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1. Calibration alibrate Accelerometer Calibrate Compass Place on horizontal surface ENTER to Calibrate Figure 8 1 Calibrate Accelerometer menu option 8 2 Magnetometer Calibration Compass heading is calculated using the magnetometer sensor data and the accelerometer sensor data In order to get correct values both sensors should be calibrated The accelerometer is not sensitive to external factors and its errors are usually negligible for this propose The magnetometer however is very sensitive to external factors especially magnetic fields So if strange compass heading values are noticed a calibration should be done according the procedure described below Before describing the procedure lets explain what should be achieved during the calibration process 94 Compass Pointing D z Ya w gt Figure 8 2 Compass Calibration Reference Frame The magnetometer has 3 axes Figure 8 2 which are associated with the instrument reference frame Turning the instrument around each of the 3 axes will change the Yaw Pitch and Roll angles In order to make a proper calibration the instrument should be turned rotated slowly in each of the 3 axis It is not important to make a complete rotation or the order in which the turns are made What is important is that instrument is rotated to vary the Yaw Pitch and Roll from an angle near 90 to 90 An indication of the calibration procedure state is given using 4 circles that a
2. and a progress bar starts to grow If after a few seconds nothing happens reset the GPS SD see section Section 1 5 6 When the process is finish the application shows a message saying complete see Figure 9 2 Dis connect the USB cable and the GPS SD will start to work 57 Firmware upload C Users Downloads firmware 103v GpsSDPlus fmf O Figure 9 2 Firmware Update Done 58 10 Interfacing with GPSDump With the Flymaster GPS it is possible to download tracks and upload waypoints using the GPSDump 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 10 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 10 1 below File Edit GpsDump Logs Wpts CIR View Window GpsDump 0 27 dev a Garmin Brauniger XC Trainer K Garmin USE Flytec Flymaster Product Status UTC date UTC time Latitude Lor Set COM port Set track gap time Set loop flight gap Analyse selected track general Analyse selected track FS Analyse selected track OLC
3. Page examples Some elements on the picture could not be available on your model 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 GPS SD screen Note If a Layout is uploaded to the GPS SD the previews layout is deleted all pages are deleted There are several elements available for the GPS SD which are presented in the following section 3 GPS SD 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 properties 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
4. The list also shows the airspace status specificity if the pilot is violating airspace or the violation is imminent or if it is out of airspace In the example of Figure 4 7 the pilot is out of the 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 4 8 14 Critical Alrspaces 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 Altitude 100 T Floor 1499 rt Ceiling 3999 rt Figure 4 7 Critical Airspace Data 4 4 Triangle Assistent Main Menu WavypointsfTask Task delay Task Navigator Critical Airspaces riangle Assistant Nearby Landings Flight Log Pages Settings Shutdown Figure 4 8 Triangle Assistent 28 According to FAI code section 3 and also the XC Contest rules an FAI triangle must satisfy the 28 leg rule which states that the shortest leg must not be less than 28 of the total leg distance The Flymaster FAI triangle assistant module provides numerical and graphical information about the triangle status distances and reguired navigation to fulfill the 28 rule Since automatic
5. distance triangle perimeter Once the FAI triangle assistant module becomes active it is always checking the 28 rule consistency and gives information to the pilot on how to navigate the triangle The FAI triangle assistant module becomes active once vertex 1 of the triangle is manually defined Alternatively the pilot can activate the module by defining the directly vertex 2 In this case vertex 1 is defined using the coordinates of the takeoff In the example of figure Figure 7 1 the pilot has just defined vertex 1 represented by a circle As the minimum leg distance was not passed yet the Triangle Size data field shows 0 000 The navigation is pointing to vertex 1 so all the navigation related data fields and graphical elements are set according vertex 1 bois 1 600km Figure 7 2 Triangle 2 In the example of figure Figure 7 2 the pilot has traveled more than the minimum leg distance but has ol not defined vertex 2 yet In this case the FAI triangle assistant module considers the current position has the 2 vertex and everything is calculated according From the figure two areas are draw in the task map which correspond to the areas where vertex 3 can lay in As the pilot moves around vertex 2 changes so the areas are updated according Since vertex 2 is not defined yet the Triangle Size data field shows the minimum possible triangle distance 7 142 Km Compass Set Vertice 1 Get Vertice 2 Cancel FAI Trian
6. Flymaster SD series include a magnetometer and accelerometer sensor Using these sensors the GPS SD can provide G Force and magnetic compass heading Even though the compass is digital there is a tilt compensation algorithm that ensures accurate compass heading even when the GPS SD is inclined The Calibration menu option allows the user to calibrate the GPS SD accelerometer and magnetometer sensors Calibration is particularly important for the magnetometer since without it you will get inaccurate data from the compass Despite all Flymaster instruments being factory calibrated errors can be introduced due to several external influences such as the presence of strong magnetic fields or the time In order to eliminate these errors a proper magnetometer calibration should be made Calibration parameters are kept when the GPS SD is turned off reset or when a firmware update is done The magnetometer calibration process is described in Section 8 2 The GPS SD magnetic compass is very sensible to external magnetic fields In order to get good readings ensure that there are no interference sources nearby The accelerometer calibration is not so critical as the magnetometer The accelerometer is less sensitive to external factors and the errors are usual negligible for the propose However if you notice strange readings 44 eg G Force value different from 1 when the instrument is at rest a calibration should be made The accelerometer calibrati
7. LAKE VISITORS CENTER SSS E Figure 10 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 10 3 Downloading tracklogs To download a track simply click on the FLYMASTER button on GPSDump 62 NS FLYMASTER j GpsDump 0 27 fdev cu usbserial A6005opwW Garmin Brauniger XC Trainer MLR types Save kmi Garmin USB Flytec Flymaster Leonardo Flymaster Live SN00156 SW1 031 Reading track list Latitude Laanituirda Hainht T Mama DEER WHALEB N 41 LAUNCH N 41 29 07 13 21 34 20 00 50 09 SHASTA N41 06 07 13 20 36 11 00 04 18 ASHBUT N41 06 07 13 20 35 08 00 00 36 MCCLOU N41 06 07 13 20 32 23 00 00 30 WEED N41 06 07 13 20 30 24 00 00 59 SHEEP N41 1506 12 230252 00 00 12 HERD N 41 MTSHEE N 41 HEBRON N 41 ORR N 41 CEDAR N41 4 MACDOE N41 49 48 42 W122 00 18 84 1298 MACDOEL CITY JUNIPE N 41 50 12 00 W 121 59 14 64 1395 JUNIPER HILLD N41 59 24 12 W 121 55 50 94 1635 DORRIS HILL DORRIS N41 57 44 52 W121 55 30 00 1293 DORRIS DOME N41 48 32 34 W 121 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 ee nn Al Figure 10 6 Downloa
8. The GPS SD pilot starts to hear his vario beep beep sound and it is only at this point the green pilot hears the first beep from his instrument Auto Silent Setting Auto silent option ON will keep the GPS SD s buzzer quiet until a Start Flight has been detected see Section 1 7 This function avoids listening the vario sound while waiting to take off The audio will then be kept active until the GPS SD is switched off The default value for the auto silent parameter is ON 38 Start Speed The start speed is one of the Start Flight conditions and it 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 4 8 5 Trace This option sets the behaviour of the traces drawn on the Map view see Figure 4 25 settings Set Altimeter Time Vario Acoustics Advanced Features race Screen Language Units Device settings RF Probes Probe alerts Enabled Yes Auto Zoom Yes Grey lines Yes Track up Yes Figure 4 25 Trace Settings Enabled Setting this option to Yes will draw traces on the Task Map setting No a trace will not be drawn Auto Zoom Setting Yes causes the system to automatical
9. a 10 second countdown Pushing the S2 Enter key before the 10 seconds have elapsed will power up the GPS SD The GPS SD initiates in flight mode If the S2 key is not pushed within 10 seconds the GPS SD returns to sleep To switch off the GPS SD push the S1 menu key to activate menu mode then use the 3 or S4 to select the Shutdown item and finally push the 52 Key 1 5 Resetting the GPS SD The reset procedure allows the pilot to restart the GPS SD in the unlikely event that it freezes or stops responding if this ever occur please report it to our support email To reset the GPS SD push S1 Menu key and the S4 Down arrow key simultaneously for at least two seconds The display will go blank and after will return in Flight mode Note Resetting the GPS SD will also reset Hight data e g task status 1 6 Setting the Volume The GPS SD sound volume can be adjust using one FS Key or trough the Vario Accoustics option of the Settings Menu see Section 4 8 3 The GPS SD has six different sound levels plus no sound The current volume level can be seen using the sound element see Section 3 1 2 for more details Pressing the defined FS Key will scroll up the sound level until the maximum value Pressing more will mute the sound before start scrolling again starting from the minimum value Note 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 in
