Flytec Element Speed

You are just starting out as a pilot, or enjoy leisurely local flights. To fly safely and relaxed, you want to understand what the air around you is doing – in all directions. This is why, besides climb and altitude, you’re also interested in your horizontal movements and their influencing factors: Speed over ground, glide ratio and wind.

Then the Element Speed is the right vario for you.

Highlights

• Altimeter and Climb/Sink indication in the unique Flytec quality
• Speed over ground and current glide ratio
• Wind direction and wind speed
• Distance and direction to launch, and to the last thermal
• Vario profiles

Technical data

General

• Robust, shockproof ABS housing, matte black with green or red sides
• Keyboard with clearly detectable, glove-friendly keys
• High-contrast black-and-white screen
• Dimensions: 138 x 74 x 23 mm
• Weight: 178 g (including Batteries)
• Power supply: 2x AA-Batteries (Alkaline or NiMH accumulators)
• Battery life time: about 35 h
• Operating temperature: -10°C to 50°C
• Languages: English, German, French Italian, Spanish

Altimeter

• Units: m / ft
• QNH: air pressure indication in hPa or in Hg
• Range: 0 to 12'300 m - Resultion 1 m or 1 ft
• ALT 1: Absolute altitude
• ALT 2: Choice of absolute or relative altitude
• ALT 3: Altitude difference or altitude above ground (in preparation)

Variometer

• Units: m/s / fpm
• Graphic indication m/s: ±10 m/s - Resolution 0.2 m/s
• Graphic indication fpm: ±20 ft/min x 100 - Resolution 0.4 ft/min x 100
• Numeric indication m/s: ±300 m/s - Resolution 0.1 m/s
• Numeric indication fpm: ±300 ft/min x 100 - Resolution 0.1 ft/min x 100
• Integrator: selectable from 1 s to 30 s

Acoustics

• Volume: 4 levels
• Five predefined, individually adjustable vario profiles: weak / regular / strong thermals, ridge soaring, balloon
• Climb tone with selectable lower threshold, frequency and cadence modulation
• Near-thermal tone with selectable lower threshold and volume adjustment
• Sink tone with selectable upper threshold and volume adjustment
• Stall alarm (with optional airspeed sensor)
• Adjustments: Base frequency, modulation

GPS

• GPS-Receiver with 48 channels
• Position determination at 1 Hz

Navigation

• Units for distance: km / miles
• Units for speed: km/h / kts / mph
• Speed over ground
• Current glide ratio (L/D)
• Wind: direction (graphic, absolute), speed
• Last thermal (direction graphic and numeric, distance)
• Launch (direction graphic and numeric, distance)

Airspeed measurement (with optional sensor)

• Indication of speed relative to surrounding air
• Units: km/h / kts / mph
• Range: 0 km/h to 120 km/h - Resolution 1 km/h / 1 kt / 1 mph
• Calibration: ±50%