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3.3.4 Net Vario

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3.3.5 Acoustic Vario

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3.3.6 Total Energy compensation ...

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3.4 Anemometer

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3.5 Glide ratio (Efficiency)

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3.6 Polar ...................

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3.7 McCready ..

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3.8 Speed To Fly

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3.9 Ground speed ..............

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Final glide computer (GoTo)

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3.12 Barometer .....................

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3.13 Thermometer ..............

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3.14 UTC

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3.15

Voltmeter

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4.1 FAI sector navigation

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4.2 Start Pylon

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4.2.1 Start Pylon types

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4.3 Navigational errors

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4.4 N

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6.1 Activating the logger / Autostart ..

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6.2 Peak value recorder .

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6.3 3D multiflight Logger

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6.4 Data Logger transmission

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3.10 Required glide

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GPS

Time

Battery

navigation

avigation deletion

6.5 Recording and insertc Polar

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Navigation

5. Unit of Measure

6. Flight recorders

Technical characteristics
Quick guide

GPS

Upgrade firmware ........................

Standard and optional accessories

The Graviter has the following accessories as

Padded carrying case
Users manual CD
Elastic leg strap
Optionals: Flashpro 100 interface PC connnector allows you to download
software updates from the Internet and download flight data and
anemometer readings to the PC.

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Summary of Contents for VI100

Page 1: ...user manual Vl100 graviter rev 1 09 ...

Page 2: ...e dealer s name and model and production number of the product The Digifly guarantee may not apply if the documents have been altered in any way or made illegible repairs or product modifications and alterations have been executed by unauthorised service organisations or persons damage is caused by accidents including but not limited to lightning water or fire misuse or neglect In case your Digifl...

Page 3: ...We decided to do this to allow our customers to have access to software which is in continuous evolution Moreover we have a forum on our website where you can find opinions and advice and learn new tips and tricks which will keep you up to date with the latest functions of the latest release of the software From this point of view the future value of your purchase is guaranteed TABLE OF CONTENTS S...

Page 4: ... 1 Activating the logger Autostart Pag 26 6 2 Peak value recorder Pag 26 6 3 3D multiflight Logger Pag 27 6 4 Data Logger transmission Pag 28 Pag 29 Pag 30 Pag 15 3 10 Required glide Pag 16 GPS Time Battery navigation avigation deletion 6 5 Recording and insertc Polar Pag 28 Pag 29 4 Navigation 5 Unit of Measure 6 Flight recorders 8 Technical characteristics Quick guide GPS 7 Upgrade firmware Stan...

Page 5: ...it 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 v up v dw 3 soun svar inte stal tec kias 9 kbar 19 stf2 0 3 0 xxx 2000 xxx 01 mB 10 hour min day mont year 24 25 26 p1 a p1 b p1 c 27 28 29 p2 a p2 b p2 c 30 31 32 p3 a p3 b p3 c polar coeffic pol 1 xxx polar coeffic pol 2 xxx polar coeffic pol 3 xxx 15 mcr 16 mcre 17 stfs 18 stf1 20 wind 21 eff 22 effa 23 npol 33 kcom 34 recr 35 autr 0 36 utco 37 hwp 38 qnhw 2 spra 3 near 4 cfai ...

Page 6: ... Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y est you start by setting up the basic parameters and use it as a variometer and then later go on to use the anemometer and the other functions This way you will gradually learn to take advantage of it s full potential and start to combine it s use with the GPS The Graviter is supplied with two stilo batteries as standard The battery life is about 200 hours The battery state is m...

Page 7: ... just press The submenus are rec recorder activation alti altimeter settings nav navigation settings peak peak recorder settings link PC conection unit unit of measure settings Once you have chosen a submenu you can see the various parameters by pressing or To change a parameter press the key the value flashes to indicate that can e cad press the keys until you reach the desired value and press th...

Page 8: ...bes the ratio between horizontal speed and sink rate So the point on the curve that gives us the best glide is the one shown on the tangent of the curve OB The speed to fly at best glide is therefore VB and the glide ratio is VB T Cad B In your VL100 you can insert three different polars parameter 24 32 px a b c and choose which one to use parameter 23 npol There are three polars preloaded 2 hangl...