10. arrow and also indicated numerical 76 degrees 16 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 configurable size and position although the text within has only 3 possible sizes The folowing table explains the available data fields As the GPS SD firmware evolves this list will likely grow Table 3 4 Data fields Description Field ID Longitude Current position longitude according to the format defined in the VIII Por Speed ToFly Optimal Speed to Fly value calculated according the McCready Theory The True Air Speed value is calculated based on the MN defined polar and the average thermal speed McRdyNxtThrm Next thermal expected average speed calculated based on the Mc Cready Theory Considering the defined polar it calculates the speed next thermal should have if you are flying at a certain mea sured True Air Speed TAS Probe needed This value is related with the Speed to Fly and is shown graphically in the Double Bar Vario Latitude Current position latitude according to the format defined in the Metin nen ee Ceiling Shows the upper altitude of the airspace causing 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 o airspace that you are violating or close to violating Current local
11. in the thermal again the indicator will show the gain since entering the thermal Note All the internal GPS SD 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 UTC offset to the UTC time obtained from the GPS receiver The UTC offset should be defined in the settings menu see Section 4 8 2 so that the correct local time is displayed Note 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 4 8 1 21 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 Main Menu aypoints Route Nearby Landings Route Navigator Critical Airspaces Flight Log GPS Pages Settings shutdown Figure 4 1 Main Menu 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 of each option can be seen in Table 4 1 Table 4 1 Main Menu Options Waypoints Route Ac
12. prompt to ensure that this is exactly what is intended 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 and navigate to that point When returning to the Waypoints Routewill cancel the active Go To The Go To function will override the Routenavigation although the GPS SD will remember where it was in the Route so when the Go To is canceled as described above it will resume the Routeat the point it was at before the Go To was activated Edit Route The GPS SD will only store one Route This is deliberate to prevent flying an incorrect Route A Routecan be edited by selecting the Edit Route option of the WAM Selecting the Edit Route option will highlight the first Routepoint in the TL area 4 1 2 RouteList The RouteList contains all the Routepoints and allows to define their parameters in the task Pushing the UP or DOWN buttons will move between the Routepoints For the highlighted Routepoint the DO area 2WARNING Do not confuse this function with Delete Route The last thing you want is to be sitting on takeoff with no waypoints in the GPS SD to clear the previous Routeuse the Delete Route function described in section Section 4 1 2 29 will display the Routepoint parameters 3 When a Routehas only one point it is considered as a Go To type route The GPS SD will automatically start nav
13. select alll of the waypoints COMMAND A in MAC and CONTROL A for PC In the drop down menu for WPTS you should see the following options Figure 10 5 61 Send to Brauniger ID Garmin Brauniger x Send to Brauniger Name E Send to Brauniger ID Name eGasmin SE Elbe E Read from Flytec Flymaster Gps SNO2063 SW1 03 Send to Flytec ID Send to Flytec Name 61 waypoints sent Send to Flytec ID Name Read from Flymaster Send to Flymaster ID Send to Flymaster Name ACK MOUNTAIN Send to Flymaster ID Name ACK LAUNCH TA E CREEK D AIRSTRIP ID Latitude DEER N41 36 WHALEB N41 31 LAUNCH N41 32 SHASTA N41 24 ASHBUT N41 26 MCCLOU N41 17 WEED N41 26 SHEEP N41 34 HERD N41 37 MTSHEE N41 48 HEBRON N41 42 ORR N41 40 CEDAR N 41 42 MACDOE N41 49 JUNIPE N 41 50 HILLD N41 59 DORRIS N41 57 DOME N 41 48 im DuNTAIN B ACK MOUNTAIN ACK LAUNCH a Read from Garmin Send to Garmin Read from Garmin USB Send to Garmin USB Ea wi m I ElplolFle Fr Z u 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 SHARP N41 42 Send to Leonardo user area TN MIDDLE N41 43 Send to Leonardo comp area TULELA N41 56 W121 28 43 38 1229 TULELAKE RACETRACK GRASS N41 38 W 122 10 02 42 1529 GRASS
14. useful to override the automatic task navigation provided by the GPS SD 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 GPS SD 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 WARNING Whenever a modification is done to the Route navigation will be restarted at the beginning of the Route 26 Task navigator LAUNCH WHALEBACK WHALEB WHALEBACK WHALEB WHALEBACK SHEEP SHEEP ROCK EBRON MT HEBRON GOOSEN GOOSENEST WHALEL WHALEBACK WHALEL VWHALEBACK HEBRON MT HE Dist Line 5211xm Figure 4 5 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 4 5 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 point 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 th
15. 12 17 32 T off Alti 2540m Above Toff 2370m Max Sink Max Climb Afmm s 4 4m Max Speed 63 0km h Distance 47 61km Goal Speed Sec 02 03 20 00 02 34 00 49 05 00 00 13 00 00 08 00 00 43 00 00 12 01 15 02 00 12 44 00 00 09 Figure 4 11 Flight log Flights can be selected using UP and DOWN keys displayed on the bottom half of the screen For the selected flight additional information is e Max Altitude Maximum altitude during flight ASL 30 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 Pushing the ENTER key will display the Flight Log Action List with options e Delete flight e Delete all flights Each of the options is explained in the following sections 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 Delete Flight 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 4 12 Flight Log 2011 12 16 17 17 04 01 38 46 Delete flight Are you sure EC Figure 4 12 Delete Flight Delete All Flights All of the flights in the GPS SD can be deleted by selecting the Delet
16. 2 If during flight an airspace limit is reached the device will automatic change the page 3 The current available triggers for the GPS SD are show in Table 4 4 41 This menu can also 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 Inverse Titles Inverse titles allows the user to change the background of the titles as illustrated in Figure 4 29 G OX Gr ATAT 0 SM OX Gr ATET 0 atitude peec Altitude Speed Arrival Goal Dist Goal Arrival Goal w Dist Goal ft t G R M G G R Goal s ze Dist Line 49917 HILL 499 ll Ave Vario alt Galn RO mina 7 5 0 al wy w 0 240km Z N 0 240km x i TN R BO Figure 4 29 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 4 8 7 Language Units The Language and Units menu option allows the user to change the GPS SD interface language and units A short description off the available options for this menu are shown in Table 4 5 The UP and DOWN keys can 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 4 5 Language Units Menu Options Defines the interface language Altitude Units Altitude can be show in Me
17. DOWN keys For the selected highlighted device the pairing state is shown on the bottom of the screen To pair a device the state should be changed from No to Yes Once paired the GPS SD will always automatically connect with the wireless device The GPS SD can be paired with several devices RF Probes M1 06 Paired No Figure 4 30 RF probes In the example shown in Figure 4 30 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 43 4 8 10 Probe Alerts Settings Set Altimeter Time Wario Acoustics Advanced Features Trace Screen Language Units Device settings RF Probes Probe alerts Pulse Threshold 150 Stall Off Figure 4 31 Probe Alerts The GPS SD allows relating alerts with some probes values see Figure 4 31 A short description of each alert is sown in Table 4 7 Table 4 7 Probe Alerts Description Pulse Threshold Pulse Threshold above which the pulse data field will toggle be tween inverted numerical display and normal numerical display This allows the user to quickly see that they have a pulse above the desired level Stall IAS speed value starting which a alarm is triggered TAS Probe needed 4 8 11 Calibration All models of the new
18. ETI PE Fa Garmin Brauniger XC Trainer MLR types Save kml Garmin USB Flytec Flymaster l Leonardo l whalebackl0 wpt 61 waypoints read dlani ID Latitude Longitude Height T Name DEER N 41 36 25 32 W 122 07 41 40 2100 DEER MOUNTAIN WHALEB N 41 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 N 41 24 37 74 W 122 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 W 121 56 24 60 1132 MCCLOUD AIRSTRIP WEED N41 26 07 08 W 122 21 59 16 1092 WEED SHEEP N 41 34 51 36 W 122 13 19 44 1705 SHEEP ROCK HERD N 41 37 42 06 W 122 13 50 76 2085 HERD PEAK MTSHEE N 41 48 06 00 W 121 53 07 02 1872 SHEEP MOUNTAIN HEBRON N41 42 11 94 W 122 01 02 46 1865 MT HEBRON ORR N41 40 03 00 W 121 58 33 96 1772 ORR MOUNTAIN CEDAR N41 42 33 12 W 121 54 31 26 1812 CEDAR MACDOE N 41 49 48 42 W 122 00 18 84 1298 MACDOEL CITY JUNIPE N 41 50 12 00 W 121 59 14 64 1395 JUNIPER HILLD N 41 59 24 12 W 121 55 50 94 1635 DORRIS HILL DORRI5 N41 57 44 52 W 121 55 30 00 1293 DORRIS DOME N 41 48 32 34 W 121 4l 15 78 1974 MT DOME SHARP N 41 42 11 94 W 121 46 14 34 1892 SHARP MTN MIDDLE N 41 43 02 34 W 121 44 21 06 1608 MIDDLE SISTER TULELA N41 56 52 32 W 121 28 43 38 1229 TULELAKE RACETRACK GRASS N41 38 38 11 W 122 10 02 42 1529 GRASS LAKE VISITORS CENTER A 4 Figure 10 4 Waypoint list Once the file has been opened
