screen Contrast Contrast may be adjusted to the pilot s needs Beware of adjusting a very low value may cause the display to be totally blank With a blank screen it is difficult to readjust since nothing is visible You
24. ausing the warning i e airspace that you are violating or close to violating Floor Shows the lower altitude of the airspace causing the warning i e airspace that you are violating or close to violating Note 1 The NAV considers a thermal has been entered when the integrated vario value is above 0 5m s and considers the thermal as been exited when the integrated vario goes bellow 1 0 m s Once in the thermal the Gain indicator will keep track of the maximum altitude reached in the thermal If the altitude is less than the the max thermal altitude then a negative number will show the difference from the highest point reached If the altitude is equal or higher than the maximum reached then a positive number will show the altitude gained since entering the thermal The Gain indicator keeps track of how much altitude is being gained in the thermal When a pilot enters a thermal the NAV will reset the Gain indicator to 0 and will start to track how much altitude the pilot has gained At a certain point in the thermal the lift may become weaker and inconsistent At this point the gain indicator will show altitude loss in this inconsistency Once the pilot climbs in the thermal again the indicator will show the gain since entering the thermal Note 2 All the internal NAV time calculations are based on UTC Coordinated Universal Time This is also the time saved on the track log However the time displayed in the time field is calculated adding an
25. be used to change each field option Pushing the ENTER key confirms the current field value and highlights the following field Pushing the MENU key will undo changes Table 13 2 Language Units Menu Options Function Description Language Defines the interface language Alti Units Altitude Units Altitude can be show in Meters or Feet Roc Units Rate of Climb Units ROC can be show in m s or 10 x Feet min Continued on next page 54 Table 13 2 continued from previous page Field ID Description Dist Units Distance units can be in Km or Miles Speed Units Speed Units can be in Km h Miles h or Knots Temperature Temperature units can be Celsius or Farenheit Coords Coordinates format These can be either e DD MM SS e DD MM mmm e DD dddd e UTM 13 10 Device Settings This menu option allows the user to reset all parameters to the default factory values This will not change the layout to the factory default layout Care should be taken because all changes made by the user are lost In order to reset all settings use UP or DOWN key to change the Factory Settings parameter to Yes and then confirm the action with the ENTER key Additionally this menu also allows to make an hardware reset to the instrument The result is the same as the one presented in Section 1 5 In order to reset the instrument use UP or DOWN key to change the Reset Now parameter to Yes and then confir
26. configurable size and position although the text within has only 3 possible sizes Table 6 explains the available data fields As the NAV firmware evolves this list will likely grow Table 3 4 Data fields Description Field ID Description A OverGoal Altitude over goal is the difference between the current altitude and the goal s altitude based on barometric pressure values Above Toff Altitude above takeoff is the altitude over the flight starting point Abs Pressure Absolute atmospheric pressure value in Pascals Active waypoint Active turnpoint name AirTemp Air Temperature as measured by the wireless speed probe Alt Gain Altitude Gain Altitude gained in current thermal Alt Gain Loss Altitude Gain Loss When at the top of the thermal displays the altitude gained from the base of the thermal else displays the altitude lost since reaching the top of thermal Alt to CTR Altitude to CTR shows altitude to controller airspace a negative number indicates we must sink to come out of controlled airspace Altitude Current altitude This altitude is calculated based on the baro metric pressure and depends on the QNH value Altitude2 Second Altimeter which can be set independently to the main altimeter Arrival Goal Estimated arrival height above Goal The height is calculated considering the average glide ratio that has being made This means that wind day quality and glider
27. ding to be 0 1 m s ie 3 is 0 3m s Subtracting this decimal value from the climb threshold will give us the value at which the NAV will start buzzing For example with the NAV default values Climb threshold 0 1m s and Buzzer 3 0 3m s the buzzing with start at 0 2m s because 0 1 0 3 0 2 In this case at 0 1m s directly below the Climb threshold the NAV will emit a constant sound varying rapidly in pitch from around 100hz to the set base frequency at which the first beep is emitted This is the buzzer sound and may resemble a growl noise Setting the Buzzer value to 0 will disable the buzzer feature Although the Buzzer will sound very annoying on the ground it becomes an amazing companion in flight allowing the pilot to pick up thermals he would have usually missed 49 Airmass climb rate Pilot climb rate Figure 13 8 Buzzer A practical example of the advantages of the buzzer feature can be illustrated in Figure 13 8 In this example both pilots are sinking at 1 0 m s The orange paraglider has a NAV for which the climbing threshold is set to 0 1 m s and the Buzzer parameter is set to 3 0 3 m s The green paraglider has a typical vario for which the climbing threshold is set to 0 1 m s As shown in the figure when both pilots enter the thermal nothing is heard The air is rising at 0 1 m s but both pilots are descending at 0 9 m s In the second zone of the thermal the air is rising at 0 8 m s and so
28. e showing where the thermal core is relative to the pilot s position The position of the dot thermal core is constantly updated as the pilot moves When the pilot is over 300m from the thermal core the dot will be at the edge of the circle As the pilot moves closer to the thermal core the dot will move towards the center Figure 3 8 Thermap Core Map In Figure 3 8 the thermal core is currently behind the pilot at a distance of approximately 150 meters half of 300 m wheel radius 3 1 6 Airspaces The airspace element provides information to the user relative to specific three dimensional objects of the atmosphere previously loaded to the instrument Each of this objects can be an airspace area Airspace information can loaded to the instrument using the Flymaster Designer software see Designer user manual for more information The NAV only accepts data in the OpenAir format and it has a limitation of 3000 polygons points See http www gdal org ogr drv_openair html for more information about the open air format Figure 3 9 Airspace Element When the element of Figure 3 9 is inserted in a layout using DESIGNER a 2D map box is shown on the instrument On the bottom left of the map the scale is indicated in Km and on the centre of the map is an arrow see Figure 3 10 This arrow represents the pilot position and its orientation indicates the bearing of the movement The map has always a North Up orientation The first time th
29. e corrections are sometimes required and these are shown on the NAV by a fine adjustment indicator in the form of a third small arrow An arrow to the left means the pilot should turn slightly to the left and inversely an arrow to the right indicates a small adjustment to the right is needed In the example of Figure 3 6 a very small arrow pointing to right indicates that the pilot should turn right slightly When the course is perfect i e less than 1 off the NAV indicates this by showing a large arrow forward Figure 3 7 Figure 3 7 Perfect Heading Note that a start is automatically validated when a pilot correctly completes the start Until the start is valid the NAV will not advance to the next point in the route Another important aspect of the start is that the NAV does not point to the start cylinder but rather to the next turn 14 point on the list The distance to the start will become highlighted when the pilot is in an irregular position i e inside a start cylinder where he should be out or vice versa Thermal Core Map Another useful feature of the Navigation Circle Element is the thermal core map This map corre sponds to a black dot which is shown inside the inner navigation wheel together with the navigation arrows During a thermal climb the NAV keeps track of the strongest climb values point for each 50m layer The point of strongest lift is then graphically represented by the black ball in the inner Navigation Circl