Page 9: ... low it will react to any slight change of lift On the other hand if we set it too high it won t react to small changes which we need to know about To change this setting go to the 4 svar parameter and press or To change this setting go to the 15 mcr parameter and press o to memorize the value AVERAGE CALCULATION OF MCCREADY EQUIVALENT AND STF parameter 16 mcre this is a calculated average of the ...

Page 10: ...about the larger arrow default 10 km h To change this setting go to the 18 SLF 1 parameter and press o Please remember while setting this value to take into account not only the speed range of your aircraft but also the fact that this serves to optimize the best glide at a certain point in time so it should be set around the best glide speed rather than the actual speed range of the aircraft Final...

Page 11: ...pdated continuously during the flight and gets frozen whenever we hit lift From al this we can see that we can choose to fly in one of two ways at best speed simply by following the STF or at best glide trying to keep the height at wp GOTO at zero Put simply if our glide is towards a goal for more reason in a race we need to keep the height at goal at zero in order to use the best speed tp get to ...

Page 12: ...ibration grid press to confirm the position and after about 5 seconds the Vl100 will emit a double beep and show the new angle to position to Repeat this procedure for the eight angles on the calibration grid Press to exit the procedure The compass is now calibrated Magnetic ADF automatic direction finder indicates the direction to follow to maintain a heading chosen by the pilot using an integrat...

Page 13: ...d both for intensity and direction negative value headwind eg 20 headwind of 20 km h The wind direction is displayed by an arrow inside the analogue indicator at the center of the display the value will start to flash on the top right of the display You can change this value from 180 km h to 180 km h by pressing to memorize the value The intensity of the wind is shown by the 3rd numeric indicator ...

Page 14: ...ou set up the integration interval changing parameter in seconds To change this parameter goto the inte parameter n 5 and press the value starts to flash Change the value from 0 to 60 seconds using or and press to memorize the value en when you see the net symbol appear Press to switch between net vario and integrator vario Undicates the instantaneous values of the vario with a modulated tone The ...

Page 15: ...wind gs display he efficiency of the surrounding air and not the efficiency against the ground you also need the wind probe You can set up the average time between readings by using parameter n 21 The efficiency value is shown on the fourth numeric value from th 3 3 6 Total Energy 3 4 Anemometer 3 5 Glide ratio E A vario works likes this it calculates the rate of change of atmospheric pressure and...

Page 16: ...f entering and centering the lift This is shown on the analogue display by a fixed arrow on the left of the screen To adjust the McCready value go to the n 15 parameter submenu setup and press the value starts to flash Change the value from 40 to 40 m sec using or and press to memorize the selected value To come back at multifunction display press key and ten press key This value indicates the equ...

Page 17: ...to the n 17 parameter submenu setup and press the value starts to flash change the value using or 1 activated 0 deactivated and press to memorize the value To come back at multifunction display press key after beep press key again The STF has 2 adjustable steps n 18 parameter submenu setup 1 arrow n 19 parameter submenu setup 2 arrows showing speed correction level which is based on the difference...

Page 18: ...required efficiency and adjust our speed to get them as close to each other as possible To display this value on the multifunction display press or Press key to select effic goto hwp 3 11 Final Glide Computer GoTo blinking received data not valid off no received data To obtain the goto indication is necessary to program on the Gps a route to a waypoint the waypoint name must include the Waypoint A...

Page 19: ... is reached Is possible to modify the averange rate in second in the param 22 in the setup submenu hwp effa To select barometer function on the multifunction display press or To recalibrate barometer value go to the n 9 parameter submenu setup in 0 1 mB step this value is added or subtracted to the actual air pressure To set up this function go to the parameter 9 kbar of setup submenu Perssing the...

Page 20: ... The setup of this function is divided in follow steps V 2 8 Warning Insert new batteries within a minute from the removal of the old ones in order to avoid the loss of the Date and Time data In this case adjust them again 4 GPS Navigation 4 1 FAI cilinder waypoint Navigation SPMO 0 Step 1 NO WAYPOINT ON Step 2 WAYPOINT ACQUISITION Step 3 APPROACHING Make sure that VL100 doesn t have any waypoint ...

Page 21: ...o flash Press or from 0 to 500 metres and press To return to the initial display press To change these settings use a long pressure on which takes you to the menu and press or until you reach the NAV submenu Pressing takes you to the parameters and pressing or will take you to 5 NFIX or n 4 CFAI Press the symbol will start to flash on the top right of the display Use or to select the desired value...