19. S SD only accepts data in the OpenAir format and it has a limitation of 12000 polygons points See http www gdal org ogr drv_openair html for more information about the open air format 12 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 see Figure 3 10 On the bottom left of the map the scale is indicated in Km and on the centre of the map is an arrow This arrow represents the pilot position and its orientation indicates the bearing of the movement The map is always oriented North Up Note When new Airspaces data is uploaded to the GPS SD using DESIGNER the previews data is deleted If a empty Airspaces data file is uploaded then all the Airspaces will be deleted The first time the map is drawn it is centred on the last GPS position the GPS SD 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 4 8 4 is reached Note After new Airspace data is uploaded to the GPS SD it can only be seen on the Map after the Flight Starts 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 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 b
20. Set Altimeter menu option in order to allows user to set DN Dr Task Navigator Jumps from flight page directly into Task Navigator page see A IC Section 4 1 Reset A2 Sets altimeter 2 to zero Airfields Jumps from flight page directly into Near Airfields page see Sec tion 4 5 4 8 14 Airspace settings CTR dist Th 3000m CTR alt Th 200m Ref altitude Flight Level Enabled No Grey lines No Figure 4 34 Airspace Settings This menu allows the user to define certain parameters related with airspaces 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 Figure 4 34 there are 5 parameters related to the airspace which are explained in Table 4 9 Table 4 9 Airspace Menu Settings CTR dist Th Minimum horizontal distance that a pilot can be from an airspace without triggering an airspace warning If this thresh old is passed a warning is emitted event CTR alt Th Minimum vertical distance that a pilot can be from an airspace without triggering an airspace warning If this threshold is passed a warning is emitted event Enable 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 In the example
21. Set Flymaster name Set Flymaster altitude alarm Upload COMPID CIVLID Dump debug data Figure 10 1 Setting up COM port On a MAC when you select COM port you should get a screen like this Figure 10 2 59 YY FLYMASTER 00 O GpsDump 0 27 dev cu Bluetooth PDA Sync Garmin Brauniger XC Trainer MLR types Save kml Garmin USB Flytec Flymaster Leonardo Product Status Abort UTC date UTC time LEE H B G km h E MUT L dev cu Bluetooth PDA Sync dev cu usbserial A901051W Figure 10 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 10 3 lt GpsDump 4 70 COM1 File Edit Logs pts CTR Misc View Help Set COM port hd xE Trainer MP Toph av MAP a Save log Select from Registry MLF types Esas Flight Data COM SALUOHTI Cancel C UTM Abort transfer Exit UTC date UTC time Latitude Longitude H Figure 10 3 COM port options Once the COM ports have been configured you should be good to go 10 2 Uploading Waypoints To upload waypoints open the waypoint file in GPSDump Your screen should like this Figure 10 4 60 gt v FLYMASTER SL IUITID i er ee LA sm m K MA X a Ad M
22. TA we bob ER ERG Critical AITSpacesS lt c a e Rg R R RRR RARAS Triangle Assistent uda nuna rro AER Nearby Landings rd ARE Oe Ml A OM IIH PO TTT NI BIGOT oa A Aa R V mana A31 AMO IE Lis K VN e ee ee FARS ALA Pu jet ga O O O GLU A A A OD J Vario Acoustics a eS ME BOMO SE ib GM RR db a EES 35 Advanced Features ee e ne a R db de sida 37 O E 39 MM ss ni Ne ME TA LIDERES si dn be ko vi E 40 Language Units 42 DEVICE DELINEAR 43 RPF Probes 2 nse wk A wR ARE ROE kat ERODE ir sr ka 43 Probe Alerts fc ca a bh eR RS BRED ERD EE ew EEE E ES 44 VRNEM Oe ck cee ee sa od EEE CE O A el i 44 IM osas k ie a ea aaa 45 E aro 45 Airspace settings ooo 46 GPS stat s os ariadna irk de we Eee EE el Su oi 47 RouteDefinition 49 McCready Functions 50 Flying a FAI Triangle 51 Compass Calibration 54 8 1 Accelerometer Calibration ccoo 4 6 44444 4b aw web esas 54 8 2 Magnetometer Calibration 54 57 10 Interfacing with GPSDump 59 10 1 Configuring GPSDump 2 6 dra EEA OOo ww 59 10 2 Uploading Waypoints o s essas reesti Ree HH kreda REE DE DDH 60 10 3 Downloading tracklogs 62 1 Getting Started 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 GPS SD USB connector to the wall socket charger or to a powered USB po
23. 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 GPS SD 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 Figure 4 3 3905 Total 31 6 Add WP to Task Insert New WP Edit WP Delete All Waypoints Go to Point Edit Task Figure 4 3 Waypoints Action Menu Available WAM options appear in black otherwise in grey For example in Figure 4 3 the option Delete WP is in not available because the Waypoint list is empty The GPS SD can store up to 442 waypoints 23 4 1 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 usi
24. Time This value is automatic revised when the device gets a valid Gps Signal see Note 2 Flight Duration Duration of the current flight Date Current date This value is automatic set when the device gets a valid GPS Signal G R Next Glide Ratio to Next Necessary glide ratio to reach the next turn Cur G R Current glide ratio calculated using the average vario value and average ground speed G R M G Glide ratio made good The actual glide ratio towards the active turn point It is calculated using the integrated vario and the VMG Trans G R Glide ratio during transition Average glide ratio during transi tions between thermals 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 Time pilot has spent in the most recent thermal Thrml Perfo Perfomance of the most recent thermal showing average rate of climb in most recent thermal Dist Next Distance to Next Shortest distance to the waypoint center Dis tance next corresponds to the Distance Line plus the waypoint radius Active waypoint Active turnpoint name Continued on next page VMG Velocity made good is the speed at which the pilot is approaching the active turn point Time 17 Table 3 4 continued from previous page Field ID Thermal top M
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26. allows the user to change vario sound related parameters 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 GPS SD Figure 4 21 39 Sink TH 20mfs Climb TH O 1m s Sink Alarm O Om s Base 700hz Increments 10hz Volume q Figure 4 21 Vario Acoustics 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 trough the Base Frequency parameter and steadily increases according the Increments parameter value The default value for Climb Threshold is 0 1m s This means that beeping starts once the instantaneous vario value goes above 0 1m s Sink Threshold The Sink Threshold is the rate of descent at which the vario will emit a low frequency sound Contrary to the climb sound the sink sound is continuous The deeper the sink rate the lower the sound freguency Default value for this parameter is 2 m s we suggest setting a value lower than the natural sink rate of the glider when flying with speed bar in still air Sink Alarm The Sink Alarm defines a vertical speed value at which a sound alarm siren starts to be produced For example if the Sink Alarm is set to 10m s then if the instantaneous vario
27. ax Alti GPS Alti Flight Level Altitude Altitude2 Motor Temp RPM Fuel Arrival Next Dist Toft Dist Thermal Dist CTR Alt to CTR CTR Status CTR Name Abs Pressure Max Climb Max Sink Vario Ave Vario Speed Max Speed Ave Speed Heading Bearing AveROT Description Maximum altitude reached during current flight This is based on barometric altitude Altitude reported by the GPS Current altitude in hundreds of feet based on a fixed QNH of 1013 25hPa Current altitude This altitude is calculated based on the baro metric pressure and depends on the QNH value Second Altimeter which can be set independently to the main altimeter Motor Temperature available when connected with Flymaster M1 Motor revolutions per minute available when connected with Fly master M1 Fuel level in liters available when connected with Flymaster M1 Estimated arrival height above the next waypoint This means that wind day quality and glider performance are used in the calculations Distance to take off is the distance between the current point and the flight starting point Shortest distance to last thermal core thermal dot 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 Altitude to CTR shows altitude to controller airspace a negative number indicates we must sink to come out
28. be resized and re positioned The element consists of 4 columns In the left most column a black bar is shown which indicates the average thermal climb rate This value is always positive In the next column a double arrow is shown which indicates the next expected thermal climb rate Finally the last columns show 2 bars indicating the climb rate and the sink rate See more about the McCready indicator in Chapter 6 10 0 Climb E Sink Rate REL gt Rate 6 3 q Next E i Average m 0 v zo mul Figure 3 3 Double Bar Vario and McCready Indicator 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 10 N a yf Q l r CE I 0 so gt 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 GPS SD the Start Fligth condi
29. black dot which is shown inside the inner navigation wheel together with the navigation arrows During a thermal climb the GPS SD 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 Circle 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 Wind Flag The external circle contains a small flag which indicates the Wind Direction relative to the pilot direction direction the wind is coming from For example if the pilot is facing the wind then the flag is on the top of the circle In the example of Figure 3 5 the wind is blowing from Northeast 3 1 6 Airspaces Map The Airspaces Map element provides information to the user relative to specific three dimensional objects previously loaded to the instrument Each of this objects can be an airspace volume Airspace information can loaded to the instrument using the Flymaster Designer software see Designer user manual for more information The GP
