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FLIGHT RECORDER
When the Digifly Air starts the flight recorder, it compares the message “REC ON” and the icon “rec”
on the bottom of the display starts blinking. The following parameters are continuously
recorded: Date and time, Latitude, longitude, number of satellite, tracking GPS, ground speed GPS, altimeter
GPS, barometric altimeter A1, variometer and anemometer.
IMPORTANT: the flight recorder is automatically deactivated if the setup is modified or the flights are deleted.
13.1
ACTIVATING / DE-ACTIVATING FLIGHT RECORDER
The flight recorder can operate in three different ways:
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“AUT” Automatic flight recorder.
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“ALW” Flight recorder always active
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“OFF” Flight recorder de-activated.
13.1.1
AUTOMATIC START RECORD MODE “AUT”
By default setting, the flight recorder starts automatically, MAIN SETUP \n. 3 RECM = AUT
The flight recorder activates automatically only if it is available the GPS position and it is detected a takeoff
with an altitude variation of at least 0,5m for 3 consecutive seconds. To change the altitude variation
parameter go to: (MAIN SETUP \ n. 4 R.DS = 0,5) the change the detection time parameter go to (MAIN
SETUP \ n. 4 R.TI = 3).
The flight recorder is automatically de-activated 60 second after the landing or if the instrument is turned off.
13.1.2
ALWAYS ACTIVE RECORD MODE “ALW”
To set the always active record mode parameter go to (MAIN SETUP \ n. 3 RECM = ALW). The flight recorder is
activated once the instrument is turned on and is de-activated when it is turned off.
13.1.3
RECORD MODE OFF “OFF”
To de-activate the flight recorder set the parameter (MAIN SETUP \ n. 3 RECM = OFF), no data are recorded.
13.2
RECORD RATE
The recorder rate can be adjusted from 1 to 60 seconds, go to (MAIN SETUP \ n. 5 RECR).
setting 1 data point per second you can record over 10 hours of flight data.
Setting 1 data point per minute, you can record up to 600 hours of flight data.
The recorder memory has room for up to 45,000 GPS data point and up to 250 flights.
When you are near a ‘GO TO’ Waypoint, the recorder rate is automatically increased to 1 data point per
second.
When the recorder’s memory is full, the oldest flight is automatically deleted by the new one.
The remaining free memory time and percentage are shown for 2 seconds as the instrument is turned on
If a single flight fills the whole memory, it is no more possible to use the recorder and the message “MEM
FULL” appears every time that you try to use it. To activate again the flight recorder it is necessary to clear the