30. e map is drawn it is centred on the last GPS position the NAV has in its memory The map is re centred once the flight starts i e when a valid gps signal exists and the start speed see Section 13 5 6 is reached Once the flight starts the map is redrawn with an arrow representing the pilot which will move around the map indicating the relative position of the pilot to each of the airspace areas If 15 the pilot is outside a visible airspace area then a gray line is used to draw the area whereas if the pilot is inside the airspace then a black line is used instead Note that being inside a airspace area 2D does not mean that the airspace is being violated since the pilot can be above or below the defined 3D shape In order to have more information about possible airspace s violation some data fields should be added to the layout This data fields are Distance to CTR Altitude to CTR and CTR Status Figure 3 10 The Dist CTR data field shows the shortest horizontal distance to the nearest airspace line This distance is always positive Similarly the Alt To CTR shows the shortest vertical distance to nearest airspace line Unlike the horizontal distance the vertical distance can be negative A positive vertical distance indicates that you are outside the airspace whereas a negative distance indicates that you are inside the airspace Additionally the CTR status field will indicate if an airspace is being violated by displaying Viola
31. e requires a time e g Start gates and goals Table 5 3 describes how Time data is used for each field type Table 5 3 Task time types Type Time field Take off No time field Cylinder No time field Continued on next page 2The default radius can be modified see Section 13 15 2 29 Table 5 3 continued from previous page Type Navigation Start out or Startin The time at which the start opens The start is only validated when the pilot crosses the perimeter line at a time later than the defined time The TTG time to go will show how much time remains to the opening of the start i e the difference between this field s value and the local time of day Navigation to next point will only continue after the validation of the start Goal Cylinder or Time of goal close The Goal Close configurable data field displays Goal Line how much time is left until the close of the goal End Speed Section This waypoint type defines the end of the speed section in the task Landing Time of compulsory landing The time will be used to calculate the Land In user defined field 5 2 2 Move Route Point The order of a task point can be easily changed To change the order simply select the waypoint using the UP and DOWN buttons Push the ENTER button to activate the actions menu list Then select the Move Route Point option and push ENTER button A cursor will be shown next to the selected waypo
32. eed of 5km h is exceeded and the NAV has a 3D GPS fix However when a task is active the NAV will store a track log point immediately as it enters a turn point cylinder Goal or Start open See Section 10 3 about track log memory capacity 45 13 23 UTC offset Using GPS data the NAV automatically adjusts the internal clock to the Universal Coordinated Time UTC The user should adjust the UTC offset so that the time displayed by the NAV matches the local time 13 3 Vario Acoustics The user can change the climbing and sinking rate sound through the respective threshold values These thresholds correspond to the climbing and sinking rates at which the sound activates The user can also define in the Acoustic Thresholds option the sink alarm and the sound volume of is the NAV Figure 13 4 Sink TH 2 0m s Climb TH 0 1m s Sink Alarm 0 0mfs Base 700hz Increments 10hz Volume 4 Figure 13 4 Vario Acoustics 13 3 1 Climb Threshold The Climb Threshold defines the rate of climb at which the vario will start beeping The frequency of the first beep is defined in Base Frequency hz the sound frequency will become steadily higher with by Increments hz value The default value for Climb Threshold is 0 1m s 13 3 2 Sink Threshold The Sink Threshold is the rate of descent at which the vario will emit a constant low frequency sound The deeper the sink rate the lower the frequency will sound Default value for this item is 2 m
33. elected flight additional information is displayed on the bottom half of the screen e Max Altitude Maximum altitude during flight ASL e T off Alti Take off altitude e Above Toff Altitude above take off e Max Sink Maximum sinking rate during flight e Max Climb Maximum climbing rate during flight e Distance Distance flown and if goal was made e Speed Sec Time to cover the speed section of the task Pushing the ENTER key will display the Flight Log Action List with options 38 e Delete Flight e Delete all flights Also if you use a flight data download application and request the flight list while the Flight Log Action is active only selected flight will be reported to the downloader application this is useful at competitions to ensure the scorer downloads the correct flight 10 1 Delete Flight Similarly selecting the Delete Flight option will delete the selected flight from memory Before deleting the flight a message is displayed asking the user to confirm the action Figure 10 2 Flight_Log 2011 12 16 17 17 38 Delete flight Are you sure Figure 10 2 Delete Flight 10 2 Delete All Flights All of the flights in the NAV can be deleted by selecting the Delete all flights option A message is displayed asking the user to confirm the action of deleting all flights Figure 10 3 39 Flight Log 2012 12 01 00 21 09 02 48 27 2012 11 30 03 10 45 00 23 19 2012 11 29 04 28 28 00 21 33 201
34. ent pages see Figure 2 1 in memory Each page corresponds to a different screen which can be completely configured by the user A set of 16 pages is called a Layout Once a Layout containing multiple pages has been defined the user can switch page using one of the configurable function keys see Section 13 14 in Flight Mode Figure 2 1 Layout page examples Screen layout can be configured by the user using a free application called Flymaster Designer which can be downloaded from the Flymaster website www flymaster net This intuitive tool allows the user to create an unlimited number of layouts which can be saved to the computer uploaded to the instrument and even shared with other Flymaster users See the Designer user manual available on the website for more information about the Designer tool Designing a Layout consists of inserting a set of objects called Elements in the desired position and with the desired dimensions in each of the available 16 pages The Designer works by what you see is what you get This means that when you insert a element in a page and after uploading the layout to the instrument you will see exactly the same thing on the NAV screen There are several elements available for the NAV which are presented in the following section Chapter 3 NAV Elements The main objective of an element is to provide information to the user Elements can be Graphical or Data Field type Each element has its own prope
35. ers according the operating system Windows windows 7 64bits or MAC OS X e The last version of the firmware xxxFirmware fmf e The firmware updating software according the operating system Flymaster Firmware Install The first step of the updating procedure consists in installing the USB drivers In order to do that you should run the drivers installation file and follow the on screen instructions Next you need to install the update application run the Flymaster firmware installer setup and follow the on screen instructions Once the driver and the update tool are correctly installed do the following procedure 1 Double click the firmware file this will start the Flymaster Firmware installer with the firmware path already inserted Alternatively open the Firmware installer and insert the path to the firmware file Figure 14 1 2 Click Send Firmware button The message waiting for Flymaster instrument will appear 3 Connect the NAV to the PC using the cable supplied If it is the first time the NAV is connected to the PC wait until Windows show the message that new hardware is present and ready to use 4 The update should start automatic and a message appears saying Programing and a progress bar starts to grow If after a few seconds nothing happens reset the NAV click at the same time the Menu and down arrow key for 2 seconds see section 3 5 When the process is finish the application shows a message saying complete