30. cesses GPS SD s waypoints and Routedefinitions see Section 4 1 RouteNavigator Allows manual override of navigation Critical Airspaces This page constantly shows the airspaces which are closer than the thresholds defined in the settings see Section 4 8 14 Triangle Assistant This page allows the pilot to manage the execution of a FAI Tri angle by manually set the triangle vertices see Section 4 4 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 Section 4 5 Flight log Accesses the stored flights list see Section 4 6 Accesses different layout pages see Section 4 7 Accesses the Settings sub menu see Section 4 8 Switches off the GPS SD and displays detailed battery status 22 4 1 Waypoints and Route Waypoints 65 Task HORNBR H LAUNCH W HOWIZT H WHALEB 1 2 S NR ao MS 0 0 VVAYPOINT SHEEP SHE 9 0 UST KENO KEN HEBRON M 218 TASK LIST KLAMAT KgiGOOSEN G 17 2 WHALEL 189 MACDOE M WHALEL 0 0 G MAHAGO MCCLOU M MERRIL ME 3ECS Total 68 1 Name LAUNCH WHALEBACK WAYPOINT Altitude 2266m iia Latitude N 41 32 06 36 Longitude N 122 09 09 24 Landing No Figure 4 2 Waypoints and RouteScreen The Waypoints Routepage allows the user to manage waypoints and define a route task As shown in Figure 4 2 the page is divided into 3 areas namely the waypoint list WL Routelist
31. creases with the number of turns made 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 Figure 3 17 Compass Element 3 1 10 Compass The Compass element Figure 3 17 show all the data provided by the GPS SD built in magnetic compass This element can be resized and moved around the screen The compass includes an arrow which is always 15 alined with the GPS SD If the GPS SD is turned the cardinal points will also turn in order the arrow tip points the right cardinal point Figure 3 18 Compass example In the example of Figure 3 18 the GPS SD is pointing almost to East The direction is represented by the
32. detection of the triangle vertices is very difficult we decide to let the pilot manually decide on the first and second vertex rather than have this automated since this may lead to invalid triangles The Triangle Assistant page allows the pilot to manage the execution of a FAI Triangle by manually set the triangle vertices The page can be accessed through the main Menu see Figure 4 8 and the page options can be seen in Figure 4 9 A short description of each option can be seen in Table 4 3 Compass Set Vertice 1 Set Vertice 2 Figure 4 9 Triangle Assistent Menu Note The Triangle Assistant page is only accessible when the instrument has a valid 3D position fix Table 4 3 Triangle Assistent Menu Options Set Vertex 1 Defines the current coordinate as the first FAI trian gle vertex Set Vertex 2 The current coordinate is set has vertex 2 If vertex 1 is not defined yet then the take off coordinates are used as vertex 1 In both cases vertex 2 can only be defined if the minimum leg distance 2 Km was traveled Cancel FAL Irian Cancel the current FAI triangle and resumes the task gle if defined A more detailed description of the FAI triangle module assistant can be seen in section Chapter 7 4 5 Nearby Landings It is possible to define waypoints as Landing allowing the pilot to quickly check for landing options The Nearby Landings page will show all the waypoints defined as Landings for which the necessary
33. ding tracklog When you click on the Flymaster button a list will populate showing all of the flight logs on the instrument Figure 10 7 Garmin Brauniger XC Trainer MLR types Save kml Garmin USB Flytec Flymaster Leonardo Flymaster Live SNOO156 SW1 031 No track selected UTC date UTC time Latitude H GPS H B G 2013 07 29 21 34 20 N 35 25 40 32 W 120 52 23 40 210 2013 07 29 21 34 21 N35 25 40 02 W 120 52 23 94 210 74 1 0 2013 07 29 21 34 22 Nas 25 39 78 W 120 52 24 60 210 74 2 1 Figure 10 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 63 Index Airspace Warning 46 Base Freguency 36 Climb Threshold 36 Delete All Flights 31 Delete Flight 31 Increments 36 Memory capacity 32 Sink Alarm 36 Sink Threshold 36 Sound Volume 36 Time Setting 35 Volume 36 Wind Arrow 14 64
34. e all flights option A message is displayed asking the user to confirm the action of deleting all flights Figure 4 13 31 Flight Log 2012 12 01 2012 11 30 2012 11 29 2012 11 29 2012 11 29 2012 11 29 2012 11 29 2012 11 29 2012 11 28 2012 11 28 00 21 09 03 10 45 04 28 28 02 46 16 02 03 18 01 40 20 01 25 00 23 39 34 23 30 38 02 48 27 00 23 19 00 21 33 00 16 02 00 10 58 00 15 17 00 05 45 01 44 26 00 02 34 Delete all flights Are you sure ON Figure 4 13 Delete all flights WARNING Deleting all flights will completely erase the flight log memory all track logs will permanently erased Memory capacity The current firmware version can store up to 131000 points without data from Flymaster accessories like HEART G or TASProbe 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 4 8 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 4 7 Pages The Pages Menu shows a list of the current Layout pages that are availab
35. e display to be totally blank With a blank screen it is difficult to readjust since nothing is visible Table 4 4 Page Triggers Events Event 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 A thermal is detected when the integrated vario is greater than 0 5m s and the rate of turn is greater than 10 Transition This event occurs when the pilot enters leaves a thermal and starts a transition A transition is detected when the integrated vario is less than 0 5 m s and the rate of turn less than 5 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 This event is triggered when the instrument is powered up Disable Triggers Page event triggers are a important unigue feature of the GPS SD Pages can be automatically activated switch to during flight by associating one of the pre defined trigger events with the page Triggers are set using the Flymaster DESIGNER program See the DESIGNER manual for details Each trigger is fired when certain conditions are met If a trigger is fired the GPS SD switches to the associated page automatically For example consider that page 3 is associated with the trigger Airspace Warning and the current displayed page is page
36. e end of the calibration process is indicated by the message Calibration Done 96 9 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 GPS SD product section e Designer software Windows windows 7 64bits or MAC OS X e The last version of the firmware xxxFirmware fmf The first step of the updating procedure consists in installing the Designer software In order to do that you should run the installation file and follow the on screen instructions The installation procedure includes the usb drivers so there is no need to install further software fa Fie Edit View Format Tools Hep Es m Fa Airspaces oa a eet Figure 9 1 Firmware Menu Option Once the Designer is correctly installed do the following procedure 1 Open the Designer 2 Select Tools gt Firmware see Figure 9 1 3 Use the new box to choose the latest firmware file downloaded from our website 4 Connect the GPS SD to the PC using the cable supplied If it is the first time the GPS SD is connected to the PC wait until Windows show the message that new hardware is present and ready to use 5 Click the Send to Instrument button and the update should start automatic A message appears saying Programing
37. e for any damages resulting from incorrect or no data provided by the Flymaster GPS SD Flight safety is the sole responsibility of the pilot It is unsafe to operate the Flymaster GPS SD while in the air Failure by the pilot eguipped with a Flymaster GPS SD to pay full attention to the aircraft and flying conditions while flying could result in accident with property damage and or personal injury Contents Lal 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 3 1 3 2 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 6 4 7 4 8 Getting Started Charging the Battery a oaoa a a E a EE E E E OO ZNA E EE E E Using keys Inside Menu Switching GPS 5D On and OR x seess be pope AME He RG ewe de ptasi Resetting the GPS SD uk kn nei A A ie RJE ej ea Ee a es sonara o in ee R E S Ee Boja S Flight Start and Recording lt lt s hk eee RARER a ME E ee amp og ija Flight Mode GPS SD Elements Graphical Elements oaoa a a a lal DF cios ME ar AAA dh GM cosa resi RR ERS AE MB AAA let Mar AAA k HE URL LA aaa ra asa AAA a A a dd Ma CRC AIN 3 1 6 Airspaces Map in ee HR ERR ERR EO ARA Gilet SMC DMD ira RAS APR ERE Ow DU HS AE RO posses PRATA EI ER E OA Mop POS oh os eR HPO AAA MILI COPAS rec eee ee EOE SEES ERE GE Ge ES ee E Data field Elements Menu mode Waypoints and Route bce oo be nm bE Ee eee A A 4 1 1 Waypoints Actions Menu LL DM opone orar RARA NONE y coi GE RJE m 4 DECRE
38. e inside the instrument Pulse Current heartbeat in beats per minute when using the Flymaster Heart G sensor Steps Min Cadence showing number of steps per minute Number of steps taken since counting initiated G Force Current G Force being experienced by the pilot when using the Heart G sensor Air Temperature as measured by the wireless speed probe TAS True Air Speed This information is available when the instrument is used in conjunction with the Flymaster TAS pitot probe Note The GPS SD 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 maz 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 GPS SD 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
39. e is 6 Cadence When a rate of climb is higher than that specified by the Climb threshold the GPS SD 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 4 23 Beep duration seconds 00 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 5 5 Rate of Climb meters per second Figure 4 23 Cadence timing 37 Dynamic Freguency The GPS SD 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 freguency on the pitch of the beep may vary if the rate of climb varies during the individual beep 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 corresponding 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 GPS SD will start buzzing For example with the GPS SD 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 d