Page 22: ... waypoint name memory NOWP on the contrary it must be cancelled see waypoint cancellation When VL100 receives from the GPS a GOTO for a waypoint in GOTO or ROUTE mode in order for the VL100 to recognise the waypoint as a start pylon the following conditions must occur Multifunction display navigation in the FAI sector 4 2 STart Pylon Navigation SPMO different to 0 Step 1 NO WAYPOINT ON Step 2 WAYP...

Page 23: ... message SPOK added to an acoustic signal the Start Pylon has been validated the VL100 chronometer is automatically reset the 8 arrow of the direction indicator disappear the hang glider symbol placed in the middle of the display stops flashing the multifunction display returns to what it was before the navigation VL100 release waypoint name memory NOWP and is ready to receive new data from the GP...

Page 24: ...n cylinder The GPS must give the waypoint of take off to the VL100 as defined by competition organisation such that the take off coordinate will be considered as the centre of the Start Pylon VL100 will manages the navigation from the launch to the Start Pylon waypoint for a given radius as defined by the pre set value in par n 2 SPRA of NAV submenu check the correct receiving of the waypoint take...

Page 25: ...the VL100 will handle the navigation for the approach to the start Once you enter into the start pylon wp radius SPRA the VL100 will consider the start as valid The multifunction display will show the remaining distance to the start point Example how to initialise SP2 navigation 1 dothis before take off 2 switch on VL100 and check the start in NAV submenu for SPRA and SPMO parameters 3 make sure t...

Page 26: ... waypoint name by a shortly pressure key to check the correct receiving of the waypoint take off Start Pylon Sp3 Navigation 4 3 Error during the navigation VL100 is able to manage and correct 2 types of error caused by the same GPS These errors are ERROR 1 the GPS changes erroneously to the next waypoint without the previously waypoint validation Error 1 Pag 24 WP1 MON150 SPRA 5000 m start point f...

Page 27: ...rt Pylon s radius value the GPS should direct itself to the next waypoint If it doesn t and the GPS continues pointing the way to the waypoint you have just reached the VL100 will start this procedure the sliding message will appears on the multifunction display the VL100 will wait for the pilot manually change the destination waypoint on the GPS that must be different from the waypoint just valid...

Page 28: ...the altimeters in mt o ft and varios in m s or fpm x100 When ft is selected the digital vario indicates fpm x100 and the analog bar indicates fpm x200 The parameter ias 0 km h 1 mph selects the air speed in km h or mph The parameter temp 0 C 1 F selects the thermometer in Celsius degrees or Fahrenheit degrees The multiflight logger recorder and the peak values recorder works together and are turne...

Page 29: ...old pressed the key until hearing a triple sound The new flight data recording system records this data barometric altimeter altitude variometer s value anemometrical velocity magnet compass degrees Heading time utc The frequency of sample is settable via parameter n 34 of SET submenu In order to set the frequency from the multifunction display use a long pression on key to enter in the menu then ...

Page 30: ...bmenu press the key after beep press the key again To record the polar of the aircraft set up the recorder sampling rate at the value of 1 second parameter n 34 of submenu In order to set the sampling rate from the multifunction display use a long pression on the key to enter in the menu then press the or keys to go to SET submenu Pressing the key and the or keys go to the parameter 34 RECR settab...

Page 31: ... settable polars Polar recorder Peak value recorder with data and last 100 flights 3D multiflight logger recorder with 300 hrs memory FAI sector and Start Pylon navigation management 3 altimeters 9000 mt 29527 ft with adjustable QNH Vario with dynamic filter Adjustable vario sensitivity Total energy compensation presettable Vario analog 12 m s 2400 ft min Vario digital 25 m s 5000 ft min Vario int...

Page 32: ...n Speed IAS Air spd GS Gnd spd WIND Integr Net Vert Speed McCready Wind direction Eff Bat GoTo Menu Mark Altimeters A1 A2 A3 Display multi Set adf Waypoint approaching Quick Guide N B The key functions is valid for versions firmware 8 04 or future versions Effic Glide Bat or Goto Ratio Integ Net On Off 5s Stop Rec display std display navig WP Name WP Distance UTC Time Compass Barometer Thermometer...

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