Freefly ALTA8, Flight Manual

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ARTIFICIAL HORIZON COMPONENTS
The artificial horizon displays pitch and roll information in the center of the FPV
display in the form of a horizon line and accompanying elements.
NAME OPTIONS DESCRIPTION
Artificial
Horizon
No Turns off all artificial horizon components
Basic
Adds a horizon line that moves up and down as
ALTA 8 changes pitch and rolls as ALTA 8 rolls
Ladder
Adds pitch marks at intervals defined
by the Pitch Interval setting
Roll Marker
Basic
Adds small dash marks on the left
and right side of the artificial horizon
that indicate changes in roll
Horizon Adds marks to include a full horizon line
Ladder
Adds small marks on either side of
the artificial horizon ladder that roll
with ALTA 8 roll movements
Pitch and
Roll Scaling
10, 20, 30, 40
Allows for scaling of the artificial
horizon markings to compensate for
FPV cameras of different field views
Pitch and
Intervals
10, 20, 30, 40
Sets the number of degrees
between pitch markings when the
artificial horizon ladder is used
OTHER COMPONENTS
The following components can be turned on or off. These components do not have
adjustable settings.
NAME DESCRIPTION
Compass Arrow Displays an arrow that points in the direction of north
Home Arrow
Displays an arrow that points in the
direction of the initialization point
Vario Bar
Displays a bar on the right of the screen that scales
with vertical speed. The bar will increase in length
up to indicate a climb, or down to indicate a descent
Forward Velocity
Displays a bar on the left of the screen that scales
with the forward/rearward velocity component
The bar will extend up to indicate forward velocity,
or down to indicate a rearward velocity