40. e navigation Note An override to the navigation will assume that the start has been done 4 3 Critical Airspaces Critical airspace shows a list of airspaces that are closer from the pilot s position than the distance and altitude thresholds defined in the Airspace Settings see Section 4 8 14 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 For example if the altitude and distance threshold is set to 200 meters then all the airspaces that are closer from the pilot s position than 200 meters are shown on the Critical Airspaces list A typical list of airspace may look like Figure 4 6 Note that the number in parentheses indicates the number of airspace polygons loaded into the instrument Critical Alrspaces 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 4 6 Critical Airspace If a critical airspace is selected by pressing ENTER key the lower field is populated with the airspace data 27 Figure 4 7 This list shows e the Distance to the CTR see Section 4 8 14 e the Altitude which is the reference altitude for the airspace see Section 4 8 14 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
41. erent 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 The new sound level is saved in memory and is used when the GPS SD is turned on Sound volume can also be 36 adjusted using one FS key However the sound level adjusted using the FS key is not kept in memory so is only valid until the GPS SD is turned off In Flight Mode the current volume level can be seen using the sound element see Section 3 1 2 for more details 4 8 4 Advanced Features The advanced features settings option can be used to set more of the GPS SD vario acoustics Figure 4 22 Damper 6 Cadence 1 Dynamic freq On Buzzer 3 Auto Silent On Start Speed 1 Figure 4 22 Advanced Features Damper The GPS SD 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 GPS SD filters averages the pressure data to prevent constantly detecting tiny pressure variations The value that defines how must the pressure is filtered is the Damper Setting a lower damper value caused the GPS SD to become more responsive but harsher Inversely a higher value causes the GPS SD to be less responsive but smoother The default valu
42. gle Leg Distance 3 983km Min Per 3 053km Max Per 14 12 km Figure 7 3 Triangle 3 After traveling a few more meters the pilot decides to define vertex 2 through the FAI triangle management menu As can be seen in Figure Figure 7 3 at the current position the base leg has 3 983 Km and the minimum and maximum possible triangle distances are respectively 9 053 Km and 14 12 Km Figure 7 4 Triangle 4 In the example of figure Figure 7 4 the pilot has just defined vertex 2 which is indicated by a circle in the Task map As the minimum distance for the second leg was not completed both areas are still present on the map Navigation is made through vertex 2 and the Triangle Size data field shows the minimum possible triangle size value which is now possible Note Both the Vertex 1 and Vertex 2 can be redefined in any moment Once the minimum distance for the second leg is passed the FAI triangle assistant module can decide based on the pilot position which area the pilot is navigating to At this moment navigation is set to the nearest point from vertex 1 and vertex 2 which satisfy the 28 rule This is shown on Figure Figure 7 5 where a line is draw between vertex 2 and such point 92 q a AAA 1 600km A Figure 7 5 Triangle 5 The detection of vertex 3 is automatic and does not require pilot intervention Once the pilot enters the valid area the FAI triangle assistant module automatically uses the current
43. glide ratio is finite Glide ratio s are calculated once the Flight Starts Besides the waypoint name the distance and 29 glide ratio are also shown The list is sorted by glide ratio in ascending order see Figure 4 10 On the example of Figure 4 10 the closest airfield is 12 48 Km from our present location and the necessary glide ratio to reach it is 9 6 The Nearby Landings page can also be used to make a Go To Use the UP and DOWN keys to select the desired waypoint then push the ENTER key to immediately activate navigation to the selected waypoint In order to define a waypoint as a landing the Landing parameter should be set to Yes in the waypoint edit screen see Section 4 1 1 Note The Nearby Landings page can be accessed directly from the Flight Mode screen by using a short cut function key see section Section 4 8 13 Near Airfields 412 48 LIJ 2 7 EDO6 B002 B004 B007 15 25 15 68 23 13 Figure 4 10 Nearby Landings 4 6 Flight Log The Flight Log option allows the user to access information about previous saved flights Figure 4 11 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 2012 11 24 2012 11 24 2012 11 23 2012 11 23 2012 11 21 2012 11 10 2012 10 05 2012 10 03 2012 10 01 Max Alti 4911m 23 30 38 2 15254 04 52 21 19 08 41 17 20 09 20 44 03 14 11 42 09 43 25 10 41 36
44. goes below 10m s and alarm will be fired This alarm can be used to identify high vertical speeds as for example in a spiral dive The Sink Alarm parameter can vary from 0 to 25m s Set the Sink Alarm to Off to disable the alarm Base Frequency The audio frequencies can be adjusted to match the user s preference by setting the Base Frq and Incre ments The Base Frq is the first frequency used to produce the initial sound which corresponds to the climb threshold by default 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 Frg can be set from 500 to 1500 Hz The higher is the frequency value the higher pitched the sound is 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 Frg 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 Increments The Increments parameter sets the frequency increment for each 0 1 m s climb rate increase The incre ments can be set from 1 to 99 Hz The preset 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 Volume The final option allows the user to adjust the sound volume The GPS SD has six diff
45. graphical way Most of the graphical elements have fixed dimensions although their position can be altered As the GPS SD 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 SH Battery level above 90 4 Battery level between 70 and 89 B Battery level between 50 and 69 AS Battery level between 30 and 49 EEE Battery level between 15 and 29 HS Less than 15 battery remaining 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 Table 3 2 Sound Element description Symbol du Sound Level 6 maximum sound level gih Sound Level 5 Sound Level 4 gt SomdLeveli S Sound is muted No sound 3 1 3 GPS The GPS Element provides graphical indication about the current GPS signal guality 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
46. igating to that point Note When the Routecontains more than one point then the first turn point will automat ically be set as Take Off The Take off is ignored for navigation proposes and is only used for calculating the total task distance Pushing ENTER while on a selected Routepoint will open a RoutePoint Menu in the DO area at the bottom of the screen which will allow you to Edit Move or Remove a point from the Route Each Routepoint defined has a particular type by default it will be set to Cylinder 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 waypoint Using the UP and DOWN buttons move the task point to the desired position and push ENTER 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 Delete Route Delete Routewill 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 4 2 RouteNavigator This function is
47. in degrees calculated from gps when drifting Pulse Current heartbeat in beats per minute when using the Flymaster Heart G sensor Steps Min Cadence showing number of steps per minute Number of steps taken since counting initiated G Force Current G Force being experienced by the pilot when using the Heart G sensor Air Temperature as measured by the wireless speed probe TAS True Air Speed This information is available when the instrument is used in conjunction with the Flymaster TAS pitot probe Table 3 5 Data fields Description VMG Velocity made good is the speed at which the pilot is approaching Ma the active turn point Longitude Current position longitude according to the format defined in the T ga mena O Speed ToFly Optimal Speed to Fly value calculated according the McCready Theory The True Air Speed value is calculated based on the defined polar and the average thermal speed McRdyNxt Thrm Next thermal expected average speed calculated based on the Mc Cready Theory Considering the defined polar it calculates the speed next thermal should have if you are flying at a certain mea sured True Air Speed TAS Probe needed This value is related with the Speed to Fly and is shown graphically in the Double Bar Vario Latitude Current position latitude according to the format defined in the MS etn nen ee Ceiling Shows the upper altitude of the airspace causing the warning i e airspace that you are vi
48. indication of how reliable the GPS altitude 34 is at the moment The lower the pdop value the more accurate the position fix QNH 1013 250 Get from GPS No Altimeter 58m Altitudez 58m Figure 4 19 Set Altimeter 4 8 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 4 20 Vario Integr 10s Track interval 1s UTC offset 00 00 Figure 4 20 Timing Parameters The current firmware version supports two interval related parameters the Vario Integrator and Track Interval 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 4 20 the integration period is 10 seconds default value Track interval During flight the GPS SD stores a track log point every track interval seconds Track recording starts automatically when the Flight Starts see Section 1 7 However when a task is active the GPS SD will store a track log point immediately as it enters a turn point cylinder See Section 4 6 about track log memory capacity UTC offset Using GPS data the GPS SD 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 GPS SD matches the local time 4 8 3 Vario Acoustics The Vario Acoustics settings menu option