36. evious task use the Delete Task function described in section Section 5 2 4 5 1 6 Go To Point Selecting the Go To Point will force navigation to the selected waypoint Once selected by pressing the ENTER button the instrument will jump to the flight screen automatically navigate to that point When returning to the Waypoints Task will cancel the active Go To The Go To function will override the task navigation although the NAV will remember where it was in the task so when the Go To is canceled as described above it will resume the task at the point it was at before the Go To was activated 5 2 Edit Task The NAV will only store one route This is deliberate to prevent flying an incorrect task A task can be edited by selecting the Edit Task option of the Waypoint Action Menu Selecting the Edit Task option will highlight the first Task Route point in the TL area Pushing the UP 27 or DOWN buttons will move between the Task points For the highlighted task point the bottom screen area will display the task point parameters When a task has only one point it is considered as a Go To type route The NAV will automat ically start navigating to that point When the task contains more than one point then the first turn point will automatically be set as Take Off The Take off is ignored for navigation proposes and is only used for calculating the total task distance Each task point defined has a particular type by default it will be
37. g No Figure 5 1 Waypoints and TaskScreen The Waypoints Taskpage allows the user to manage waypoints and define a route task As shown in Figure 5 1 the page is divided into 3 areas namely the waypoint list WL Task list TK and selected waypoint details options list DO The DO area can change according to which submenu you are in Specifically it can show the selected waypoint data or a list with possible actions for the waypoints Entering the page activates the WL area At the top of the page next to the title Waypoints is the total number of Waypoints stored in the NAV instrument The first waypoint on the list appears highlighted and the corresponding data of the selected waypoint is shown in the DO area As the cursor is moved to a different waypoint so the data changes matching the newly selected waypoint If the waypoints list is empty a list of available actions is shown in the DO area Since no waypoint exists only the Insert new Waypoint action is available Pushing the ENTER key when a waypoint is selected activates the waypoint actions menu WAM A list with the available actions is shown in the DO area 1The NAV can store up to 442 waypoints 25 5 1 Waypoints Actions Menu On entering the waypoint actions menu WAM the selected waypoint becomes grayed indicating that waypoint specific actions will be carried out using the selected waypoint Once the WAM is active a list of options appears in the DO area A sho
38. ged The name of the waypoint can be changed along with the elevation lattitude longitude and if the waypoint is to be designated as a landing field To change any of the properties of the waypoint first select the waypoint to changed Pressing S2 pulls up the menu allowing the waypoint to be edited Pressing the S2 button again will show a cursor as shown in Figure 5 2 indicating the character to edited 26 WEED WE 215 HALEB 1424 Name ZHALEB WHALEBAC Altitude 02579m 10 N 571690 4597757 Landing No Total 21 5 Figure 5 2 Edit Waypoint The waypoint may also be configured as a Landing these waypoint will then be displayed in the Nearby Landings 5 1 4 Delete Waypoint It is possible to delete just a single waypoint on the NAV Select the waypoint to be deleted by pressing either the S3 or S4 buttons Once the waypoint is highlighted selecting Delete Waypoint will remove the waypoint from the NAV memory If a waypoint is in use int the Task the delete function will be disabled to delete the Waypoint it must firstly be removed from the Task 5 1 5 Delete All Waypoints All of the waypoints can be removed from the NAV Delete all the waypoints will also delete the Task When selecting this option the NAV will prompt to ensure that this is exactly what is intended WARNING Do not confuse this function will Delete Task the last think you want is to be sitting on takeoff with no waypoints in the NAV to clear the pr
39. he arrow points south bottom of the screen Centered over the arrow is a circle in which a number is displayed showing the wind speed in Km h Figure 3 14 The wind speed value can be also seen in a data field Figure 3 14 Wind Arrow Note that both wind direction and speed are calculated based on the GPS ground speed while the pilot is turning so there is no need of wind speed probe 17 3 1 9 Map Page The MAP element Figure 3 15 provides information to the user about their position relative to waypoints cylinder edges and the pilot s trace or track This element can be resized and moved around the screen Figure 3 15 Map Element A typical map page in flight may look like Figure 20 In this figure is shown the scale on the bottom left The scale can be manually changed by pressing the F1 button to enlarge the map and therefore reduce the scale and conversely by pressing the F2 button to reduce the map and therefore increase the scale Figure 3 16 Map Page If flying a competition route the optimized route is drawn between the turnpoint cylinders The position of the pilot is indicated by the arrow and the trace for the last approximately 4 mins of the flight is shown Traces older than 4 mins are erased to reduce clutter on the screen 18 3 2 Data field Elements Data field elements can be used to shown numerical information like altitude vertical speed speed glide ratio and many others These elements have
40. his menu several of the navigation settings can be adjusted Figure 67 13 15 1 Safety Margin The pilot can chose the safety margin they wish to use for any of the horizontal distances Using a setting of 8m as shown in Figure 67 would mean that in the case of a waypoint cylinder a pilot would be 8 m deeper into the cylinder to ensure that it had been tagged and recorded For airspace they would trigger the buffer zone being 8m further away The size of the safety margin can be changed by scrolling through the numbers using the UP and DOWN keys Pressing ENTER moves to the next digit 13 15 2 Turnpoint Size The default turnpoint cylinder size is set in this menu The size of the cylinder can be changed by scrolling through the numbers using the UP and DOWN keys Pressing ENTER moves to the next digit This value is used as the default cylinder size during task creation see Section 5 2 13 15 3 Datum Different datum models can be set on the NAV Options available are WGS 84 and FAI sphere At the start of any competition be sure to check what Datum is used by the scoring system to ensure that the correct distances are being reported 13 16 Airspace settings This menu allows the user to define certain parameters related with airspace Each of the parameters can be changed using UP and DOWN keys Pressing the ENTER key confirms the value and jumps to next parameter Changes can be undone by pressing the MENU key As shown in Fig
