FenixN – user’s manual
Document Revision: 1.5.B50
January 2022
3.2 Indicator thermal assistant page
While thermalling, all thermal information can be vied on
Thermal assistant page
. Designed to
provide best user interface displaying all essential thermal information to the pilot. The
displayed
Thermal assistant page
will show following information on main screen:
GAIN –
will display gained altitude.
ALT –
will display current altitude of the glider.
Wind indicator –
will display wind speed and direction.
Current vario, average and thermal average vario are always shown as colored dots on vario
scale!
Thermal assistant page
contains following layout. On the middle of the screen, graphical and
numerical wind indicators can be seen inside thermal assistant.
Main purpose of displaying thermal assistant circuit, is to show the pilot a map of the thermal
strength in the last full circuit. This will present approximated location of the currently best-
known thermal strength.
Once the system in circling flying mode the
Thermal assistant page
will start indicating strength
of thermals with the size of the dots. The larger the displayed dots, the stronger is the thermal.
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Thermal assistant page.