49. irectly below the Climb threshold the GPS SD 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 Off 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 Airmass climb q f z ae S WE Pilot climb rate Figure 4 24 Buzzer A practical example of the advantages of the buzzer feature can be illustrated in Figure 4 24 In this example both pilots are sinking at 1 0 m s The orange paraglider has a GPS SD 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 pilots are descending at 0 2 m s At this stage the orange pilot starts to hear the Buzzer brrrrr sound of his GPS SD which helps him to center 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
50. is shown and the signal quality can be seen in Table 3 3 Note that FAI rules require 3D tracklog data which includes GPS altitude Table 3 3 GPS signal quality Symbol Description BF 3D position with a PDOP bellow 1 5 3D position with a PDOP between than 1 5 and 2 0 3D position with a PDOP between than 2 0 and 3 0 3D position with a PDOP greater than 3 0 2D position no altitude information No GPS Signal Therefore the GPS SD will only start recording a tracklog when 3D information is available The GPS SD 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 GPS SD has a 4 Hz GPS update rate most of others only provide 1Hz which allows the GPS SD 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 nttp en wikipedia org wiki Error analysis for the Global Positioning System 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 pos
51. itioned Analog Vario This Element which can be resized and repositioned graphically represents the rate of climb scaled from U m s to 10 m s depending if you are climbing or sinking Figure 3 1 Figure 3 1 Analog Vario When the GPS SD 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 the bottom Double Bar Analog Vario and McCready Indicator The Double Bar Analog Vario element shows not only the instantaneous vertical speed but also the Average Thermal and Next Expected Thermal McCready Indicator see Figure 3 3 This element can
52. lack 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 airspaceA 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 Violating 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 ia y 28 00krri 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 The corresponding user defined key function will be disabled 13 3 1 7 Altitude graph The Altitude graph e
53. le on the GPS SD Furthermore the pages Menu can be used to switch page or to Disable Enable each of the available pages A Layout can include 16 different pages and all of them can be drawn using the Flymaster DESIGNER software Figure 4 14 shows an example of what is available in a typical layout in the Pages Menu this will be different depending on what was drawn with the Designer Pages PO R2G Bd start P1 R2G after start P3 Open distance map page alrspace page landing page Figure 4 14 Available Pages example You can select different pages by selecting either the UP or DOWN keys If you press ENTER for a certain page 2 options become available as shown in Figure 4 15 32 Pages PO R2G Bd start Disable Page Figure 4 15 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 functions to display that particular page or having to scroll through all of the pages in sequence using the a function key It is also possible to disable a page so that when you toggle through the different pages that page is not displayed see Figure 4 16 Also all triggers associated with the disable page will be ignored Pages PO R2G Bd start Goto Page Figure 4 16 Disable Page Once a page is disabled an asterisk will be shown on the pages list prior to the page name as shown i
54. lement Figure 3 11 corresponds to a graph of barometric 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 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 barometric altitude over the last 4 minutes of flight Figure 3 12 Fur 00 06 41 ime 17 23 23 Figure 3 12 Altitude Plot 3 1 8 Wind Arrow The Wind Arrow element Figure 3 13 is a re sizable graphical element 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 the 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 In the example of Figure 3 14 the wind is blowing from East Both the wind speed and direction value can be seen in a data fields 14 vs KO ZN 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 The wind speed calculation accuracy in
55. ly zoom into the trace when entering a thermal making it easy to understand the location of the thermal Grey lines Set Yes the trace lines in lift will be drawn in black while the sink will be drawn in grey Set to No and all the trace lines will be drawn in black Track up Track up allows the trace to be displayed with either the track relative to North see Figure 4 26 or with the current heading to the top of the screen see Figure 4 27 When Track UP is Off you will see the map turning around the pilot while with North UP you will see the pilot moving around the Map 39 ks 0 120km Figure 4 26 Track Up Off A 257 4 297 Ly 0 120km Figure 4 27 Track Up On 4 8 6 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 4 28 40 settings Set Altimeter Time Vario Acoustics Alerts Advanced Features Trace Screen Language Units Device settings RF Probes S Disable triggers No Inverse Titles Yes Figure 4 28 Screen Settings Screen Contrast Contrast may be adjusted to the pilot s needs You can use the UP and DOWN keys to move the contrast bar Figure 4 28 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 WARNING Beware of adjusting a very low contrast value may cause th
56. ment will not charge when it is turned on and connected to a PC The instrument must be turned off in order to charge the battery using the PC USB port This behavior is deliberate to prevent overwhelming competition organizer s download hubs Note Charging the instrument with high ambient temperatures should be avoided Such action can cause the battery to overheat and affect battery health 1 2 GPS SD Keys Four keys are used to interact with GPS SD see Figure 1 2 In this manual we will call MENU key S1 ENTER key 2 UP key S3 and DOWN S4 Each key has 2 functions depending whether the device is in flight mode or in menu mode Additionally the MENU key is used to power up the GPS SD when it is switched off s3 S1 s4 na Figure 1 2 GPS SD keypad Note If the active page includes a Map Task Map or Airspaces Map S3 and S4 can be used to zoom in and out of the map whilst the S2 will switch page Such action can be accomplished by pressing the key for less than 1 second short key press In menu mode all keys have fixed functions shown by symbols on the keys namely 53 Move Up 54 Move Down S2 Enter and S1 Back Exit 1 3 Using keys Inside Menu Changing parameters on the GPS SD 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
57. menu UP S3 and DOWN S4 keys can be used to scroll up and down through the menu options list During the scrolling process the selected 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 In any time 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 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 previews 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 Tip When setting a data field that involves setting several characters e g when defining a waypoint name after defining the desired characters 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 GPS SD On and Off To switch on the GPS SD briefly push the S1 key Menu Key This will display the start up screen with
58. n Figure 4 17 in this case P1 R2G after start is disabled Pages P1 R2G after start Figure 4 17 Enable Page 33 Note that on Figure 4 17 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 4 8 Settings Menu The Settings Menu is used to configure the GPS SD s many features The menu screen is divided into two sections On the top of the screen all the menu options are shown Depending on the menu option selected the associated configurable parameters are shown on the bottom of the screen see Figure 4 18 The desired option can be selected using the UP and DOWN keys and the corresponding parameters altered after pushing the ENTER key Settings Set Altimeter Time Wario Acoustics Alerts Advanced Features Trace Screen Language Units Device settings RF Probes QNH 1014 482 Get from GPS Auto Altimeter 2ift Altitude 175ft Figure 4 18 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 All the menu options are explained on the folowing sections 4 8 1 Set Altimeter The Set Altimeter page Figure 4 19 allows the user to adjusts the barometric altimeter A barometric altimeter calculates altitude based on atmospheric pressure and should not be confused with
59. ng the selected waypoint Once the WAM is active a list of options appears in the DO area A short description of each option is show in Table 4 2 Table 4 2 Waypoint Menu Options Add WP to Route Adds the selected waypoint to the end of the Route 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 Routethis option is disabled Delete all way Deletes all waypoints and Route Go to Point Forces navigation to the selected waypoint This overrides the AA task navigation Edit Route Starts editing Route If no waypoints have been added to the task this option is disabled Add Waypoint to Route To add a waypoint to the Route select the waypoint that is to be added by pressing either the UP or DOWN buttons until the desired waypoint is highlighted 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 Insert New Waypoint This menu allows the user to add a new waypoint to the waypoint list If the GPS is fix then the co ordinates and altitude used for the waypoint are based on the current position Edit Waypoint Entering this menu allows the pro