41. igure 11 1 illustrates the GPS satellite reception page In this example the NAV shows that 8 satellites are visible and all 8 are being used to provide the position fix Each bar shows the signal strength for each individual satellite A filled bar indicates the NAV has a lock on that satellite The position dilution of precision pdop shown gives an indication of how reliable the GPS altitude is at the moment The lower the pdop value the more accurate the position fix Values bellow 2 5 are fairly accurate If the NAV is switched on in a location where no satellites are visible indoors for example it will go into wide search mode If this occurs going outdoors again will make the NAV take an increased amount of time to pick up satellite signals If this occurs pushing enter on the GPS menu item will reveal the Reset GPS option changing it to yes will make the NAV reset the GPS status and start a new search So if you notice NAV is taking abnormally long to get a fix over 2 minutes a gps reset will probably get it locked quicker see Figure 11 1 Al Chapter 12 Pages The Pages Menu shows a list of the different pages as defined in DESIGNER that are available on the NAV Figure 12 1 shows an example of what is available in a typical layout in the Pages Menu this will be different depending on what was configured from the Designer Pages PO R2G B4 start P1 R2G after start P3 Open distance map page airspace page landing page
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43. ing a data field that involves setting several characters e g when defining a waypoint name after defining the desired characters then pushing the ENTER key continually for more than 2 seconds will make the cursor jump to the next data field or return to the configuration menu if no more data field needs to be set 1 4 Switching NAV On and Off To switch on the NAV briefly push the S1 key Menu Key This will display the start up screen with a 10 second countdown Pushing the 2 Enter key before the 10 seconds have elapsed will power up the NAV The NAV initiates in flight mode If the S2 key is not pushed within 10 seconds the NAV will go back to sleep To switch off the NAV push the S1 menu key to activate menu mode using the arrow keys S3 or S4 scroll the cursor to the Shutdown item and push the S2 Enter Key 1 5 Resetting the NAV The reset procedure allows the pilot to restart the NAV in the unlikely event that it freezes or stops responding should this ever occur please report it to our support email To reset the NAV push S1 Menu key and the 4 Down arrow key keys simultaneously for at least two seconds Note that the S1 and S4 must be pushed at exactly the same time Chapter 2 Flight Mode The Flymaster NAV has two main working modes namely Flight mode and Menu mode Flight mode is used during flight and this allows the user to see information such as Altitude Speed or Vario The NAV can have up to 16 differ
44. int Using the UP and DOWN buttons move the task point to the desired position and push ENTER 5 2 3 Remove Route Point To remove a task point select it using UP and DOWN buttons and then pushing the ENTER button to activate the Task Point Menu chose the Remove Route Point option and push ENTER to remove it from the list 5 2 4 Delete Task Delete route will delete the entire route On any waypoint push the ENTER button to activate the actions menu list Select the Delete Route option from the menu and push the ENTER button to confirm The route will be deleted and the WL area activated 5 2 5 View Task Entering the task view menu shows the task along with the optimised route as shown in Figure 5 3 This view has a number of important features displayed The start time is shown in TP1 and the optimised route is shown by following the sequential waypoints The size of the cylinders is also shown along with a scale at the bottom left of the screen The total optimised distance for the task is show at the top of the screen Since this is optimised distance it will be less than the distance shown in the Task List 30 Distance49 08km 4 87 1km Figure 5 3 Task View 5 3 Task Definition Consider the task represented in Figure 5 3 and detailed in Table 5 4 Table 5 4 Task example Cylinder type Time Waypoint name Map name Cylinder size LAUNCH 12 00 00 PM LAUNCH toff START 01 00 00 P
45. int may be inserted again which allows the definition of a Landing limit time The NAV will then use this limit to calculate the Land In data field On some occasions for safety reasons landing is recommended to be elsewhere so a different waypoint may be used When the NAV validates a turnpoint it emits a audible notice informing the user that navigation has advanced to the next waypoint this audible notice can be disabled in the Turnpoint Complete in the Alerts setting see Section 13 4 1 by changing the can be changed 5 2 1 Edit route point When task points are added to the task by default their type with be Cylinder and have a 400m radius except for the first one as mentioned above which is set as Take off To modify a particular task point select the task point using the UP or DOWN buttons then push ENTER to open the Task Point Menu then select the Edit Route Point and push ENTER The task point parameters can now be edited Changing the task point type will cause the Time field to be displayed when applicable Very important The sequence in which the waypoints are listed is critical since the NAV will navigate them in that order so in the case of a start gate which is also a turn point as is commonly used in competition tasks the start must be placed before the turn point The Time is only available on turn point types that are time related so the Time field will only be visible when the turn point typ
46. is the Damper Setting a lower damper value caused the NAV to become more responsive but harsher Inversely a higher value causes the NAV to be less responsive but smoother We have found that an ideal value is 6 and therefore the default value 13 5 2 Cadence When a rate of climb is higher than that specified by the Climb threshold the NAV creates a beeping sound The rate cadence of the beeps increases as the climb rate increases This increase in rate is not linear The cadence parameter specifies which cadence curve should be used Current there are 2 possibilities represented in the graph of Figure 13 7 48 0 5 0 45 0 4 0 35 0 3 0 25 CadO 0 2 cadi Beep duration seconds 0 15 0 1 4 0 05 00 05 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 5 5 Rate of Climb meters per second Figure 13 7 Cadence timing 13 5 3 Dynamic Frequency The NAV beeps at a specified pitch frequency when a certain rate of climb is encountered When dynamic frequency is off the pitch frequency of that beep will remain constant if the rate of climb changes With dynamic frequency on the pitch of the beep may vary if the rate of climb varies during the individual beep 13 5 4 Buzzer Is so called because of the sound it emits which resembles a buzzing sound The buzzer sound is produced when the rate of climb is close to but has not yet reached the specified Climb threshold see 13 3 1 This value is set between 0 and 9 with each unit correspon
47. kowoma de en gps errors htm 3 1 4 Vario The Analog Vario Elements shows information regarding the analogue instantaneous vertical speed There are four different Elements that can be used to display the vario All of these element can be resized and re positioned Analog Vario This Element which can be resized and repositioned graphically represents the rate of climb scaled from 0 m s to 10 m s depending if you are climbing or sinking Figure 3 1 11 Figure 3 1 Analog Vario When the NAV detects that the pilot is climbing a black bar starts to grow on the left from the bottom of the scale to the top with 0 1 m s increments The same bar grows on the right from the top of the scale to the bottom if sinking is detected Big Analog Vario The Big analog Vario element shows the instantaneous vertical speed Figure 3 2 This element can be resized and re positioned Figure 3 2 Big Analog Vario This Element graphically represents the rate of climb scaled from 0 m s to 10 m s depending if you are climbing or sinking In this Element a black bar starts from the middle of the scale and grows at 0 1 m s increments up to 5 m s at the top of the scale When 5 m s value is reached the black bar starts to disappear from 0 m s middle of the scale until the top of the scale When the bar completely disappears the climbing rate is equal or above 10 m s The same process occurs when descending but from the middle of the scale to
