Brauniger IQ-CLASSIC, Operating Instructions Manual

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Contents
Two gliders, what now?..............................................................................................................2
Just switch on..............................................................................................................................2
Altimeter and barometric pressure..............................................................................................2
Analog vario ...............................................................................................................................3
Analog vario time constant.....................................................................................................3
Digital vario ................................................................................................................................3
Average vario time constant ...................................................................................................3
Speed ..........................................................................................................................................4
Total energy compensation (TEC)..............................................................................................4
Acoustics and volume.................................................................................................................4
Stall alarm...............................................................................................................................5
Date and time..............................................................................................................................5
Printer .........................................................................................................................................5
Printout of the instrument settings ..........................................................................................6
Memo (flight memory) ...............................................................................................................6
Barograph (flight recording).......................................................................................................7
Inserting a marker in the barogram.........................................................................................7
Deleting all recorded flights ...................................................................................................7
Printing out a barogram (only possible in HP printer mode)..................................................8
Pilot’s name ................................................................................................................................8
Battery and reserve battery .........................................................................................................9
Additional functions of the IQ instrument series ...................................................................9
Net vario .....................................................................................................................................9
Polar..........................................................................................................................................10
The simple nominal flight (for the best glide) ..........................................................................11
Optimised nominal flight according to McCready ...................................................................11
Average thermal climb .............................................................................................................12
Connection to a GPS receiver...................................................................................................13
Wind speed and direction .........................................................................................................14
Final approach computer ..........................................................................................................14
Data transmission to a PC.........................................................................................................16
Glide ratio = ( L/D ratio ) .........................................................................................................17
Mounting the instrument...........................................................................................................17
Guarantee and liability..............................................................................................................17
Water landing ...........................................................................................................................18
Substantiation of record flights ......................................................................18
Technical specifications ..........................................................................................................19
Setting mode ............................................................................................................................20
This operating manual is valid for the following variometers in the IQ series:
IQ-Classic
IQ-Competition
as per Classic; plus integral barograph
IQ-Competition/GPS as per Competition plus evaluation of GPS data
Each instrument can be upgraded to the next higher version