60. ntering airspace vertically or Pos Immenent when close to entering airspace horizontally OTR Name Abs Pressure Absolute atmospheric pressure value in Pascals 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 Alt to CTR CTR Status Max Sink Once a flight has started shows the maximum sink encountered during the flight Note that these values are using the integrated vario When the instrument is switched off this value is reset back to zero Vario Instant vario value Continued on next page Table 3 5 continued from previous page Ave Vario Average Vario calculated using an integration time constant in order to indicate smoother climbing rates Speed Indicates ground speed The speed is only available when the GPS receiver has a valid signal Max Speed Maximum Speed returned by GPS reached during the flight When the instrument is switched off this value is reset back to Ave Speed Average ground speed calculated using a filter to show a smoothed na speed eliminating erratic speed changes due to glider pitching etc Heading in degrees returned by GPS Current bearing in degrees AveROT Average rate of turn in degrees per second Temperatur
61. of Figure 4 35 it is represented an airspace black a distance threshold of 3000m and a vertical threshold of 200m both in red 46 lt E Figure 4 35 Airspace Settings Example 4 8 15 GPS status In the main menu the GPS SD provides a detailed view of the GPS status the current position dilution of precision pdop value and the current GPS coordinates of the pilot settings RF Probes Probe alerts Polar Data fields FS Keys Navigation settings Airspace settings GSM data SMS Conf N 36952620 TIF W 122 05 1889 pDop 2 00 Figure 4 36 Satellite status Figure 4 36 illustrates the GPS satellite reception page In this example the GPS SD 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 GPS SD has a lock on that satellite The position dilution of precision pdop shown gives an indication of how reliable the GPS data is at the moment The lower the pdop value the more accurate the position fix Values bellow 2 5 are fairly accurate If the GPS SD 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 GPS SD 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 ye
62. of controlled airspace 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 Absolute atmospheric pressure value in Pascals 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 Once a flight has started shows the maximum sink encountered during the flight Note that these values are using the integrated vario When the instrument is switched off this value is reset back to zero Average Vario calculated using an integration time constant in order to indicate smoother climbing rates Indicates ground speed The speed is only available when the GPS receiver has a valid signal Maximum Speed returned by GPS reached during the flight When the instrument is switched off this value is reset back to zero Average ground speed calculated using a filter to show a smoothed speed eliminating erratic speed changes due to glider pitching etc Heading in degrees returned by GPS Current bearing in degrees Average rate of turn in degrees per second Continued on next page 18 Table 3 4 continued from previous page Wind Dir Wind direction
63. olating 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 Time Current local Time This value is automatic revised when the device gets a valid Gps Signal see Note 2 Flight Duration Duration of the current flight Date Current date This value is automatic set when the device gets a valid GPS Signal G R Next Glide Ratio to Next Necessary glide ratio to reach the next turn Cur G R Current glide ratio calculated using the average vario value and PRE average ground speed G R M G Glide ratio made good The actual glide ratio towards the active turn point It is calculated using the integrated vario and the VMG Continued on next page 19 Table 3 5 continued from previous page Field ID Glide ratio during transition Average glide ratio during transi Trans G R tions between thermals Alt Gain 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 Therm Dur Thrml Perfo Perfomance of the most recent thermal showing average rate of climb in most recent thermal Distance to Next Shortest distance to the waypoint center Dis tance next corresponds to the Distance Line plus the waypoint radius Active waypoint Active turnpoint name Thermal top The highest poin
64. on process is described in Section 8 1 4 8 12 Polar Figure 4 32 Polar Parabola The Polar menu option allows the user to define the glider polar curve The polar curve is approximated by a parabola which is defined by 3 points identified by Maz Between Min see Figure 4 32 Each point corresponds to a pair lt horizontal speed in km h vertical speed m s gt where both values are positive that are defined by the user see Figure 4 33 In order to avoid errors the Max and Min points should correspond respectively to the maximum and minimum horizontal speed of the glider The point Between should be some point between the Maximum and Minimum Settings Time Wario Acoustics Advanced Features Trace Screen Language Units Device settings RF Probes Probe alerts Polar Max 60 27 Between 40 10 Min 26 25 Figure 4 33 Polar 4 8 13 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 The functions in Table 4 8 can be allocated to the FS keys 45 Table 4 8 Function Key descriptions Set Volume Scrolls trough volume level The new level is kept until the GPS SD is turned off Switch Page Scrolls trough Layout Pages Skip Waypoint If a task is defined it jumps to the next Waypoint Jumps from flight page directly into Pages menu see Section 4 7 Set Altimeter Jumps to
65. perties of the selected waypoint to be changed 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 Pressing S2 pulls up the menu allowing the waypoint to be edited Pressing the 2 button again will show a cursor as shown in Figure 4 4 indicating the character to edited Characters can be changed using either the S3 or S4 buttons Pressing the S2 button will move the cursor to the next charater 24 Waypoints 63 Route WHALEB WEED WE 215 HALEB 1424 Total 21 5 Name GHALEB WHALEBAC Altitude 02579m 10 N 571690 4597757 Landing No Figure 4 4 Edit Waypoint The waypoint may also be configured as a Landing these waypoint will then be displayed in the Nearby Landings see Section 4 5 Delete Waypoint It is possible to delete just a single waypoint on the GPS SD Select the waypoint to be deleted by pressing either the 3 or S4 buttons Once the waypoint is highlighted selecting Delete Waypoint will remove the waypoint from the GPS SD memory If a waypoint is in use int the Routethe delete function will be disabled to delete the Waypoint it must firstly be removed from the Route Delete All Waypoints All of the waypoints can be removed from the GPS SD Delete all the waypoints will also delete the Route When selecting this option the GPS SD will
66. position to define vertex 3 which is represent by a circle in the task map Navigation is changed to vertex 1 in order to close the triangle and a line is draw between vertex 3 and vertex 1 In addition the colors of the Triangle Size data field are inverted see figure Figure 7 6 peed Altitude gly ery vertex 1 Figure 7 6 Triangle 6 Note If the pilot moves around the valid area and goes to a point which results in a bigger triangle size verter 3 1s updated accordingly 53 8 Compass Calibration 8 1 Accelerometer Calibration Eventhough the GPS SD Accelerometer is factory calibrated for offset and sensitivity temperature and aging can cause further changes These sources of errors may cause the accelerometer to appear to be tilted or rotated relative to the zero reference point If spurious G Force readings are noticed eg a G Force value different from 1 when the instrument is at rest a recalibration should be made In order to perform an accelerometer recalibration follow the steps described below 1 Go to Menu gt Settings gt Calibration and choose the Calibrate Accelerometer option see Figure 8 1 2 Place the GPS SD on a flat horizontal surface with the display facing up Press ENTER key avoiding moving the GPS SD m WwW The message Calibrating appears on the display for a while and until the calibration is done 5 At the end of the calibration process message Calibration Done appears
67. re shown at the bottom of the calibration page see Figure 8 3 The top and bottom circles are associated with the Pitch angle while the left and right circles are associated with the Roll angle When the calibration is initiated all the circles are empty no color If the instrument is rotated so that the pitch angle gets close to 90 then the top circle is filled black Similarly if the pitch angle gets close to 90 then the bottom circle is filed black The same thing happens with the left and right circles when the instrument is rotated for the Roll angle No indication is given for the Yaw angle The calibration procedure is automatically terminated when all the circles become black In the figure Figure 8 3 all the circles are black except the bottom one The complete calibration procedure can be summarized in the following points Calibration Calibrate Accelerometer alibrate Compass Tilt to all 3 axis Calibrating Figure 8 3 Compass Calibration Indication Points 1 Go to Menu gt Settings gt Calibration and choose the Calibrate Compass option see Figure 8 3 2 Pick the GPS SD and turn it around all the 3 axis in order the Yaw Pitch and Roll angles go from 55 90 to 90 You can accomplish this by performing a movement similar to the one used to calibrate the iphone 3 If the movement is correctly made the all the 4 circles will become black and the calibration process automatically stop 4 Th