48. lds The NAV has 6 user defined fields UDF which the pilot can configure for his own needs using this menu UDF s are numbered from 1 to 6 A description of available data Fields can be found in Section 3 2 If UDF data fields are set up in the current layout then this menu can be used to defined which data fields are shown in each of the 6 UDF s Figure 13 15 UDF 1 Vario UDF 2 GR Next UDF 3 Cur GR UDF 4 GR Goal UDF 5 VMG UDF 6 GRMG Figure 13 15 User Defined Fields Entering this menu automatically moves the user to UDF 1 By pressing either the UP or DOWN keys the user can select which data field is displayed Pressing ENTER will toggle to the next UDF When all six UDFs have been set pressing ENTER will save the settings 13 14 FS Keys In Flight Mode keys UP DOWN and ENTER can have user defined functions which provides shortcuts to certain functions This menu allows the user to associate a function with a button 56 The functions in Table 13 3 can be allocated to the FS keys Table 13 3 Function Key descriptions Function Description Set Volume Allows changing volume settings Switch Page Allows changing the Layout Page Set Altimeter Allows user to set Altimeter Task Navigator Jumps from flight page directly into Task Navigator page Reset A2 Sets altimeter 2 to zero Airfields Jumps from flight page directly into Near Airfields page 13 15 Navigation Settings In t
49. m the action with the ENTER key 13 11 RF Probes The RF Probes menu option allows the user to pair up any of the Flymaster wireless devices including the M1 and Heart G to the NAV Pairing is performed automatically The NAV will look to see what wireless devices are around and it will shows these on the screen Figure 13 13 RF Probes M1 100 Paired No Figure 13 13 RF probes In the example shown in Figure 13 13 two M1 devices are visible These are distinguished on the screen by showing their serial number The serial number for the device can be found on the back of the wireless device By selecting one of the M1 devices and selecting ENTER the option to pair that device becomes available Once paired the NAV will aways pair with that same wireless device 55 13 12 Heart G Entering the Heart G menu allows the user to set a Pulse Threshold above which the pulse data field will toggle between inverted numerical display and normal numerical display This allows the user to quickly see that they have a pulse above the desired level To change the threshold value for the Pulse selecting ENTER and then pressing the up or down keys allows this value to be changed Figure 13 14 shows the Heart G menu Settings Language Units Device settings RF Probes eart G Data fields FS Keys Navigation settings Airspace settings GSM data Server Configuration Pulse Threshold 140 Figure 13 14 Heart G settings 13 13 Data fie
50. nce to the optimal point of the next waypoint using route optimisation Dist Goal Distance to goal is the total distance from the current position to the goal The distance is calculated considering that the optimal route is made through all pending turnpoints Dist Line Distance to Line Shortest distance to the waypoint line circle Distance line corresponds to the Distance Next minus the way point radius Dist Next Distance to Next Shortest distance to the waypoint center Dis tance next corresponds to the Distance Line plus the waypoint radius Dist Start Distance to start Shortest distance to the start cylinder Dist Thermal Shortest distance to last thermal core thermal dot Dist Toff Distance to take off is the distance between the current point and the flight starting point Dur Flight Duration Duration of the current flight Flight Level Current altitude in hundreds of feet based on a fixed QNH of 1013 25hPa Fuel Fuel level in liters available when connected with Flymaster M1 G Force Current G Force being experienced by the pilot when using the Heart G sensor Goal Close Remaining time to goal close GPS Alti Altitude reported by the GPS G R Goal Glide ratio to goal Necessary glide ratio to reach the Goal consid ering that the optimal route trough remainng waypoints is made G R M G Glide ratio made good The actual glide ratio towards the active turn point It is calculated
51. ned It will show TTG time to go before start gate opening and will then change to SS Speed Section time which is the time elapsed after the opening of the start If no start gates are defined in the task or no task is defined then this field will show Dur which in this case is the time elapsed since takeoff The takeoff event is triggered when ground speed exceeds 5km h and a 3D fix is available Turnpoint size Radius of the active turnpoint Steps Number of steps taken since counting initiated Steps Min Cadence showing number of steps per minute Vario Instant vario value VMG Velocity made good is the speed at which the pilot is approaching the active turn point Voltage Current battery level in Volts Continued on next page 21 Table 3 4 continued from previous page Field ID Description Wind Dir Wind direction in degrees calculated from gps when drifting Wind Speed Calculated wind speed using gps speed UDF 1 User defined field 1 The data shown can be user defined UDF 2 User defined field 2 The data shown can be user defined UDF 3 User defined field 3 The data shown can be user defined UDF 4 User defined field 4 The data shown can be user defined UDF 5 User defined field 5 The data shown can be user defined UDF 6 User defined field 6 The data shown can be user defined Ceiling Shows the upper altitude of the airspace c
52. oint on the cylinder The Start waypoint will be grayed since it is not possible to navigate to a start Pressing the menu button will get you back to the flight screen without any change to the navigation Note that an override to the navigation will assume that the start has been done 34 Chapter 8 Critical Airspaces Critical airspace shows a list of airspaces within 100km of the pilot s position This list is generated when in flight mode and is ordered by the sequence in which the airspace appears in the file used to create the airspace Other airspaces may be loaded in the airspace internal database and not displayed in this list since they are more than 100km from the pilot s position If the pilot moves by more than 30 km from the original position the list of critical airspaces is reloaded from the airspace internal database based on the new position of the pilot A typical list of airspace may look like Figure 8 1 Note that the number in parentheses indicates the number of airspace polygons loaded into the instrument Critical Airspaces 238 SALINAS CLASS D MONTEREY PENINSU SAN CARLOS CLASS SAN CARLOS CLASS SAN JOSE AIRPORT SAN JOSE AIRPORT METROPOLITAN OAK METROPOLITAN OAK HAYWARD CLASS D LIVERMORE CLASS Figure 8 1 Critical Airspace On selecting enter the lower field is populated with key data Figure 8 2 This list shows e the Distance to the CTR if within the threshold see Section 13 16 e the Alti
53. p whilst the S2 will switch page In menu mode all keys have fixed functions shown by symbols on the keys namely S3 Up S4 Down S2 Enter and S1 Back 1 3 Using keys Inside Menu Changing parameters on the NAV can be performed through the menu Changing a parameter involves accessing the menu selecting an option and then changing a specific field value Accessing the main menu can be done by pressing the MENU key in flight mode Once in the menu UP S3 and DOWN S4 keys can be used to scroll up and down through the menu options list Once the desired option is selected the option is highlighted the ENTER S2 key should be used to access the option Depending on the menu option a new menu options list or a data fields list appears Pressing the MENU S1 key takes you back When accessing data fields the associated menu option becomes grayed and the respective field data item is highlighted Using the UP and DOWN keys changes the value on each field When the correct value appears pushing the ENTER key moves to the next field or in same cases to the next character digit Conversely pushing MENU key moves to the previous field or to the next character digit If the ENTER key is pushed on the last field all the data in the selection section is stored and control returns to the configuration menu Inversely if the MENU key is pushed on the first data field the changed settings are ignored and control is returned to the configuration menu When sett
