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Colibri

IGC FLIGHT RECORDER

Please read this manual before operating the unit

Version 3.0

Feb. 2001

Содержание igc flight recorder

Страница 1: ...Page 1 Colibri IGC FLIGHT RECORDER Please read this manual before operating the unit Version 3 0 Feb 2001...

Страница 2: ...TURE 22 11 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 23 11 1 A LOW BATTERY WARNING IS DISPLAYED WHEN THE BATTERY VOLTAGE DROPS TO 10 0V REGARDLESS OF WHICH SCREEN YOU ARE USING AT THE TIME PRESS THE ENTER BUTTON TO RESU...

Страница 3: ...covered by obstacles such as buildings then GPS BAD SAT 0 will be displayed Satellite acquisition time from a cold start is under 60 seconds A warm start is typically 30 seconds 3 NAVIGATION menus Fr...

Страница 4: ...tes acquired LAT N 45 00 12 LON E016 45 15 Coordinates of your current position ALTITUDE 230m Altitude referenced to the ISA 1013 Hpa pressure level 12 13 44 12 05 98 Current Time Date BAT 12 1 DOP 3...

Страница 5: ...t the navigation menus use left right arrow keys From the Status Menu pressing the Right arrow brings up the Turnpoint navigation screen Pressing the Right arrow again brings the Task Navigation menu...

Страница 6: ...n the well known DA 4 format This is fully compatible with LX 5000 LX 20 and other LX instruments 4 1 1 ENTERING A NEW TURNPOINT from the airport data base Press Enter when NEW TPOINT is displayed on...

Страница 7: ...ge appears Select Y using the UP or Down arrows if the data is correct If you select N the input procedure will recommence 4 1 3 EDITING AN EXISTING TURNPOINT Select the EDIT TPOINT option and press E...

Страница 8: ...overwrite replace the selected turnpoint with a new one The turnpoint selection procedure is the same as described above i e replacing stars with characters To close the procedure press ESC until you...

Страница 9: ...enu will not change the task as stored in the task library 0 99 How to fly the TSK Prepare the task using copy or edit method as described above The task stored into the IGC logger must have following...

Страница 10: ...e approx 5000 airfield points From this Colibri database it is possible to select airports and navigate to them Additionally the airports are separated by distance building an near airport table The s...

Страница 11: ...s set by the FAI or competition directors That is the Colibri has programmable sectors cylinders or arcs around a particular coordinate The Colibri will Beep when the glider has entered the sector tha...

Страница 12: ...poses The three start zone orientation HDG options are START Hdg NEXT defines a start orientation directed to the next turning point That is the symmetry axis is directed to the next turn point This o...

Страница 13: ...ips is the classical start line Because the Colibri can t deal with a simple start line but needs a start sector you use the 180 sector The only disadvantage with the Colibri it s sufficient to fly at...

Страница 14: ...r outside at the end of that line has to fly the same distance to the first turnpoint as a pilot starting in the middle This is contrary to the classical start line where the distance to the first tur...

Страница 15: ...0 to the last leg FINISH Hdg FIX fix value defined by the pilot andset to any direction see example below A suggested setting for the finish would be Hdg LAST A1 45 R1 500m Example 6 In a competition...

Страница 16: ...for flight recording but if used they will reduce the memory capacity available for flight recording The memory available for flight recording will be displayed on the GPS STATUS menu screen after sel...

Страница 17: ...e Winpilot application use the NMEA sentence LXWPx Y To connect Colibri with LX 5000 LX 6000 and LX 20 special cables are available and use the NMEA COM speed of 4800 5 5 COMM SPEED The baud rate or c...

Страница 18: ...statistics by the Colibri Flying a declared task then additional task statistics will be present TASK STAT Pressing ENTER in this page will start the task statistics calculation If task was declared W...

Страница 19: ...g Track d 79km Flown distance Using the right arrow will allow the next leg of the task to be evaluated Note comprehensive flight statistics will only be displayed by the Colibri if the task was decla...

Страница 20: ...s 20 km h and logging will automatically cease approximately 40 seconds after the glider has stopped moving ie landed A short power brake during the flight will not produce two flights 8 PC CONNECTION...

Страница 21: ...e used for connection to the Colibri is shown below Note this applies to the thin wires inside the black telephone type cable For convention that is so that red and black wires are used for connection...

Страница 22: ...DOP 2 0 ALTITUDE 286m TP BRUNICO TP CELJE AD TP FELDKIRC 2sec APT AACHEN M 2sec TSK STA ABE TSK 1 TP AFD TSK FIN ACL 2sec SETUP MENU TIME ZONE LOGGER SETUP PASSWORD COM SPEED NMEA OUTPUT UNITS SETUP V...

Страница 23: ...nction There are no user serviceable components inside the Colibri If you disassemble the unit it will have to be returned to the factory for reassembly This will also void the warranty 4 It is recomm...

Страница 24: ...13 GLOSSARY PC Personal Computer DC Direct Current LED Light emitting diode GND Ground Rx Receive Tx Transmit TSK Task Vario Variometer INT Interval RAD Radius APT Airport LAT Latitude LON Longitude...

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