68. rt using the USB cable USB connector can be found on the right side of the GPS SD see figure 1 1 1 1 Charging the Battery Flymaster GPS SD 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 GPS SD battery you may 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 GPS SD 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 GPS SD 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 or Fast charged The time remaining to full charge is also shown This may not appear immediately when a power source is connected since the instrument requires some time to calculate the remaining charge time A Slow charge is ok for topping up the battery but not for fully charging Use the wall or car charger to fully charge the instrument Note The instru
69. s value is independent of the wind speed because the fastest average speed achievable through the air corresponds to the fastest achievable average ground speed To calculate the Speed to Fly the GPS SD takes in account the polar and the average thermal speed The value is shown on the Speed ToFly data field Note Traditional the average thermal speed used to calculate the Speed to Fly is manually set by the pilot McCready Ring On the GPS SD this value is calculated by averaging the last thermals climbed Conversely for each TAS Speed to Fly value there is a average thermal speed which maximizes the Cross Country speed This value is also calculated by the GPS SD and shown on the McRdyNatThrm data field Additionally the McRdyNatThrm value can also be visualized on the Double Bar Analog Vario see Section 3 1 4 On the example of the Figure 6 1 Next thermal indicator points to 3 5m s while the Average Thermal shows something around 2 1m s Ideally they should point the same value so the pilot should reduce their speed Naturally he could maintain speed if he expects that the next thermal is stronger Figure 6 1 McCready Indicator 50 1 Flying a FAI Triangle io 0 480km Figure 7 1 Triangle 1 As described in Section 4 4 an FAI triangle with the qualifying 28 leg rule can be managed using the FAI triangle menu page This rule states that the shortest leg must not be less than 28 of the total triangle
70. s will make the GPS SD reset the GPS status and start a new search see Figure 4 37 So if you notice GPS SD is taking abnormally long to get a fix over 2 minutes a gps reset will probably get it locked guicker 47 GPS Reset GPS Are you sure GH Figure 4 37 GPS Reset 48 5 RouteDefinition In this section we will present an example of how to set a task in your GPS SD Consider the route detailed in Table 5 1 Table 5 1 Route example WAYPOINT WAYPOINT Wo3 WAYPOINT W06 Start by deleting any existing route on the GPS Then add to the route in the right order T01 W03 W06 The GPS will automatically assume T01 as the takeoff since it is the first waypoint on the list The completed route should look like in Figure 5 1 Total 23 8 Name TO1 Altitude Om Latitude N 60 30 00 36 Longitude E 009 59 14 76 Figure 5 1 Route example After the above procedure the route is set Going back into the Flight Mode Screen by pressing MENU bottom will automatically activates the route and starts navigation Warning After the route is edited navigation will be restarted at the beginning of the route 49 6 McCready Functions If the TASProbe is available then the GPS SD provides some data related with the McCready theory like the Speed to Fly or McCready setting The Speed to Fly is the TAS value which maximizes the average Cross Country speed considering a certain average thermal speed Thi
71. strument is turned on if the sound is muted an alarm is generated in order to notify the pilot Note When the instrument is turned on the sound can be muted despite the volume level settings This occurs due to the Auto silent mode is activated see Section 4 8 4 for more details 1 7 Flight Start and Recording Most of the GPS SD features are only available after the Flight Start This procedure is taken in order to avoid wrong calculations due to missing data Flight starts when all of there 3 conditions are met 1 GPS 3d fix is established 2 Speed goes over the configured Start Speed default value is 8km h 3 Average vario is greater than 0 15m s FUMASTER 2 Flight Mode The Flymaster GPS SD 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 GPS SD can have up to 16 different 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 configure one function key to switch page see Section 4 8 13 for some page examples in Flight Mode Pages can also be switched automatically using triggers see Section 4 8 6 Note If the active page includes a Map Task Map or Airspaces Map S2 key will switch page Figure 2 1
72. t reached during the current thermal Dist Next Active waypoint Thermal top Max Alti Maximum altitude reached during current flight This is based on AE barometric altitude Altitude reported by the GPS Flight Level Current altitude in hundreds of feet based on a fixed QNH of nemi Altitude Current altitude This altitude is calculated based on the baro A metric pressure and depends on the QNH value Altitude2 Second Altimeter which can be set independently to the main Motor Temperature available when connected with Flymaster M1 RPM Motor revolutions per minute available when connected with Fly master M1 Fuel Fuel level in liters available when connected with Flymaster M1 Arrival Next Estimated arrival height above the next waypoint This means that wind day quality and glider performance are used in the calculations Dist Toff Distance to take off is the distance between the current point and the flight starting point Dist Thermal Shortest distance to last thermal core thermal dot 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 Altitude to CTR shows altitude to controller airspace a negative number indicates we must sink to come out of controlled airspace Status message of airspace will show Violating when in controlled airspace Immenent Alt when close to e
73. ters or Feet Roc Units Rate of Climb Units ROC can be show in m s or 10 x Feet min Dist Units Distance units can be in Km or Miles Speed Units Speed Units can be in Km h Miles h or Knots 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 42 4 8 8 Device Settings This menu option allows the user to execute some recovery functions A short description of the available options is shown in Table 4 6 Table 4 6 Device Settings Description Factory Settings 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 Reset now Makes a hardware reset to the instrument The result is the same as the one presented in Section 1 5 Auto off If set to Yes the GPS SD turns off if the GPS speed is less than 5 km h and integrated vario less than 1 5 m s for more than 30 seconds 4 8 9 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 GPS SD Pairing is performed automatically When ENTER is pressed the GPS SD will look to see what wireless devices are around and it will shows these on the screen see Figure 4 30 Devices are identified by their name e g M1 TAS and serial number Devices can be selected using the UP or
74. the GPS al titude which is calculated based on satellite information See the article in http www xcmag com 2011 07 gps versus barometric altitude the definitive answer GPS versus Barometric Altitude Since atmospheric pressure can vary substantially with meteorological conditions and so with time the baro metric altitude also varies according In order to have the correct altitude for a certain place the altimeter should be calibrated Calibrating the altimeter can be achieved by entering the know altitude of the location Entering an altitude automatically calculates the QNH which is the local barometric pressure adjusted to sea level Alternatively the altimeter can be calibrated by adjusting the QNH for the local and time Changing the ONH will adjust the barometric altitude Altitude can also be set from the GPS Below the QNH you will find a Get from GPS field which can be set to Yes No or Auto Adjusting this value to Yes will make the GPS SD 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 after being turned On the GPS SD will automatically set the altimeter to the GPS altitude once the a valid GPS signal exists or whenever the pdop value is lower than the previous one Note that position dilution of precision pdop gives you an
75. tions must be met see Section 4 8 4 Figure 3 5 Navigation Element Navigation information is shown within the inner most circles The external circle contains the cardinal points and the Wind Flag The current traveling direction bearing corresponds to the point indicated in the top of the navigation circle On the example shown in Figure 3 5 the bearing is approximately 80 Navigation Arrows If no route is defined the arrow will start showing the direction to the takeoff after the takeoff is detected TakeOff is the point taken when the Flight Starts Figure 3 6 Route Optimisation When a route is active the direction of next waypoint WP1 is pointed by an arrow larger arrow 1 If no route is defined the arrow will start showing the direction to the takeoff after the takeoff is detected 11 TakeOff is the point taken when the Flight Starts Small course corrections are sometimes required and these are shown on the GPS SD by a fine adjustment indicator in the form of a small arrow 4 Arrow 4 to the left means the pilot should turn slightly to the left and inversely arrow 4 to the right indicates a small adjustment to the right is needed When the course is perfect i e less than 1 off the GPS SD indicates this by showing a large arrow forward Figure 3 7 Figure 3 7 Perfect Heading Thermal Core Map Another useful feature of the Navigation Circle Element is the thermal core map This map corresponds to a

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