54. performance are used in the calculations Arrival Next Estimated arrival height above the next waypoint This means that wind day quality and glider performance are used in the calculations Ave Speed Average ground speed calculated using a filter to show a smoothed speed eliminating erratic speed changes due to glider pitching etc Ave Vario Average Vario calculated using an integration time constant in order to indicate smoother climbing rates AveROT Average rate of turn in degrees per second Battery Shows battery strength as a percentage of complete charge Bearing Current bearing in degrees CTR Name Name of the airspace causing warning or violation CTR Status Status message of airspace will show Violating when in controlled airspace Immenent Alt when close to entering airspace vertically or Pos Immenent when close to entering airspace horizontally Cur G R Current glide ratio calculated using the average vario value and average ground speed Date Current date This value is automatic set when the device gets a valid GPS Signal Continued on next page 19 Table 3 4 continued from previous page Field ID Description Dist CTR Distance to controlled airspace When more than one airspace area is in range the closest will be shown When inside an airspace area the distance shown is to the closest edge Dist Edge Distance to Edge Shortest dista
55. pilots are descending at 0 2 m s At this stage the orange pilot starts to hear the Next to Climb brrrrr sound of his NAV which helps him to centre the thermal while the green pilot is still unaware of the thermal Finally in the 3 zone the air is rising at 1 2 m s and so both pilots climb at 0 2 m s The NAV pilot starts to hear his vario beep beep sound it is only at this point the green pilot hears the first beep from his instrument The green pilot may have missed the thermal completely had he found the inner zone or if he was not watching his friend with the NAV 50 13 5 5 Auto Silent Setting Auto silent on will keep the NAV s buzzer quiet until a start flight has been detected The instrument will start flight when a 3D GPS fix is available the speed exceeds the value defined in the Start Speed and the vario rate of climb sink exceeds 0 15m s The audio will then be kept active until the NAV is switched off The default value for the auto silent parameter is On 13 5 6 Start Speed The start speed is used to define the minimum GPS speed in Km h that should be reached in order to initiate the flight Note that the start flight event is important to many other functionalities so care should be taken when setting this value For example if Auto Silent is on the vario will only beep after the flight starts The track data is also only saved after the flight starts 13 6 Trace This option sets the behaviour of the tr
56. pleted before the start gate and that is not what is required for this task Nothing needs to be changed for the second occurrence of WHALEB since the default values are the ones wanted Regarding the Goal edit the first occurrence of WHALEL and change its type to End of Speed Section For the second occurrence change the type to GOAL remembering that the radius does not need to be changed since the radius is by default 400m Continuously pressing the ENTER bottom will make the cursor jump to the next parameter which is the time Time should be set to 17 00 which is the goal close time Upon completion of editing the task the task list will show the distances for each leg and the start gate will be shown with an S end of speed section is shown with an E and the goal shown with a G Progressing through the above procedure sets the task on the instrument Going back into the Flight Mode Screen by pressing MENU bottom will automatically activate the task and start navigation 32 Chapter 6 Task Delay During competitions it is common that the tasks gets postponed or delayed Usually the take off the start gate goal close and land by times are all postponed or delayed Instead of having to edit the defined task the NAV offers a task delay feature which moves all defined times in a task forward by X minutes Main Menu Waypoints Task Task navigator Critical Airspaces Nearby Landings Flight Log GPS Pages Settings Shutdown Task
57. points Task Task delay Task navigator Critical Airspaces Nearby Landings Flight Log GPS Pages Settings Shutdown Figure 4 1 Main Menu of each option can be seen in Table 4 1 Table 4 1 Main Menu Options Menu item Description Waypoints Task Accesses NAV s waypoints and Taskdefinitions see Chapter 5 Task delay Shifts all time parameters in the active task see Chapter 6 TaskNavigator Allows manual override of navigation see Chapter 7 Near Landings Displays airfields page This page constantly shows the glide ra tios and distances to the nearest landing fields sorted by easiest glide see Chapter 9 Flight log Accesses the stored flights list see Chapter 10 GPS Displays detailed GPS status and allows GPS module reset see Chapter 11 Pages Accesses different layout pages see Chapter 12 Settings Accesses the Settings sub menu see Chapter 13 Shutdown Switches off the NAV and displays detailed battery status 23 24 Chapter 5 Waypoints and Task Waypoints 65 Task HORNBR H LAUNCH VW HOWIZT H WHALEB 1 2 S INR y WHALEB 0 0 WAYPOINT SHEEP SHE 3 0 KENO KEN JHEBRON M 21 8 TASK LIST ia KLAMAT K lGOOSEN G 17 2 LAUNCH VHALEL 1e MACDOE M YWWHALEL 0 0 G MAHAGO MCCLOU M MERRIL ME seca Total 68 1 Name LAUNCH WHALEBACK WAYPOINT Altitude 2266m iiia Latitude N 41 32 06 36 Longitude YY 122 09 09 24 Landin
58. r Fast charged The time remaining to full charge is also shown This may not appear immediately a power source is connected since the instrument requires some time to calculate the remaining charge time required A Slow charge is ok for topping up the battery but not for fully charging Please use the wall or car charger to fully charge the instrument Note The instrument will not charge when it is turned on and connected to a PC To charge the battery from a USB to PC connection the instrument must be turned off This behavior is deliberate to prevent overwhelming competition organizer s download hubs Note Charging the instrument with high ambient temperatures should be avoided this will cause the battery to overheat which will halt the charging process and has a can affect battery health 1 2 NAV Keys Four keys are used to interact with NAV see Figure 1 2 In this manual we will call MENU key S1 ENTER key S2 UP key S3 and DOWN key S4 Each key has 2 functions depending on context whether the device is in flight mode or in menu mode Additionally the MENU key is used to power up the NAV when it is switched off s3 sa Figure 1 2 NAV keypad In the flight mode Keys S2 S3 and S4 have user configurable functions F1 F2 and F3 that can allocated in the Menu gt Settings gt FS Keys see Section 13 14 When a map object exists on a page FS Keys definition will be ignored and S3 and S4 will zoom in and out of the ma
59. reen like this Figure 15 2 61 GpsDi 0 27 cu Bl PD Garmin Brauniger XC Trainer MLR types Save kml Garmin USB Flytec Flymaster Leonardo Product Status Abort UTC date UTC time Latirueia LLannitueda LHLCOSY H B G km h e0 Select serial port dev cu Bluetooth PDA Sync dev cu usbserial A9010S5IW Figure 15 2 COM port options Make sure you select the USBserial port as shown above On a PC when you select COM port a smaller dialogue box pops up listing all of the COM ports that are currently interfacing with the instrument Flymaster instruments typically populate with high COM port numbers such as COM 11 in the example below Figure 15 3 GpsDump 4 70 COM1 Competition mode File Edit Logs Wpts CTR Misc View Help Set COM port BSE XC Trainer MXP TopNav MXP J Save log Select from Registry MLR types en Flight Data COM1 WACOM11 __ Cancel T UTM Abort transfer Exit UTC date UTC time Latitude Longitude H GPS H B G km h Figure 15 3 COM port options Once the COM ports have been configured you should be good to go 15 2 Uploading Waypoints To upload waypoints open the waypoint file in GPSDump Your screen should like this Figure 15 4 62 Garmin Brauniger XC Trainer MLR types Save kml Garmin USB Flytec Flymaster Leonardo whaleback10 wpt 61 waypoints read Abort 1D Latitude Longitude Height Name mn
