Flytec Element Track

You are a paraglider or hang glider pilot who is setting out for your first cross country flights. You want to know where the wind is blowing from, and at what strength during your local joy flights. You are getting into competition flying and will soon fly your first races. You are an experienced pilot who loves simplicity and still wants to know about airspaces in your vicinity.

That makes you the pilot for whom we developed the Element Track.

Element and Element Track

The vario formerly known as "Element" is now the Element Track. The two varios are - except for the print on the casing - absolutely identical. Already with version 1.3.10, the software announces itself as "Element Track" on a classic Element.

Highlights

• Keys which are simple to operate even with gloves on
• Route navigation for cross-country and races
• Airspace warnings
• Connection with every computer, without any software installation
• Flight data is available right after landing as IGC file

Further development

The Element keeps getting better. Over the next months we will continue developing the software and adding new features. Your feedback will make a difference there. By telling us what you like and what we could improve, you help us make the Element the instrument that fully supports your joy of flight.

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

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
• Climb acoustics with selectable lower threshold, tone and interval modulation
• Maximum interval frequency threshold: automatic (smart interval), or manual selection from 3 to 11 m/s
• Discreet near-thermal acoustics with selectable lower threshold
• Discreet sink tone with selectable upper threshold
• Loud sink alarm with selectable upper threshold
• Stall alarm (with optional airspeed sensor)
• All base frequencies and modulations can be modified
• Speed measurement (with optional sensor)
• Units: km/h / kts / mph
• Range: 0 km/h to 120 km/h - Resolution 1 km/h / 1 kt / 1 mph
• Calibration: ±50%

GPS

• GPS-Receiver with 48 channels
• Position determination at 1 Hz, independent of selected recording interval

Waypoints

• Capacity: 200 waypoints
• Entry: Store current position / manual entry / load waypoints from file (in preparation)
• Coordinate formats: dd.ddddd / dd’mm.mm / dd’mm’ss / UTM (in preparation)
• File formats: CompeGPS (.wpt) / GEO (.wpt) / Ozi Explorer (.wpt) / SeeYou (.cup) / GPX (.gpx)

Routes

• Capacity: 1 route, with up to 50 waypoints
• Entry: Selection from waypoints list
• Race route: Start time, number of start gates, start gate interval time

Navigation

• Units for distance: km / miles
• Go to waypoint (direction graphic and numeric, distance)
• Route with manual or automatic rotation through waypoints (graphic direction to next and subsequent waypoint, numeric direction to next waypoint, distance to next waypoint)
• Race routes with start assistant (exit and entry cylinders)
• Optimized race routes: shortest way to goal through all turnpoint cylinders (in preparation)
• Wind direction
• Wind speed
• Speed over ground
• Current glide ratio (L/D)
• Required glide ratio (L/D) to next turnpoint
• Last thermal (direction graphic and numeric, distance)

Airspace support

• Import of OpenAir files
• Indication of direction and distance (horizontal) to nearest three restricted airspaces
• Indication of vertical distance to nearest three restricted airspaces (in preparation)
• Warning before entering restricted airspace
• Navigation aid for quick exit of restricted airspace
• Automatic updates of airspace data (in preparation)

Recording

• Internal memory for 50 flights: Date, start time, flight duration, maximum altitude, maximum climb rate, maximum sink rate
• Recording interval: 1 s to 60 s
• Extended flight data storage: 4 GB, for 10'000 h at recording interval 1 s
• File formats for flight data: IGC (.igc), Google Earth (.kml, in preparation)

PC connection

• Micro-USB connector
• Mass storage, compatible with Windows, OS X, Linux, Android (through OTG cable)
• Data exchange through file copy