60. rt description of each option is show in Table 5l Table 5 1 Waypoint Menu Options Action Description Add WP to Task Adds the selected waypoint to the end of the task Insert New WP Starts a new waypoint entry The current location is automatically used for default waypoint data Edit WP Start editing the selected waypoint Delete WP Delete the selected waypoint If the waypoint is being used in the task this option is disabled Delete all way Deletes all waypoints and task points Go to Point Forces navigation to the selected waypoint This overrides the task navigation Edit Task Starts editing task If no waypoints have been added to the task this option is disabled 5 1 1 Add Waypoint to Route To add a waypoint to the task select the waypoint that is to be added by pressing either the UP or DOWN buttons until the desired waypoint is reached Pressing the ENTER button will add the point onto the TL on the right at this moment the task point options for the newly added waypoint will appear in the DO area allowing to set several aspects of the task point these can also be edited later 5 1 2 This menu allows the user to add a new waypoint to the waypoint list The co ordinates and altitude used for the waypoint are based on the current position Insert New Waypoint 5 1 3 Edit Waypoint Entering this menu allows any of the characters of the selected waypoint to be chan
61. rties which can be changed in order to alter the element behaviour and or shape 3 1 Graphical Elements Graphical elements are characterized by providing information in a graphical way Most of the graphical elements have fixed dimensions although their position can be altered As the NAV firmware evolves the list of Graphical Elements will likely grow The current list includes the following graphical elements 3 1 1 Battery The Battery Element provides a graphical indication of the current battery level In Table 3 1 it is possible to see the relationship between what is shown and the actual battery level in percentage This element has fixed dimensions Table 3 1 Battery Element description Symbol Description Battery level above 90 Battery level between 70 and 89 Battery level between 50 and 69 Battery level between 30 and 49 Battery level between 15 and 29 Less than 15 battery remaining UOLEEE 3 1 2 Sound The Sound Element provides graphical representation on the current volume level Table 3 2 Shows the relationship between what is shown and the sound level This element has fixed dimensions 10 Table 3 2 Sound Element description Symbol Description 4 Sound Level 6 maximum sound level Sound Level 5 4 Sound Level 4 Q Sound Level 3 Sound Level 2 q Sound Level 1 GX Sound is muted No sound 3 13 GPS The GPS
62. short cut function key see section Section 13 14 In order to define a waypoint as a landing the Landing parameter should be set to Yes in the waypoint edit screen see Section 5 1 3 The Near Landings page can be used to make a Go To by using the UP and DOWN buttons to select the desired waypoint Pushing the ENTER button will immediately activate navigation to the selected waypoint On the example of Figure 9 1 the closest airfield is 12 48 Km from our present location and the necessary glide ratio to reach it is 9 6 Near Airfields B006 12 48 BOOS 1525 118 B004 15 68 12 1 B007 23 13 17 8 Figure 9 1 Nearby Landings 37 Chapter 10 Flight Log The Flight Log option allows the user to access information about previous saved flights Figure 10 1 The top half of the screen lists flights stored in memory Each flight is identified by the take off date time and flight duration Flight Log 2012 11 28 23 30 38 00 02 34 2012 11 24 21 52 54 00 49 05 2012 11 24 04 52 21 00 00 13 2012 11 23 19 08 41 00 00 08 2012 11 23 17 20 09 00 00 43 2012 11 21 20 44 03 00 00 12 2012 11 10 14 11 42 01 15 02 2012 10 05 09 43 25 00 12 44 2012 10 03 10 41 36 00 00 09 2012 10 01 12 17 32 02 28 48 Max Alti 4911m T off Alti 2540m Above Toff 2370m Max Sink 3 7m s Max Climb 4 4m s Max Speed 63 0km h Distance 47 61km Goal Speed Sec 02 03 20 Figure 10 1 Flight log Flights can be selected using UP and DOWN keys For the s
63. that the sequence in which this waypoint appears in the task list in very important see Note 5 Goal Cylinder The goal cylinder is very similar to the Cylinder expect for the fact that it has a Closing Time The closing time is used to calculate the Goal Close user defined field Continued on next page 1 Warning Whenever a modification if done to the task navigation will be restarted at the beginning of the route In this can you can use the Task Navigator to force the navigation from a desired waypoint see Chapter 7 28 Table 5 2 continued from previous page Type Navigation Goal Line A goal line is defined as a line with a specific length and centered in a coordinate By definition the line is perpendicular to the direction taken from the previous task waypoint to it Due to safety reasons it is common to have competition tasks that include a Goal Cylinder used for measuring time end of speed section followed by a line or another cylinder which must be crossed In this type of task the Goal waypoint should be inserted twice being the first one set as a Goal Cylinder and the second one as Goal Cylinder or Goal Line The End of Speed Section will occur once the first goal is reached A Goal Line with length of 400m will extend 200m either side of the centre of the co ordinate that is designated as a goal line Landing Most of the times landings can take place at the Goal In this case the Goal po
64. the bottom Double Bar Analog Vario The Double Bar Analog Vario element shows the instantaneous vertical speed Figure 3 3 This element can be resized and re positioned In this Element the left side shows climb rates and the right side shows sink rates 12 Figure 3 3 Double Bar Vario Dial Analog Vario The Dial Analogue Vario element shows the instantaneous vertical speed Figure 3 4 This element can be resized and re positioned Climb or sink rates are shown by the position of the needle on the analogue dial The maximum and minimum climb rates can be set using the DESIGNER software S v a r i o 7 5 5 Figure 3 4 Dial Vario 3 1 5 Navigation Circle The Navigation Element is a multi information element which shows graphically the bearing wind direction and thermal core Additionally if a destination was defined waypoint the navigation element will also indicates the direction to the waypoint center the waypoint edge and the direction to the waypoint after the next one This element cannot be resized but can be re positioned For navigation information to be displayed the NAV must have a valid GPS fix Figure 3 5 Navigation Element Navigation information is shown within the inner most circles The external circle contains the cardinal points The current traveling direction bearing corresponds to the point indicated in the top of the navigation circle On the example shown in Figure 3
65. ting If the pilot is not violating the airspace but it is inside a predefined margin then the messages Altitude Imminent or Position Imminent will be shown i f j j l 1 28 00kmn Uist atus r 1 149 Violating 99 Figure 3 10 Airspace Map and Associated Data Fields When the page contains an airspace map element the UP and DOWN keys can be used to change the map scale pressing the UP key will decrease the scale and the DOWN key will increase the scale 3 1 7 Altitude graph The Altitude graph element Figure 3 11 corresponds to a graph of altitude versus time Altitude is shown in the vertical axis graduated in meters with time shown on the horizontal axis graduated in seconds Figure 3 11 Altitude Graph Element The range of the horizontal axis is fixed and corresponds to 240 seconds 4 minutes while the 16 range of the vertical axis is automatically adjusted in order to accommodate the gained height In reality the altitude graph element is a plot of the absolute altitude over the last 4 minutes of flight Figure 3 12 4 4 460_ 460 172323 Figure 3 12 Altitude Plot 3 1 8 Wind Arrow The Wind Arrow element Figure 3 13 is a re sizable graphical element rr Figure 3 13 Wind Arrow Element When used in a layout an arrow is draw showing the wind direction relative to the pilot direction direction the wind is coming FROM For example if the pilot is facing the wind then t
66. to Yes No or Auto Adjusting this value to Yes will make the NAV take the altitude from the GPS and adjust the altitude accordingly The Yes is not stored in the setting since it is a one time only operation The Get from GPS can also be set to Auto with this value being stored in the settings When Auto is selected the NAV will automatically set the altimeter to the GPS altitude when the pdop value is lower than the previous one Note that position dilution of precision pdop gives you an indication of how reliable the GPS altitude is at the moment The lower the pdop value the more accurate the position fix QNH 1013 250 Get from GPS No Altimeter 58m Altitude2 58m Figure 13 2 Set Altimeter 13 2 Time The Time page allows the user to set the vario integration time track log parameters and the Universal Coordinated Time UTC offset Figure 13 3 Vario Integr 10s Track interval 1s UTC offset 00 00 Figure 13 3 Timing Parameters The current firmware version supports two interval related parameters the Vario Integrator and Track Interval 13 2 1 Vario Integrator The Integrated vario is calculated by integrating the vertical speed during a period of X seconds defined by this value In the example of Figure 13 3 the integration period is 10 seconds default value 13 2 2 Track interval During flight the NAV stores a track log point every track interval seconds Track recording starts automatically when a sp
67. tude which is the reference altitude for the airspace see Section 13 16 e the floor of the airspace which is the lowest altitude of the airspace e the ceiling which is the maximum altitude of the airspace The list also shows if the pilot is violating airspace violation imminent or out of airspace The reference altitude is the current altitude being used for airspace calculation Different reference altitudes can be set in the Airspace settings section 15 15 Airspace settings and these include Altitude barometric altitude GPS altitude and Flight Level using 1013 25 mBar pressure For more details on this see Section 13 16 Airspace settings 35 Critical Airspaces 238 SALINAS CLASS D MONTEREY PENINSU SAN CARLOS CLASS SAN CARLOS CLASS SAN JOSE AIRPORT SAN JOSE AIRPORT METROPOLITAN OAK METROPOLITAN OAK HAYWARD CLASS D LIVERMORE CLASS Dist CTR out Altitude 100 1 Floor 14991 Ceiling 39991 Figure 8 2 Critical Airspace Data 36 Chapter 9 Nearby Landings It is possible to define waypoints as Landing allowing the pilot to quickly check for landing options The Near Landings page will show all the waypoints defined as Landings for which the necessary glide ratio is finite Additionally for each waypoint the distance and glide ratio is also shown this list is sorted by glide ratio in ascending order see Figure 9 1 The near landings page can be accessed directly from the Flight Mode screen by using a
68. u is divided into two sections the menu option and the associated configurable fields To use the configuration menu select the desired option by using the arrow keys UP and DOWN then push the ENTER key to edit the fields Settings Set Altimeter Time Vario Acoustics Alerts Advanced Features Trace Screen Language Units Device settings RF Probes QNH 1014 482 Get from GPS Auto Altimeter 27ft Altitude2 175ft Figure 13 1 Settings Menu Note that on the right hand side of the display is a scroll bar showing where the relative position of the displayed menu compared to all of the other settings available in this menu 13 1 Set Altimeter The Set Altimeter page Figure 13 2 allows the user to adjusts the barometric altimeter A baro metric altimeter calculates altitude based on atmospheric pressure Since atmospheric pressure can vary substantially with meteorological conditions it should be calibrated prior to takeoff Calibrating the altimeter can be achieved by entering the know altitude of the location Entering an altitude automatically calculates the QNH Conversely if the QNH is changed then the altitude is adjusted accordingly This method allows calibrating the altimeter by either entering a know altitude at the current location or known QNH for a particular instant in time at the current location 44 Altitude can also be set from the GPS Below the QNH you will find a Get from GPS field which can be set
69. ure 13 16 there are 5 parameters related to the airspace 57 CTR dist Th 3000m CTR alt Th 200m Ref altitude Flight Level Enabled No Grey lines No Figure 13 16 Airspace Settings The CTR dist Th and CTR alt Th are the minimum horizontal distance and minimum vertical distance respectively that a pilot can be from an airspace without triggering an airspace warning If this threshold is passed a warning is emitted event The Ref Altitude parameter allows the user to define the altitude that is used to evaluate the airspace s proximity The parameter can be set to GPS Altitude Altitude given by the GPS Altitude Barometric altitude Flight Level Altitude considered standard pressure value 1013 hPa for the QNH The Enabled parameter allows the user to enable airspace s warnings or disable them by setting the value to YES or NO respectively If this parameter is set to YES when a pilot is inside an airspace area as shown in a 2D representation but not necessarily inside the airspace the airspace is drawn in black In this case all other airspaces are drawn in grey 58 Chapter 14 Firmware Flymaster follows a policy of continuous improvement of its products This means that a new version of firmware can be uploaded from our website periodically The update process is simple Before beginning update procedure make sure you download the next files from the download page of NAV product section e USB Driv
70. using the integrated vario and the VMG G R Next Glide Ratio to Next Necessary glide ratio to reach the next turn point G R Toff Glide ratio to takeoff Necessary glide ratio to reach the take off Heading Heading in degrees returned by GPS Int Temperature Temperature inside the instrument Land In During competition tasks it is common usually due to safety rea sons to have a land by time The land by time is defined by adding a waypoint typically the goal to the already defined task setting it as Landing and defining the time Land in shows the amount of time remaining before having to be on the ground Latitude Current position latitude according to the format defined in the settings menu Longitude Current position longitude according to the format defined in the settings menu Max Alti Maximum altitude reached during current flight This is based on barometric altitude Continued on next page 20 Table 3 4 continued from previous page Field ID Description Max Climb Once a flight has started it shows the maximum rate of climb encountered during the flight This value uses the integrated vario not the instantaneous rate of climb This provides good indication of the quality of the day s thermals This value is reset when the instrument is switched off Max Sink Once a flight has started shows the maximum sink encountered during the
71. value for Increments is 10 Hz Considering an Increments value of 10 and Base Frq of 700 Hz the vario frequency at 1 m s is 800 Hz 13 3 6 Volume The final option allows the user to adjust the sound volume In Flight Mode the current volume level can be seen using the sound element see Section 3 1 2 for more details The NAV has six different sound levels plus no sound Pressing UP or DOWN keys will respective increase or decrease the sound level After setting the sound value to confirm and return to the Settings menu press the ENTER key Note that sound volume can also be adjusted using one FS key However changing the volume using an FS key is only valid for the current flight and will not override the volume level setting Every time the instrument is turned on if the sound is muted an alarm is generated in order to notify the pilot 13 4 Alerts In this menu it it possible to set up the instrument to give you audio alerts when certain conditions have been met There are 4 different alerts that are possible Figure 13 5 Settings Set Altimeter Time Vario Acoustics Alerts Advanced Features Trace Screen Language Units Device settings RF Probes Turnpoint complete Yes Start open Yes Goal possible Yes Airspace Yes Figure 13 5 Alerts Each of these alerts can be activated by selecting the YES prompt when the ENTER key is pressed 47 13 4 1 Turnpoint Complete When this function has been set to

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